One last blast of colorful beach houses from Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. I even found two doors that weren’t white, and that is an accomplishment.
There is no history lesson with these doors. They are 
just great beach homes that I see when I walk.
But, if I have grabbed your attention, and you’re thinking housing colors and decorations, here’s a chandelier we saw this week at the Pottery Barn. Start saving your bottles, and you too could create a one of a kind light fixture if you have a few DIY skills and a welder.
Happy Thursday. 🙂
Check out the links from our head door man, Norm Frampton, at Thursday Doors, March 22, 2018.
NewEnglandGardenAndThread 
Such lovely beach houses. And that chandelier. Clever! But it gives me the giggles to think of it hanging in our modest home. It sure would be a sight and no doubt would get lots of comments from friends who come to visit. 😉
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Yes, wouldn’t fit with my furnishings either. It would look kind of cute outside as yard art if you could use a pully to get it up in a tree or something. 🙂
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I think it depends on the size of your house and the height of your ceilings. Our little ranch would be overwhelmed, but it might be just perfect in a big house.
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Love those beach houses!
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Those bright colors always make me smile. 🙂
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The beach houses are beautiful. I love how they utilize the space beneath the flood elevation for strolling through – so much southern charm!
And I hope the worst of winter is over for your return home next week – those last four blasts have been unbelievable….watching in amazement from Michigan where snow levels have been very modest this season.
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Well, I’m glad your snow levels haven’t been bad. Our friend from northern ME that is here said they have registered 174″ this year. How’s that for a snow load. 🙂
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Hmmm, I have some D-I-Y skills and I have a welder, but $199 would be tough to beat. Then again, I would have the benefit of emptying the bottles. That’s got to be worth something 😉
Great pictures, Judy. Safe travels when you head north.
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I was thinking of you when I wrote that paragraph. Yes, emptying those bottle could be a real adventure. You’d have Saturday posts for the rest of the year. 🙂
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The beach house pictures are a welcome relief to the snow and cold ravaging the nation. We just got rid of most of our snow cover……and here it comes again!
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Let’s kick this winter to the curb! 🙂
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Beautiful beach homes. They look so welcoming. That chandelier is certainly unique! Some people are exceptionally clever and talented. I wouldn’t be one of them, but I love seeing what others have created.
With all the doors you’ve seen in SC, no doubt you’ll be happy to start seeing New England doors signaling you’re almost home!!
🔹Ginger🔹
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The houses down here are colorful while up north it is the doors. 🙂 That chandelier make me wonder how many bottles of wine in blue bottles I’d have to drink to complete it. 🙂
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Probably enough to make you a very happy camper!! Lol.
🔹Ginger🔹
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Again with your beautiful photos. *sigh* That chandelier is for sale? Oh my. Not my style at all.
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love those houses, would like to own one on that beach. i like the chandlier and would love to have one but in our house it would touch the floor. ha ha… of course i could make one with smaller bottles
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I have one room with a high ceiling, but it would still be too big for the area. But, I sure liked looking at it and thinking about the process to make one. 🙂
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I could see that chandelier in a small boutique bar at the beach! Love the colorful houses too. . I look across the street at the neighborhood of beige house, and think “how boring”. I like a little color! ((Ours is Jade Green, with red pillars and pink & grey trim)). Every time someone on our street paints their house, we cross our fingers and pray for no white or beige!
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I like your gingerbread. 🙂 In the northeast there are so many white and beige houses they all just blend together. Thank heavens they do paint the doors and shutters a brighter color. 🙂
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What wonderful looking beach homes. Makes me long for the warmer temps of summer that much more.
That chandelier wouldn’t work in our place either but I do admire the creative spirit of whoever made it.
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Great beach houses, Judy, and the promise of warmer weather is welcome. As for the chandelier, I’m not a fan of most of them (much too ornate for me), although for the cabin in Wyoming, one of those made from horn would be fabulous, although too expensive for us!
janet
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Just think of all the bottles you’d have to empty to hang on those horns while sitting on that front porch checking out the mountains and the horses. 🙂
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All good, right?
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Haha, true for California too, not many doors are colored in South CA, but more wood colored where I live now! If I would have a bottle chandelier, it would need to be shorter bottles, for it not to monopolize the room. Great find, Judy!
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These homes are so pretty. Wouldn’t it be lovely to sit on the steps and enjoy the view. We’ve seen a similar chandelier made with rum bottles. It was five layers!
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Yes, those steps are downright inviting. It would definitely take a really healthy liver to drink all that rum. 🙂
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It was the 3rd house half hidden behind the palms that caught my eye. Palm trees say “warm and sunny” to me and this particular scene wants me to be there. I’m sure of it. I could hear them calling my name ….
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Well, I can tell you that you’d feel right at home down here because there are a LOT of your neighboring Canadians down here. Nice folks – all of them. 🙂
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That’s nice to hear. Sadly we have our fair share of idiots too and I’m always relieved to hear when people I know haven’t encountered any of the idiot-kind 🙂
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I look at that chandelier and have to laugh. Where in my world would such a think go? We are way to simple for anything that BIG 🙂 Redecorating is for those who can afford to fix a whole room at one time.
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The only place I can envision that chandelier fitting in is in a wine bar! 😉
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Well, they could switch out the bottles when they wanted a different look. 🙂
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Yes!
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Love the colorful houses Judy but the light fixture is fantastic!
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“Blast” is right! Not just color, but sunshine — I felt warmer just looking! I do like those double green doors at the top of that vast stairway. As to that chandelier, it appears that Pottery Barn took the bottle tree to a whole new level. I do like that idea of switching bottles from time to time for different looks — and think of the good time emptying them!
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I love that house with the green doors, but can you imagine schlepping your suitcases and groceries all the way up and down. Definitely suited for the younger crowd. 🙂
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I really like that blue and white house, but the green n cream colored house(s) with that huge staircase wins it for me this week. Lovely!
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I would need an elevator in homes like these… but the homes are on stilts for a reason, the potential of high water. Oh well. I wonder if they have a ‘dumbwaiter’ for groceries, etc. Some elevated homes on Hilton Head had them.
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They are right across the street from the ocean, their drainage system is not adequate, and I’m guessing they rebuilt up high after being flooded out. And, yes, an elevator or a dumb waiter would sure be welcome for most of us. 🙂
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I love the first house most of all. Also, if I may, let me link to the light fixture – more light on the bottles than your find – which my father had it made after his own design:
https://manjamaksimovic.wordpress.com/2016/02/03/mm-2-43-monochrome-madness-curves/
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Well you trump Pottery Barns because you have a personal connection to the designer – your Dad. Your fixture is beautiful. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
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