Beach House

What a wonderful beach day!  It was the perfect day to spend on the sand.  The best part was we didn't go with the masses.  One of my wedding guests built their home on the beach.  Seriously.  Her husband is a builder or he was before he retired.  In fact, he built almost half the homes on our street (not ours though).   They've done well and when he retired he needed a new project.  So they bought a house on Salisbury beach and tore it down.  We saw a photo of the old place and it was nice but he wanted to build it from the ground up and he did.

This house was beyond gorgeous.  A little huge for my liking (their master bedroom was the size of our apartment) but my goodness, it was absolutely beautiful.   You walk into main room with wall to wall windows looking out at the ocean.   Of course we entered through the porch at the back so when we turn away from gaping through the windows we see an enormous kitchen and dining room.  Moving through the kitchen we walked into the  Paris themed guest room created specifically for her mom before she passed away.  I'm glad she was able to enjoy it once though.

Super cool aspect was that he created a bathroom with a door to the outside so that when his kids come over they can use the beach and the bathroom without gaining access to the rest of the house.  This particular bathroom has it's own key and the door leading into the actual house locks so that they can use the bathroom but can't have tons of parties.  Going upstairs led to the girls' bedroom for when they stay over and the incredible master bedroom and bathroom.  It was massive with a walk-in closet that also has a view of the ocean.  When they wake up, they are surrounded by views of the ocean.  It's so pretty.

That in and of itself would have been enough but there was also an "attic" which just might of been the coolest part.  The ceiling of the attic looked as if a boat had capsized.  The room included more amazing views, a siting area, and a bar (almost like a mini kitchen).  I walked in and thought, "okay, all I need is a Murphy bed and for that to be a real kitchen and I could live here."  I could totally live in a studio.  The best part of the house though were all the little details including an accurate compass as part of the floor in the main room, the dining room table that had a glass top with sand and seashells underneath.  It was so cool.  I wish we had taken a picture of it because it was great.

Even though the beach is public since the house isn't near any public parking places and there aren't any easily accessible entrances few people crowded the area where we were.  It was amazing.  Labor day weekend and we had more than enough beach for everyone.  The whole day was just a great time but that house really blew me away.  Dave and I left saying, "now if we can only build something similar but smaller."