A Note from the Editor
The pieces I'd bring home first — the ginger jar, the hydrangea stems, the blue stripe throw, the pink beach cruiser. If you buy nothing else, buy these.
Every issue we ask ourselves the same question: if a reader wrote in tomorrow and said, 'I have one afternoon and a modest budget and I want the room to feel like Nantucket by supper' — what would we send them? These are the answers. Not the trendiest pieces, not the most expensive, not the ones our affiliate partners want us to push. The ones we would put in our own houses first.
There is a blue-and-white ginger jar on the list because a ginger jar solves a mantel or a console or an empty corner in a single gesture. A bouquet of faux mophead stems because they carry the summer through the winter. A blue-stripe quilted throw because a slipcovered sofa without one looks unfinished. A pink beach cruiser with a wicker basket because — well, because a pink beach cruiser with a wicker basket, parked against a gray shingle wall, is a whole feeling.
Also on the list: a Nantucket lightship basket handbag that will outlive us both, a set of Royal Check canisters that make even a Monday kitchen look like it's expecting company, a rattan chandelier that turns any dining room into a summer supper, and a coastal-stripe cotton rug that pulls a whole room together for less than dinner for four in town. Start here, and let everything else follow.
The Collection · 12 curated pieces
Home Decor
Chinoiserie Blue & White Ginger Jar
The piece that ties a mantel together — my grandmother kept one on either side of the clock and I've never seen a room that wasn't better for it.
Porch & Garden
INXUGAO Artificial Blue Hydrangea Bouquets — 10 Faux Mophead Stems
Full, realistic blue mophead blooms that look freshly picked — the stems I'd tuck into a pair of white urns flanking the front door for instant Nantucket curb appeal, no watering required.
Pillows & Throws
Levtex Home Martha Blue Stripe Quilted Throw (50x60)
The blue stripe is the most Nantucket thing in this whole shop — fold it on the end of the guest bed and watch every visitor want to take it home.
Bikes
Max4Out Pink Beach Cruiser Bike with Wicker Basket (24")
Pink frame, wicker basket, fat tires for sandy roads — this is the bike I would have killed for as a kid pedaling to 'Sconset for ice cream.
Baskets
Farnum Vintage Nantucket Lightship Basket Handbag
The real thing — a true Farnum Nantucket Lightship basket purse with a scrimshaw-style 'America' yacht plaque on the lid. The island heirloom that every other basket is trying to be.
Kitchen
MacKenzie-Childs Royal Check Enamel Canisters (Set of 3)
Heirloom black-and-white check that turns the counter into the focal point — these get handed down, not packed away.
Pillows & Throws
Coastal Dog Toile Woven Blanket (Labrador Retriever)
Blue-and-cream toile with lighthouses and Labs — the whimsical beach-house throw I want draped over every Adirondack chair on the porch.
Bags
Lilly Pulitzer Beachside Rattan Tote with Blue Stripe Straps
Rattan, blue stripes, just deep enough for a beach towel and a paperback — this is the bag of the summer, every summer.
Indoor Furniture
30.7" Large White Rattan 3-Tier Boho Coastal Chandelier
A three-tier hemp-rope drum chandelier in soft white — the kind of fixture that turns a dining room into a 'Sconset cottage in one swap. Layered, breezy, and quietly the focal point of the room.
Rugs & Mats
SAFAVIEH Montauk Handmade Stripe Cotton Rug, Ivory & Light Blue (9' x 12')
Soft sky-blue cabana stripes on ivory cotton — the flat-weave I'd lay down in a sunny living room or a kid's bedroom on the island. Looks like it's always been there.
Indoor Furniture
Blue Striped Linen Coastal Accent Chairs with Nailhead Trim (Set of 2)
Navy-and-cream ticking stripe, rolled arms, ball-turned wood legs — the slipcovered club chairs I'd pull up to a round jute rug and a driftwood coffee table for full bay-window 'Sconset energy.
Porch & Garden
18" Nautical Jute Rope Wreath with Coastal Blue Hydrangea Bow
A chunky braided jute sailor's-knot wreath finished with a hand-tied blue hydrangea ribbon — the front-door piece every Nantucket shingled cottage seems to have.
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