Bobby Flay's Hampton's House

Elle Decor featured celebrity chef, Bobby Flay's Hampton's home. I was so excited to see his kitchen but was surprised by his amazing outdoor kitchen complete with a wood burning fireplace and stove designed by Tom Delavan. A perfect getaway from the city allows the couple to have spacious outdoor summer entertaining space. To top it off, the custom built home is also Gold LEED certified.

Flay has never had a grill in his own home until now. 

Outdoor dining area under a pergola.

On the screened porch they used two iron daybeds and had the mattresses covered in outdoor fabric for comfy seating.

Now his kitchen includes a commercial 10-burner stove, two ovens, a fryer, a griddle, and a salamander, along with seating that includes two café tables and a farm table, basically a restaurant in his own house. Kitchen is painted in Benjamin Moore's Majestic Blue.

Vintage suzani covers the master bed

The master bath is paved with handmade cement tiles. 

Outdoor Showers

We took a July 4th trip to the beach and with 2 sandy and salty dogs every day, I came to realize what is an essential for a beach house....Outdoor Showers! I hate feeling sand on the hardwoods, in the bathroom or feel it in my sheets, but I definitely think outdoor showers help with this gritty problem. Here are some of my favorite luxurious outdoor showers. Hope everyone had a great 4th!

                            Serene outdoor shower from beautiful Thai hotel, 137 Pillars House

Molly Frey Design

White and chic outdoor shower from House & Home

Coastal Living with tips for designing and building your outdoor shower

Cozumel tropical outdoor shower Flip Key

Insanely awesome outdoor shower/restroom from Jen Langston  

4th of July Essentials

From Sarah Vickers

Lake Burton Home by Pritchett + Dixon

Following up my recent post about boat houses, is a featured house that one of the boat houses belonged too. So with every beautiful boathouse, most likely comes an equally impressive lake house. Famed Atlanta architect team of Todd Pritchett and Craig Dixon from Pritchett + Dixon Architects are staples in Atlanta Homes mag and have designed numerous lake properties in the area. Atlanta is around 5 hours to the closest beach, so some people opt for lake houses instead since they are closer and there are an abundance of lakes within a 2 hour drive or less.

Officially Summer

Wow it's so hard to believe yesterday was the first official day of Summer! I feel like we have been in Summer since Memorial Day! Here are some of my favorite summer things!

Take me to the Sea

Fun getaways

Boating with Friends

Croquet Parties

Outdoor entertaining

Outdoor oasis

Italian frozen cocktail bar with champagne, sorbet & limoncello

Fun fruit drinks Here is the Recipe

Colorful tunics dressed up or down

Summer essential shoe-Jack Rogers

Relaxed Casey Key Florida Home

Coastal Living featured this beach house in Casey Key Florida that was designed for a carefree and relaxed environment for family and friends. With four children and 3 dogs under one roof, this home was designed to withstand abuses that come with lots of energy. Lots of white is throughout the house with pops of blue help keep this house looking clean and orderly.

Vintage furniture with chipped pieces and allowing her children to ride their skateboards on the new hardwoods help keep this house low maintenance with a "put up your feet" kind of feel. 

White denim slipcovers on the sofa make it easy and carefree where they can be washed in a little bleach every 3 weeks. Sofa from Posh on Palm and slipcovers by Rachel Ashwell. 

The cabinet's blue paint matches Benjamin Moore's Blue Allure allows the white dishes to pop.

The kitchen was gutted with colors to match the rest of the house with white cabinetry and stainless steel appliances as well as the touch of blue.

Custom made benches for the Restoration Hardware teak table make it easier for more people to sit and gather at the table.

The owner's love of antiques continued throughout in the master bedroom. 

An outdoor face lift of sage green was given to the previous gray cedar siding giving the home a Key West feel. 

The previous bath was tiny, so during the renovation they used space from the screened in porch to extend the bath to allow room for free standing tub. 

Beautiful Boat Houses

I wanted to post this earlier but we lost power for 3 days due to the horrible storms in Atlanta. Today's feature are beautiful boat houses which I figured all the guys in our life would love, and a great way for them to store their beloved jewel-their boat!

Boathouse at Camp Wild Air, Upper St Regis Lake, NY

Pritchett + Dixon

Pritchett + Dixon

Pritchett + Dixon

Pritchett + Dixon

Boathouse on Spitfire Lake

Preferred Rentals

Blackberry Farm

John McCubin