Coastal Living The Style Issue

Once the nation’s capital where founding fathers met to make peace and draft plans, Annapolis now draws entrepreneurs, artists, and adventurers—from water enthusiasts to history buffs. Its brick lined streets and preserved buildings properly salute to the years past and the Midshipmen that still walk among them. While a home to 300 years of history, it’s the community that now brings the city to life. From the near shores of the Chesapeake, Annapolis glistens at night and during the day—small businesses, art galleries, and unique dining experiences make it the gem of the Bay. Daily life in Annapolis is captained by officials headed for the State capital building, St. John’s students in debate over locally roasted coffee, visitors meandering through different shops and galleries, and when the day is just…

Nathan Turner’s coastal California roots run deep: five generations, to be exact. As such, the designer, author, and entertaining expert comes from a long line of beach lovers. “Growing up, we sailed our boat, The Bolero, on weekends under the Golden Gate. The view from my bedroom was the Carquinez Strait that opens up to the San Francisco Bay,” he recalls. That time on the water proved influential. The designer is renowned for his relaxed, inviting spaces, full of texture and warmth. “I don’t get too caught up in the fact that there’s going to be sand on the floors and dogs running the halls,” he says. “I design rooms where those elements work with, not against, the decor.” While Turner and his partner, designer Eric Hughes, now live in…

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There is a style and spirit to Galveston, the historic port city that has parked itself defiantly at the edge of Texas’s Gulf coastline for nearly two centuries. In fact, when the hurricane called the “Great Galveston Storm of 1900” nearly wiped it away, Galveston replied by elevating its residential footprint 8 feet higher, re-building, and carrying on (and on again, after Hurricane Ike in 2008). To walk the elevated sidewalks of the elegant historic downtown and the narrow streets lined with Victorian and early 20th-century homes is to discover a distinctly American treasure. Now, one of those gracious homes has emerged—thanks to a stunning restoration—as a luxury hideaway as alluring as the city itself. The Carr Mansion Bed & Breakfast, an 1866 Greek Revival mansion (with a Queen Anne…

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Along the pale sands that line Mississippi’s toe dipped into the Gulf of Mexico, there’s no sweeter coming together of art, place, and soul than in Ocean Springs. It was here, 101 years ago, that Annette McConnell Anderson and her husband, George, bought 24 acres of scrub-shaded land on the water, dreaming of creating an art colony and eventually moving their three boys from New Orleans to live there. What emerged are two artistic legacies. Shearwater Pottery, founded in 1928 by son and master potter Peter, remains a family-owned studio on the original land that creates and sells highly original—and collectible—ceramics. Houseware pieces like mugs, bowls, and plates shimmer with glazes that capture the Gulf’s hues, and Shearwater’s famous ceramic figures—from pirates and dock workers to seabirds and fish—evoke a…