Dreaming of the Sea

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Miles of Light

Aren't these prints from Romina Bacci’s shop, Miles of Light so incredibly awesome? I think they're perfect and am already so very much in love. Simple and yet so extraordinary. Dosen't nature rock?

A Dream Vacation

Oh my, can you just imagine vacationing here for a few weeks? This adorable little cottage tucked away in the Isle of Wight is most likely going to be in my day dreams constantly for weeks. My goodness, it even has a porch with a view of the sea. What more could you ask for?

You could read for hours on the porch or inside on the rocking chair; write letters and journal entries on the lovely desk by the window; do a little bird watching outside on the beach, in the little forest that surrounds the place or even from the big, beautiful windows inside or even fall asleep into an afternoon nap listening to the birds sing outside and the distant sound of the waves beyond. See, I'm already daydreaming.







(Via sfgirlbybay)

Summertime Hat

What a lovely summertime hat! Just imagine wearing this by the pool, on the beach, at a picnic, on a bike ride and so on. I think it's just fabulous. Don't you?

Dream Kitchen

To me, this is like the perfect kitchen or like I said in the title, my dream kitchen. That rustic feel, that gorgeous blue, those walls, the built-in shelves, and that view! I'm in love.

(Photo by Simon Brown from Easy Cottage Style)

My Favorite Places in the Outer Banks - Sugar Creek Resturant

Once RV's, the Sugar Creek Restaurant is one of the treasures of the Outer Banks. Filled with great seafood, awesome decor, stunning views and a fun gift shop it's definitely a place to eat while at the Outer Banks. I can recommend pretty much everything but my favorites are the crab cake sandwiches, popcorn shrimp and of course for an appetizer, the clam chowder (Hatteras style).

P.S. Sorry there's no pictures of the food. I forgot all about it. Hopefully soon I'll come back with some though.









Sugar Creek Resturant

Address: 7340 S Virginia Dare Trl, Nags Head, NC
Business phone: # (252) 441-4963
Business hours: Monday through Sunday 11:30 AM - 9:00 PM EST

(Photos by Abby Brown)

My Favorite Places in the Outer Banks - Foreword

First off I must say that the Outer Banks is definitely one of my favorite places on earth and I'd recommend a vacation there to anyone. It's filled with beautiful beaches, tons of lighthouses, great stores, awesome restaurants and an overall amazing atmosphere. I can't recommend going there enough. (To learn more about the Outer Banks itself click here.)

Now, as for this mini series. As before mentioned it will be all about my favorite places in the Outer Banks, the places I say you must see if you go on a vacation there. Starting tomorrow folks. I can't wait!

P.S. These pictures will be far from professional since most of them will be by me, so beware.

(Above photo by gregg252)

Back From Vacation

For those of you who don't know, my family and I went off to the wonderful Outer Banks for the week after our church's weekend conference and only just got back last night. It was a wonderful, relaxing and fun week for me which is probably just what I needed. And aside from the relaxing, I found and bought a rad orange '60s dress, a bunch of awesome records (I even scored the soundtrack to Charade by Henry Mancini, such an awesome score, such a cool movie), a real neat model ship and some other fun things too. I'm mostly over the moon about the dress though. I can't wait to start wearing it.

Anyhow, this week in honor of the Outer Banks I've decided to have a mini series all about my favorite places in the Outer Banks. So for any of you who might want to take a vacation there sometime, this will be a list of my recommendations of things you must see. Stay tuned.

(Photo by Abby Brown)

The Over-the-Top, Blows-Your-Mind, Totally Awesome Icelandic Home By The Sea

Wow, this is truthfully one of the coolest places for a house to be that I've seen. Just perched on a cliff like that. Rockin'! Wouldn't that be such an awesome place to live in? So beautiful and so fun. Just look at all that open land. Elliðaey, the southern island in Iceland is now defiantly on my list of places to see one day.

P.S. I wonder what sunsets and sunrises would look like from here?

(Via Cup of Jo)

A House by the Sea

I'm totally in love with this beautiful 105-year-old Rhode Island house called Clingstone. Isn't it amazing!? And the scenery is the same, is it not?

Henry Wood, the owner is a 81-year-old Boston architect who bought the house with his ex-wife Joan in 1961 for $3,600. It had been empty for two decades! It's hard to believe that a house that beautiful could have ever been empty, isn't it?

Anyway, Mr. Wood has now restored it beautifully and thankfully now it's filled again. Lucky people.