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10 Ways to Age a Beach House

Shop owner and designer Kay Douglass shares her tips giving a brand-new beach house a lived-in, comfortable feel.

When shop owner Kay Douglass and her husband, Jim, purchased this new house—designed by architect James Carter—in Rosemary Beach, Florida, they relied on Kay’s knack for repurposing old objects to create an interior space that reflects the same character as the house’s architecture. Here, Kay reveals her top 10 ways to take a beach cottage from plain-Jane to perfectly imperfect.

Paul Whicheloe, Text by Steele Thomas Marcoux

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From Plain to Perfect

When shop owner Kay Douglass and her husband, Jim, purchased this new house―designed by architect James Carter―in Rosemary Beach, Florida, they relied on Kay’s knack for repurposing old objects to create an interior space that reflects the same character as the house’s architecture. Here, Kay reveals her top 10 ways to take a beach cottage from plain-Jane to perfectly imperfect.