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Furniture

Light Blue Floral Chaise Lounge — Elegant Bedroom Daybed

A scrolled chaise upholstered in a soft chambray-blue chinoiserie floral on turned walnut legs, with a matching bolster — the piece I'd float at the foot of a bed or in a bay window with a white cable throw over one arm. It reads antique without the auction.

Furniture

Coastal Sideboard Buffet Cabinet — Navy Four-Door Storage Credenza

Four paneled doors in a deep harbor navy with antique brass drop pulls and turned legs — the credenza that hides every serving platter and board game in a summer house. I'd top it with a rattan lamp, a piece of white coral, and a stack of books, and hang a sailboat print above.

Furniture

Handmade Blue & White Bone Inlay Square Side Table

A hand-set bone inlay top in a sunburst of indigo and bone stripes, raised on a slim brass pedestal — the bedside table that makes a plain guest room look designed. Top it with a pierced ceramic lamp and a single stem and you have the whole vignette.

Furniture

Blue & White Inlay Round Side Table — Brass Pedestal Accent End Table

The round cousin to the square inlay table — a hand-inlaid blue-and-white top on a polished brass pedestal that slips beside a linen club chair for a drink and a stack of paperbacks. Brass warms all that blue and keeps it from feeling too matchy.

Furniture

Ocean Resin 3-Tier Round Side Table — Turquoise Epoxy Handmade

Three round shelves poured with turquoise epoxy that breaks into a white foam shoreline on each tier — a genuine handmade piece rather than a print. Beside a cream sofa with a jute rug underneath, it does the job of art and a table at once.

Furniture

Classic Damask Pouf in Denim Blue & Off-White

A squared-off linen pouf printed in a washed denim-blue damask — the extra seat that tucks under a console for cocktail parties and doubles as an ottoman in front of a slipcovered sofa. On a jute rug with a stack of blue-and-white books on top, it reads collected rather than bought.

Lighting

Coastal Rope Table Lamp — Natural Woven Nautical Bedside Light

A round woven rattan-rope base under a natural linen drum — the warm, texture-first lamp that fixes a flat bedside table or a dark corner of a console. Buy two; a matched pair reads far more expensive than one.

Furniture

Large Rectangle Striped Blue Pouf Ottoman — Ticking Stripe

A generous 36-inch rectangle pouf in a soft blue ticking stripe — coffee table, extra seat, and footrest all at once. I'd set it on a jute rug in front of a slipcovered sofa with a tray of books on top.

Indoor Furniture

Natural Wicker Arched Storage Cabinet — Hallway Shoe & Book Rack

An arched wicker cabinet with an open lattice shelf above and two woven doors below — the entry piece that hides shoes and dog leashes while looking like it came out of an old summer house. I'd set it beside a black door with a canvas tote on the hook above it.

Indoor Furniture

Natural Wicker Arched Cabinet Bookcase — Entryway Shelf with Doors

The taller version — three open arched shelves over a two-door cabinet, all in warm rattan. Style the top with old books and a small brass object, and let the closed doors take the clutter. It fills a blank wall better than any bookshelf.

Indoor Furniture

3-Tier X-Side Corner Table Storage Cabinet — 3 Water Hyacinth Wicker Baskets

A bow-front white corner cabinet with three braided water hyacinth basket drawers — it tucks into the awkward angle beside a bed or a stair landing and swallows chargers, gloves and dog towels. A lamp and two old books on top and it looks intentional.

Indoor Furniture

3-Tier X-Side End Storage Cabinet — 6 Water Hyacinth Wicker Baskets

Six hyacinth baskets in a painted X-side frame — the mudroom piece I'd give every family member a basket in, or line up under a window in a laundry room. Warm weave against soft white paint is the whole coastal trick in one cabinet.

Indoor Furniture

3-Tier X-Side End Storage Cabinet — 3 Water Hyacinth Wicker Baskets

The narrow version of the X-side cabinet — three braided hyacinth baskets in a slim white frame that fits between a bed and a wall, or beside a tub for rolled towels. The easiest sub-$200 nightstand there is.

Indoor Furniture

White Wicker Nightstand with Drawers — Handmade Rattan Bedside Table

Hand-woven white rattan with a little gallery rail on top and two basket drawers below — the bedside table for a room with white matelassé and a blue stripe pillow. The gallery keeps the water glass from sliding off.

Indoor Furniture

Vintage Wicker Storage Trunk — Chinoiserie Campaign Blanket Chest

A true vintage Chinese campaign trunk in woven wicker — I'd use it as a coffee table with a tray on top and every spare quilt inside. Old pieces like this are what keep a coastal room from looking newly bought.

Indoor Furniture

Handmade Wicker Armchair with Cushion — Natural Willow Lounge Chair

Hand-woven willow with a rolled arm, a scalloped skirt, and a tufted cotton cushion tied at the back — the reading chair I'd angle toward a window with a jute round underneath and a little oak table for the coffee cup.

Indoor Furniture

Handmade Willow Wicker Stool — Rustic Rattan Accent Footstool

Hand-wrapped willow legs under a plump woven seat — extra seating when the porch fills up, a footstool by a reading chair, or a little side perch for a stack of books and a coffee cup. Light enough to move with one hand.

Indoor Furniture

Small Woven Wicker Coffee Table with Drawer — Willow Rattan Side Table

Bowed willow legs, a woven top, one drawer for remotes, and an open shelf below for books — the end table I'd put beside a slipcovered sofa on a sisal rug with a terracotta pot of greenery on top.

Bedroom

Vintage Henry Link Whitewashed Wicker Nightstand with Glass Top (Palm Beach Style)

A whitewashed Henry Link rattan two-drawer nightstand with a fitted glass top — vintage Lexington Furniture, Palm Beach by way of Nantucket. The piece you put a seagrass lamp and a small vase of white hydrangeas on and never touch again.

Lighting

Faux Rattan Rechargeable Touch Table Lamp — 3-Color Dimmable Cordless

A little cordless rattan-look lamp that charges by USB and dims through three warm tones with a tap — the one I'd carry out to the porch table at dusk, then move to a bathroom shelf or a bedside where there's no outlet.

Indoor Furniture

Set of 2 Nested End Tables — Mango Wood White Shabby Chic Finish

Two solid mango wood tables in a chalky whitewash that slide together or split apart when company comes — one beside the sofa for a lamp, the smaller one pulled out for drinks. Real wood with a soft worn finish, not a laminate pretending.

Home Decor

Moroccan Scalloped Bone Inlay Mirror — Sky Blue Floral

A scalloped quatrefoil mirror hand-laid with sky-blue and ivory bone inlay in a fine floral vine — the piece I'd hang over an entry console or a bedroom vanity where a plain round mirror usually goes. The petal shape does all the work.

Florals & Art

Large Coastal Wildflower Framed Wall Art — Pastel Seaside Path Canvas

A wide impressionist canvas of a sandy path running through pink lupine and blue beach heather down to open water, floated in a warm oak frame — the horizontal piece I'd hang over a cane sideboard or a long linen sofa when a room needs color but not more blue.

Florals & Art

Mediterranean Terrace Large Framed Wall Art — Blue Shutter Canvas

A wide impressionist canvas of a blossom-shaded seaside terrace set for lunch, pale blue shutters thrown open to the water — the panoramic piece I'd hang over a cane sideboard in a dining room with a white ironstone tureen and a jug of garden roses beneath it.

Florals & Art

Coastal Village Pathway Canvas — Mediterranean Seascape Print

A textured palette-knife canvas of a whitewashed village lane spilling down to a single sailboat on blue water — the vertical piece I'd hang in a narrow entry above a marble-topped console with a candle and a stack of blue-bound books.

Florals & Art

Navy Blue Framed Seashell Wall Art — Set of Four Originals

Four real shells — a scallop, a cockle, a moon snail, and a starfish — cast in chalky white and mounted on navy burlap inside chunky white cottage frames. Hung in a tight two-by-two grid up a stair wall or over a guest-room bed, they read like a small natural-history collection rather than beach souvenirs.

Home Decor

Large Metal Anchor Wall Decor 24x18" — Distressed Ivory Finish

A big two-foot anchor in a chalky distressed ivory with a knotted jute rope through the eye — the piece I'd hang high on a shingled porch wall or over a bunk-room door, where its shadow does as much work as the anchor itself.

Home Decor

Handmade Capiz Shell Sunburst Wall Clock — Mother of Pearl & Gold Hands

Hand-laid capiz shell tiles radiating out from slim brass hands — it catches afternoon light the way the harbor does. I'd hang it above a console in a hallway or over a kitchen doorway where a plain clock usually goes.

Decor

Blue Bone Inlay Round Mirror — Handmade Stripe Inlay

Hand-cut navy-and-ivory bone inlay laid in a sunburst of tiny stripes around a round mirror — the one piece I'd hang over a white-slipcovered entry bench with a lightship basket and a jug of hydrangeas underneath.

Home Decor

Boho Rattan Round Wall Mirror — Handwoven Wicker Entryway Mirror

A wide braided rattan halo around a generous round glass — hung over a dresser or an entry console it throws light back into the room and warms up all the white. This is the piece that fixes a flat wall in one purchase.

Home Decor

Boho Coastal Sea Fern Peel & Stick Wallpaper — Soft Blue Gray

A hand-drawn sea-fern botanical in the softest sea-glass gray-blue on warm white — the peel-and-stick paper I'd run in a powder room behind a round brass mirror with white towels and a seagrass tray. It reads like an old Nantucket documentary print, not a trend.

Pillows & Throws

Cottage Floral XL Lumbar Pillow — Light Blue Botanical Stripe

An extra-long lumbar in a delicate cornflower botanical stripe on white — the single pillow that finishes a white bed without another thing added. I'd lay it across a king with plain white shams and nothing else.

Bedroom

Powder Blue Toile Duvet Cover — Floral Cottage Bedding Set

An engraved rose-and-peony toile in powder blue on white cotton — the bedding that does all the decorating in a guest room. Layer it with plain white shams and a navy blanket folded at the foot and the room is finished.

Rugs & Mats

Handwoven Jute Round Rug — Braided Sunburst Boho Area Rug

A hand-braided round jute rug ringed with a scalloped sunburst edge of woven discs — the piece that instantly softens a porch floor or anchors a round breakfast table. I'd put it under white wicker with a green linen throw and a pot of white geraniums.

Pillows & Throws

Blue & White Stripe Coastal Lumbar Pillow

Soft chambray-blue awning stripe woven into a heavy cotton lumbar — the quiet pillow that makes a cream sofa look like a harbor-front house without shouting nautical.

Pillows & Throws

Navy Striped Nautical Pillow — Blue & Cream Stripe Square

Deep navy cotton with narrow cream stripes grouped like sail battens, and the insert comes with it — the pillow I'd put on a linen chesterfield or into a big seagrass basket by the fire.

Pillows & Throws

Navy Sailboat Pillow Cover 16x16 — Handmade Coastal Cushion

A punch-needle navy catboat on natural canvas with navy rope piping around the edge — buy the pair, set one at each end of a cream sofa, and the room reads harbor without a single shell.

Pillows & Throws

Navy Blue Seashell Throw Pillow — Textured Coastal Accent Cushion

Big cobalt scallop shells printed edge to edge on ivory cotton — the graphic, not-cutesy shell pillow that looks right on a rope-woven lounge chair with a stack of books beside it.

Kitchen & Table

Blue Hydrangea Table Runner — Cotton Floral Table Linen

A crisp cotton runner sketched with cornflower hydrangea blooms and dragonflies — the grandmillennial layer I'd run down a weathered teak porch table with a cream pitcher of hydrangeas, mismatched rose teacups, and a basket of croissants for a Sunday garden brunch.

Decor

Nantucket Harbor Stripe Fabric — Coastal Blue & White Drapery Linen

A wide sky-blue-and-cream harbor stripe on linen, sold by the yard for drapery or upholstery — the fabric behind every Hamptons living room I've ever torn out of a magazine.

Rugs & Mats

Blue & White Portuguese Tile Washable Runner Rug

Cobalt azulejo tiles printed on a low-pile washable runner — the galley-kitchen rug that takes wet paws and spilled coffee and goes straight in the machine.

Rugs & Mats

Handmade Scalloped Natural Beige Rug — Light Blue Border

A braided natural jute rug finished with a scalloped edge and a fine sky-blue pinstripe border — the grandmillennial answer to a plain sisal. I'd float it under a skirted sofa and a glass-and-brass coffee table so the scallop shows.

Rugs & Mats

Hand Tufted Jute & Wool Rug — Navy Blue Border Area Rug

Chunky braided jute banded in deep navy wool — the hardest-working rug in a summer house, because sand and wet feet disappear into it. I'd layer it under a linen slipcovered sofa with navy pillows and a round oak coffee table.

Florals

Navy Blue Hydrangea Door Basket — Coastal Front Door Hanger

A grapevine basket packed with inky navy hydrangea, cream lilac, and a fat ticking-stripe bow — prettier than a wreath and the reason I've stopped hanging anything round on my front door.

Florals & Art

Blue Floral Wall Basket — Faux Wildflower Hanging Door Basket

A woven wall basket spilling over with cornflower-blue wildflowers, feathery greenery, and ivory wheat — the softer alternative to a wreath that I'd hang on a shingled front door in June and leave right through Labor Day, or set on a stair landing where the light catches it.

Decor

Seashell & Starfish Driftwood Wreath — Navy & White

Bleached driftwood layered with scallop shells, abalone, coral, and navy starfish — the summer door piece I'd hang between two blue-and-white planters of hydrangea topiaries.

Baskets

Vintage French-Style Hand-Woven Wicker Flower-Gathering Basket — Garden Trug

A long willow trug with a tall bentwood handle — the French gathering basket for hydrangea stems in July and pinecones in November. Left on a console with tulips still lying in it, it's the prettiest thing in the entry.

Baskets

Woven Rattan Wall Hanging Basket — Farmhouse Flower Planter

A half-round rattan pocket with a bentwood handle that hangs flat on a wall or a door — fill it with garden roses and daisies in June and dried gypsophila in November. The cheapest way to make a bare hallway wall feel tended.

Baskets

Vintage Rattan 3-Tier Wall Hanging Basket Organizer — 24 in.

Three woven baskets stacked on a scrolled rattan frame — rolled hand towels and soaps in a guest bath, or mail, sunglasses, and dog treats by the back door. Vertical storage in a house that has no floor space left.

Porch & Entry

Handmade Nautical Anchor Hook Coat & Towel Rack — White Pine

A hand-painted white pine plank set with four cast-iron anchor hooks in deep navy — the piece I'd screw into a shingled mudroom wall for wet beach towels and canvas totes, or hang low in a kids' bath so the striped towels actually get put away.

Home Decor

Whale Tail Catchall Tray — Ceramic Jewelry Dish

A glossy white dish with a whale tail cresting from the center, glazed in a soft indigo wash — the little landing spot for rings and boat keys I'd set on a nightstand or beside a powder-room sink. It's also the easiest under-$40 hostess gift on the island.

Home Decor

Whale & Seashell Wall Hook Set — Navy and Ivory, Set of 2

One navy humpback, one cream scallop shell, both cast with real depth to the carving — the pair I'd screw into a bathroom wall for hand towels or by a bunk-room door for beach bags.

Home Decor

Coastal Nautical Rope Table Lantern — Starfish & Seashell Beach House Decor

A rope-wrapped lantern trimmed with a starfish and a little shell — a candle inside it on a porch table at dusk is the whole summer in one object. I keep three going down the middle of an outdoor table with hydrangeas between them.