Homes»Decorating»10 Ways to Age a Beach House

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.

“I stuck to a pretty disciplined palette of white, charcoal-brown, and wheat because I wanted to add character to this house with a variety of textures and materials and repurposed objects,” Kay says. “And it doesn’t compete with the view of the Gulf.”

Paul Wicheloe, Text by Steele Thomas Marcoux

3 of 14

View all

Simplify the Palette

“I stuck to a pretty disciplined palette of white, charcoal-brown, and wheat because I wanted to add character to this house with a variety of textures and materials and repurposed objects,” Kay says. “And it doesn’t compete with the view of the Gulf.”