Beachie Gifts At Beach House Finds

Tis the season to be jolly! This year Beach House Finds added our store. With the enormous winter storm that has left behind heavy snow and high winds in Southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic states many Americans are stranded at home. May we suggest you shop at Beach House Finds for your last minute Christmas gifts. At Beach House Finds we have home and decorating gifts for every ones gift budget. Procrastinators rejoice, our gifts are simply beachie!

Do You Dream Of A Hawaii Tropical Romantic Getaway?

A beach house find, is the heavenly getaway to the cottages at The Inn at Mama’s Fish House, in Maui, Hawaii located on Maui’s North Shore. “Old Polynesia” decor and a low-key atmosphere mark it as a throwback to an era when Hawaii meant tropical exoticism. Just miles down the road one can enjoy the bright sails of windsurfers swooping just off Hookipa Beach. Not to mention the pleasures of lounging on the sand in front of your cottage. And if one is staying at the Inn at Mama's Fish House insures you the pleasure of savoring the seafood at Mama’s Fish House Restaurant. Established by a family this top rated restaurant adds to the pleasure of your island getaway. Vision your soul mate and you eating fresh Polynesian, sipping exotic drinks, sunsets on the beach, and sleeping is utopia at this exotic location.

Rooms from $175 +

Sea Change With Some Shade

Originally inspired by classic European market umbrellas, since 1981 The Santa Barbara Umbrella Company has offered innovative and exciting new umbrella styles to the market place. At Beach House Decor we are sure you will love to use their beautiful umbrellas day after day.
The Santa Barbara Umbrella has been recognized as the premiere choice for the finest estates and resorts using only the best hardwoods, fabrics and fittings available. Each umbrella is still made by hand, by skilled craftsman in Santa Barbara, CA.

http://www.sbumbrella.com/

Photo Credit: Santa Barbara Designs
Mission Terrace, Mirasol Flamenco, Santa Barbara

Where Is The Ultimate Beach Get Away This May?

Beach House Finds suggests you head to Monte Carlo this May. Monaco is the ultimate beach get away. Yachts, million dollar cars and multi million dollar estates coupled with the richest casino in the world makes it an exclusive island that one should visit in their lifetime.

May marks The Monaco Grand Prix or as the French refer to it, Grand Prix de Monaco. The Formula One race is held each year on the Circuit de Monaco and has been run since 1929. Widely considered to be one of the most prestigious automobile races in the world, the history, spectacle and glamour result in the race being considered "the jewel of the Formula One crown".

The Monaco Grand Prix is run on a narrow course laid out in the streets of Monaco, with many elevation changes, tight corners, as well as a tunnel, making it one of the most demanding tracks and a dangerous places to race.

The ultimate gateway for wealthy families the average vacation will cost you $10,000 and up, not include a shopping spree at some of the best haute couture designers in the world. Monaco is known to be home to some of the best stores in the world, ranging from Chanel to Chopard and many with the latest apparel not available at any other location.

Is The 27.5 Million Dollar Grant For Annenberg Community Beach House A Beautiful Beach Find?

A $27.5-million grant from the Annenberg Foundation and years in the making. The partnership between the California Department of Parks and Recreation and the city of Santa Monica proudly opens The Annenberg Community Beach House. The Beach House is a new public facility on the site of the former Marion Davies-William Randolph Hearst estate and is now open to the public with no membership required.

In the 1920's William Randolph Hearst built this beach house for his mistress, silent film star Marion Davies, the three-story mansion hosted many luminaries of Hollywood's Golden Era. It then became the Private beach home to the Sand and Sea Club, a posh celebrity beach club for many years before the city of Santa Monica took over the property.

Beach House Finds encourages everyone to make a trip to this historical and beautiful beach house in Santa Monica.

You can visit the Beach House at 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, California.

Why Not Book A Nautical Holiday Yacht Charter?

This week Beach House Finds has Yacht Charters on their social networking minds. With the cool spring rains, cold nights, longer days, and the push of spring flowers many of us Beach people are thinking luxury. With family or friends, there is nothing in life like a crewed private motor and sailing yacht charters in the Bahamas, New England, Florida, Caribbean, Mediterranean, Mexico, South Pacific, Greek Isles and anywhere in the world. Activities like scuba diving, snorkeling, skiing, windsurfing, and jet skiing all are part of the toys on your beautiful chartered sail boat or motoryacht.

Beach House Finds recommends Nautical Holidays, a full service CYBA approved charter broker specializing in handling all the details so you don't have to! And The Real Housewives of New York, and The Real Housewives of New New Jersey think...special event planning for weddings, corporate events and private parties!

Is A Beach House In Your Families Vacation Plans This Summer?

This Beach House Finds is located in Santa Barbara County and is a great summer beach house rental for you and your family. The Dolphin Den is a Beach House Finds rental located directly on the sands at Miramar Beach the most private and desirable beach in Montecito. This luxurious Beach House rental has four Beds and two baths that sleeps 8, where you can step outside the bottom floor right on to the beach. Each floor of this unique beach house has 180 degree beach and Channel Island views from its balconies. This Beach House Finds has a kitchen with two new full-size fridge and freezer units, a new stainless oven, stove and microwave.
If you want to wake up to an unobstructed view of the sunrise and the lapping of the waves just a few yards from your bedroom this Montecito Beach House rental is for you. Here you can kick back in your beach chair with your laptop as the house offers Wireless Broadband while your children play on the beach. You can expect to see schools of dolphins, flights of pelicans and surfers during your vacation at this beach house.

Dolphin Den is available starting June 12 to September 8.
Rates: $800 to $1,200 per night not including taxes
The minimum rental period is 7 nights.
Discounts may be given to multiple week rentals, please inquire.
All rentals have an additional cleaning charge of $250.
The cleaning deposit is non-refundable and due at time of payment.
A refundable damage deposit of $2,000 is due at time of payment.

Contact: http://www.santabarbarabeachrental.com/contact.htm

Looking For A Car With Jen Ne Se Qua Appeal?

At Beach House Finds, Spring is in the air and the thoughts of driving a classic roadster is filling our heads. You know that feeling of sun, wind, and sea one takes in, with the zest of life by the sea.

Living along the beach one desires a car that has that jen ne se qua appeal. Perhaps something powerful and more stylish than you have ever had before! Well Beach enthusiasts, it is the BMW Z4, a classic roadster with stylish flair, rear-wheel drive, and retractable hardtop. We found driving along the beach with the roof down, this two seater roadster offers a refreshingly intense experience of sunshine and the wind rushing by. And driving with the hardtop closed it provides all the comfort of a sporting coupe. The BMW Z4 is the re-birth of the roadster that is sure to make your life at the beach, fabulous!

Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America

At Beach House Finds we all love our jobs and life by the beach. However as the U.S. economy continues to struggle, studies have shown that financial-related stress can lead to health issues. A workout such as yoga when you are living by the beach can be a wonderful stress reliever and a way to slow the mind and body down.

Is this Not The Best Summer Beach Song?

While vacationing at the Beach, I was reminded of a great summer beach song "Barbara Ann." While trying to sing it in the middle of our New England lobster dinner to my 6 and 7 year old nephews I decided to You Tube it for every ones summer enjoyment. Thanks Mom, for giving me great fun beach girl name! Enjoy!

Beach Fashions for Mother

Check out the Beach Fashions for Mothers’ Day at Chico’s. We love this pink cotton voile with an artistic floral print and a swingy, slight a-line shape and three-quarter sleeves add a romantic touch to their Spring Vibrance Elodie Shirt. $78.00 Another find is a vibrant floral print, soft tee, that dresses up everything from white pants to denim. $58.00 Layer it under a light jacket. We suggest adding this razzle cotton Allette Jacket for her beach weekend jacket! $78.00 Shop at one of their many beach locations or order online today, while they offer free shipping. We love free shipping at Beach House Finds!


(photo credit Chico's)

Can you say beaching?

2009 BMW M3 Convertible

There is nothing like driving a convertible to the Beach. Putting the top down, letting the sun in and feeling the wind rushing past your skin. This summer a Beach House Finds epitome of style is the high-performance BMW M3 2009 Convertible, with a 414-horsepower V8 engine. The M3 Convertible has a host of upgrades, including an all-aluminum suspension and the MDrive control system that lets the driver fine-tune performance and handling characteristics. It’s a Beach House Find because they go on sale: Summer 2008.

Price: $66,000

(photo credit Forbes)

Have a great weekend and I hope you can all enjoy the beach.

Are you Dreaming of an Ocean Drive Beach Find?

With interior design by Kelly Wearstler, hailed as the design world’s “enchantress” by House & Garden magazine, the Tides South Beach is a stunning boutique hotel tastefully updated with 21-century amenities. Located just steps from the beach at 1220 Ocean Drive, the hotel resides in the heart of South Beach’s most famous street for fashion, entertainment and people-watching. The Tides offers forty-five stylish luxury suites all offering expansive ocean views. Spacious accommodations range from oceanfront studio suites of 550 square feet to penthouse suite to the 2,600 square foot penthouse. Featured in The New York Times, December 9, 2007 Travel, The 53 Places To Go in 2008. The Tides South Beach offers travel specials and unique vacation packages and welcomes your family pets (pets must be less than thirty five pounds).

Residences range in price from $900,000 - $3,385,000 Developer: The Falor Group

photo credit http://www.tidessouthbeach.com/

What Beach House Dinner Party Theme Do You Love?

A beach party theme is always tres chic in the art of fine dinning. A simple yet elegant touch of nature can set a tone for a beach house diner party. We placed Coconut Bark between a charger and leaf shape plate and established an organic, ocean and beach theme. Dinner guest are intrigued by the touch of nature and we often find it sets the tone for worldly travel stories by guests. We suggest putting on background music by dreamy indie-pop duo Beach House.

If you do not have a coconut tree near by, you can order it from Coconut Crafting to this sophisticated while casual beach house dinner party.

A Beautiful Beach House Find- English Beach House for Sale

Redlap House a Devon England Beach House for Sale

Microclimate: owner Sandy Conner at Drake's Lookout; (above, from left) Redlap Cove; Redlap House; and the garden.

Beach house life: aerial view of Redlap House (left); the barn room (top); and the garden study.

(photo credits Jay Williams Telegraph.co.uk)

This beautiful beach house find, is a english beach house with private golden sand in Devon England which dates back to the 17th century and it is for sale. The beach house has nine bedrooms, a flower room, scullery, wine cellar, sewing room, nanny wing, mother-in-law's house and gardener's cottage. The home also has regency-style windows, airy rooms with wooden floors and is decorated in a beachcomber style with fresh paint colors, informal furnishings and an open fireplaces. A vaulted ceiling dining room, looks out on a traditional English style cobbled courtyard, with a gently trickling fountain. There is a priest's hole, a smuggler's tunnel, and a domed bedroom with a built-in mother-of-pearl cabinets. The Actor Cyril Maude lived at Redlap in the 1930s, playing host to poet John Masefield. Maude was responsible for planting a sub-tropical garden, and adding the large barn room with fireplace. Redlap is situated in a wooded bowl on the cliff tops, and enjoys its own balmy microclimate. The private beach at the end of the garden has lemons on the trees in April and in May the cliff path from the garden to the cove is a bright blue river of bluebells. Sea kale clings to the banks, shells gleam in the sand, and there are lobsters to be caught at high tide.

Redlap House is for sale at £5 million through Savills (020 7499 8644).

Where Do You Shop For A Beach House Find?

The beach-house market has changed and prices are coming down, especially in America's vacation home capital of Florida.

However people who can afford homes right on the beach are, for the most part, those least affected by the economic downturn. For example in the Hamptons-summer home to New York City's upper crust, you won't find many desperate sellers. East Hampton real estate client’s real estate is just so insignificant compared with their overall wealth.

The starting price for a beach house on the beach in Cape Cod is closer to $8 million than $4 million. When it comes to a beach house real estate bargains generally aren't out there. A recent article in Fortune Magazine, Beach-house bargains, informs readers they might just be able to afford that condo by the sea. At Beach House Finds we are here to help you know where to shop.

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