DECORATING: beachy is back

I have no idea how often I'll actually be able to post here, but the little lady and I are having a nice {calm} week so I thought I'd take a moment to try returning to something I used to really enjoy - sharing beachy finds with you that I wish looked like our home or even life for that matter. I've always loved the beachy homes that we all see and love in magazines, but now more than ever after all that's happened to us and our little girl, I notice how neat these homes are. Too neat. Like unrealistically {is that a word?} neat. Our home has all white walls and it still never looks like the pages of Country or Coastal Living. For awhile it looked more like a hospital room with an IV pole, feeding tube supplies, and medications everywhere. Now it's beginning to slightly resemble say the messy version of a room in the Ikea catalog. Hey, at least it's a start to something resembling "normal" {whatever that is}. Here's today's find. Check out that breadbox!

{From: Country Living's Beach Cottage Style on Fire Island Photo Credit: William Waldron}