Good morning! I hope you all had a great weekend! We’ve almost made it through January, which always gets me excited for spring to arrive. Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to this past week.
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Home Projects & Updates
We spent quite a bit of time over the weekend at Hola Beaches, our short-term vacation rental house we offer down here. The paint wrapped up mid-week, and we wanted to get a few other things done before the cleaners went in. We hung a new light fixture in the dining room! Unfortunately we didn’t have the right light bulbs with us, so we couldn’t add the shades. I’ll share a picture soon once we get them updated! But it’s the same light fixture we’re using in our bedroom in our house now!
We also swapped out the old cherry blade fan for this sleeker option. It’s the same fan we added to the living room but the white/white version was sold out. I like how the gold looks in here though! We also swapped out the old rug for this striped one (hence the bed being such a disaster). Slowly but surely it’s starting to come together! I’ll do an updated before/after tour soon.
A lot of the lamps in the home were very “bling-y” rather than coastal when we bought the house furnished. Patience doesn’t come naturally to me when it comes to updating things here, but we’ve had to do it slowly over the past year to make it more affordable. I was excited to finally add these oversized rattan lamps to one of the bedrooms!
We also swung by the new build a few times. The HVAC has pretty much all been run, and they’re planning to start electrical and plumbing soon!
We actually ran into the superintendent on Friday and he walked us through the house that is very similar to ours. He gave some ideas for some improvements (like the odd can light situation below) so it was great to talk through some of those with him. It’s helpful that we live so close (many building on our street are from out-of-state).
My friend Rachel, who’s building three doors down from us, and I ran over to the sales office yesterday to look at hardwood floor and cabinet samples again (while the guys watched football). We have to lock everything in this week so I just wanted to confirm my decisions.We’re doing the floors on the left, and Rachel chose the ones on the right. Excited to see them both in our homes!
Top Sellers Of The Week
Following are the top sellers from last week across all of my channels. Links to each item are below the graphic.
BEST SELLERSÂ (each number is clickable):Â #5Â |Â #4Â |Â #3Â |Â #2Â |Â #1
In Case You Missed It
Following are the posts I shared over the past week, in case you missed some days!
Following are the most read blog posts of last week (excluding any of the new posts already mentioned above). Many times this includes old posts that are popular on Google or Pinterest.
Around Town & For Fun
Kurtis was in Dallas for work for most of the week. Since I didn’t want to run him to the airport at 4:15 am on Monday, he took the car. So I was basically stuck at home all week (the challenges of going down to one car). But it was actually great because I was able to crank out some computer work and get things done around the house!
I finally got one of my flat outlet concealers installed behind our console table in the dining room (the outlet is right behind that center bar). So, now I finally have the lamps plugged in without the table sticking out an extra three inches! We need the storage below for cat food on the left and our trays on the right. So, it’s not perfect, but now looks a lot better than it has for the past few months!
SOURCES: Console Table | Lamps (look for less here) | Abstract Art | Baskets | Large Ceramic Bowl | Similar Moss Balls
We did a little field trip Saturday morning to look at a commercial property with some friends. This was the view across the street. It was a bit chilly out, but such a beautiful view!!
We have some friends that live off of 30A in the Watersound area. Their home is on one of the dune lakes, which are fairly unique to this area. When the water is high, the dune lakes spill into the gulf, so the water is brackish. They have decided to rent out their home, so Saturday night they hosted a farewell taco/margarita party and a handful of us took a sunset cruise on their pontoon from their house down to where the lake meets the gulf.
The water is very high right now with all the rain we’ve had, and it was a bit surreal floating on water slightly above sea level, when you could see the gulf just over the dunes! It was so beautiful and the sky was putting on quite the show!
They also made a fire for s’mores (mostly for all the kids, but you know I couldn’t resist). It gets fairly cool here this time of year once the sun goes down, but it was such a gorgeous night and the fire made it very pleasant. It’s still so hard to believe we are able to spend so much time outside here in January! We absolutely love it!
I decided to wear my “sailing outfit” for the night. I bought this American flag sweater on sale a few years ago from Tuckernuck, and love when I get the chance to wear it! My flats were from Birdie’s a year or two back, and I’m wearing these Walmart jeans. All about the high/low mixing 😉
We’re excited to both be in town for all of February before we head on Kurtis’ annual incentive trip for work in early March. This will be our first time doing the trip since February 2020 so we’re looking forward to it!
Recent Buys & Sales
Following are some sales from the weekend that have carried over and are still going strong!
- AMAZON has a number of daily deals happening now! You can shop their site here.
- ANN TAYLOR is offering up to 60% off sale styles. They also have $30 off full-price jackets, outerwear, and shoes with code DETAILS50. You can shop their site here.
- ANTHROPOLOGIE has added a number of new items in their sale section. You can shop their site here.
- BALLARD DESIGNS is offering up to 25% off sitewide! You can shop their sale here.
- BODEN is offering an additional 30% off sale styles with code EX30. You can shop their site here.
- DUDLEY STEPHENS has added a bunch of new items to their sale section, with items up to 60% off. You can shop their site here.
- GAP is offering an extra 30% off sale items with code MORE, and an extra 10% off regular-priced styles with code ADDIT. You can shop their sale here.
- HOMEGOODS has a number of new arrivals, as well as free shipping on orders $119+ with code SHIP119. You can shop their site here.
- J CREW is offering 30% off your purchase and an extra 60% off sale styles with code REFRESH. You can shop their site here.
- J CREW FACTORY is offering up to 60% off everything plus get an extra 70% off clearance with code QUICK70. You can shop their sale here.
- LOFT is offering 40% off tops and $30 off pants and jeans with code FRESH. You can shop their sale here.
- LULULEMON has a large new year finds section with some major markdowns. You can shop their site here.
- MARK & GRAHAM is offering up to 70% off in their winter clearance sale, plus an extra 20% off clearance styles with code EXTRA20. You can shop their site here.
- MARSHALLS has a number of deals sitewide plus free shipping on orders of 89+ with code SHIP89. You can shop their site here.
- MICHAELS is offering 20% off regular priced purchases with code 23MIKDAILYUS. You can shop their site here.
- NORDSTROM has dresses, boots, sweaters and more marked up to 60% off! You can shop their site here.
- OLD NAVY is offering 50% off tees for the whole family. They also have 30% off your order – no code required, prices update at checkout. You can shop their sale here.
- OVERSTOCK is hosting their Winter Refresh Event, with up to 70% off 1000s of items! You can shop their sale here.
- POTTERY BARN is offering an extra 20% off clearance items with code EXTRA. You can shop their sale here.
- REJUVENATION is offering an additional 20% off clearance items. You can shop their site here.
- RUGS USA is offering up to 75% off during their Winter Reset sale. You can shop their site here.
- SERENA & LILY is offering 20% off everything or 25% off $5,000+ including sale items with code UPGRADE. You can shop their sale here.
- TARGET has a bunch of deals sitewide including up to 25% off home decor. Our favorite striped cube bench is 25% off! You can shop their site here.
- TJ MAXX has a number of deals sitewide, up to 75% off select items, and is offering free shipping on orders $89+ with code SHIP89! You can shop their site here.
- TORY BURCH has a number of new items in their sale section. You can shop their site here.
- TUCKERNUCK has a lot of cute new items in their sale section. You can shop their site here.
- WEST ELM is offering up to 50% off all sale and bedding! You can shop their site here.
- WILLIAMS SONOMA is offering up to 75% off in their clearance section. You can shop their site here.
- WILLIAMS SONOMA HOME is offering up to 75% off in their clearance section. You can shop their site here.
- WORLD MARKET is offering 10% off curbside and store pickups to members (it’s free to join)! You can shop their site here.
I hope you all have a great week!
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Hello! Any chance you could hear the source of the light blue booster bed pillow? I looked at LTK and didn’t find it.
Hi Lori! It was actually a Serena & Lily clearance find I picked up last year, but it doesn’t look like they carry it any longer. It was called the Boothbay Pillow Cover if you wanted to check eBay or one of the outlets!
Awesome – thanks for
the scoop! Have a great day!
Hi Sarah!
I’ve been following you for years – love your Coastal Style. So enjoying watching your process with Hola Beaches and your new build! We own a B&B on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, and you give me so many great ideas for the Inn and our new personal house! Just wanted to say Thanks 🙂
Thank you so much Renata! I really appreciate the kind words 🙂
Would love to hear your thoughts and pros/cons of doing a short term vacation rental. Do you manage yourself or have it managed? Is it hard to keep cleaners. Have you found people are harder on the property than traditional renting. I’ve been a regular landlord but considering a short term at some point and just wanna hear your thoughts and experience as a future blogpost idea…if you felt like sharing.
Hi Jen! We plan to write a detailed post in the future, but I can give you an abbreviated answer now. We’ve owned long-term rentals for maybe 8-ish years now. All of them are still in Omaha with a property mananger (with the exception of one that we still manage). We’ve only owned the short-term rental for about 15 months. It’s definitely a very different world. But we do have a property manager for it as well (the first year we owned it we lived across the country). Fees for short-term managers are more than double what we pay our long-term manager, but they are obviously much more active. I don’t realistically see us ever self-managing this one, but possibly if we added a 2-bedroom or something smaller. Our current rental sleeps up to 12 guests, and I just don’t think logistically we’d have a way to turn it same-day if the cleaners didn’t show. I wouldn’t necessarily say people are harder on it than long-term rentals, but we have periods down here where there are bookings for 4+ months straight, usually with only 6 hours between turns. So it definitely takes a lot of wear and tear and more people inside at any given time than a long-term rental. Our house is almost five years old, and we’ve already had to paint both the interior and exterior (the interior probably could have used it a year ago). I can elaborate more in a future blog post, but I hope this helps! It’s definitely worth exploring if it’s something that interests you!