My New Table Runner...

Remember my post about the Etsy stores a few days ago? I mentioned how much I loved the table runner from TheShabbyChicCottage? Her burlap table runner was so gorgeous, I felt inspired to try and make one myself.

It turned out pretty nice, I'm really happy with it. I love burlap! Thanks for the inspiration, ShabbyChicCottage!

Ohhh, I love Etsy!

Of course I need a vintage map of SC. Of course I do. This one's from Holcroft.



I have 4 children and 1 husband. So I need at least 5 numbers. Maybe I should get another husband just so I can have another number? Numbers from MyPrimitiveBoutique on Etsy.



Pretty Blue Fan from MustLoveJunk on Etsy



Gorgeous Burlap Table Runner from TheShabbyChicCottage



Pretty Stars from Christayy. (Bought them and will paint those bad boys black or white!)

Do you love Etsy as much as me?

~*Steph~*

The Basket Light? The Aluminum Lamp?

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We had a similar discussion at JustBeachy recently about the basket lights. I'm not sure how I feel about them, I think it's great that they are easy to make, but, I just don't quite *love* them, for my home anyways. I'm afraid it would look like an afterthought, an accident... Now, I don't mean to generalize because there have been times that I've LOVED the basket lights, I just don't know about putting one in my home.

So what about the industrial clamp lamp? I mean, I have this lamp laying around waiting for something to be done with it. I used it to warm my baby chicks when they were little. I told my hubs, Jeremy, that I had seen them all over decor blogs. He looked at me and said, "Really? Do we have to do everything you see in decor blogs? There has to be a line somewhere."

But... But... I have the lamp. It's ready to plug in. He sort of hurt my sensitive little decorating feelings ;-) Humor me, honey! I'll do the same for you the next time you want to buy another tool you won't use to build me furniture. ;-)

One of the first times I saw the industrial clamp lamp was over at Savvy Southern Style in this post about Kim's sister's house. The lamp looks so charming! Go check it out!

Then I started seeing the lamps in other places, like apartment therapy's site. These for example:

So what's your take on the aluminum clamp lamp? How about the basket lights? Love 'em, hate 'em?

Thanks for visiting and for being such inspiring bloggers!

~*Stephanie~*

It's the little things...

My husband thinks that I am really easy to please. "Low Maintenance," he calls me. I guess he's easy to please because he overlooks that my hair costs us $175 every 2 months. What a dollbaby!

But aside from the expensive hair visits, I guess I am pretty easy to please. I'd rather have $10 and a trip to a couple of good thrift stores than almost anything shiny and expensive. Perhaps it's the hunt that I love. You know you'll find something pretty at Pottery Barn or Anthro, but it's more fun and challenging to make something pretty for just a couple of bucks.

This watering can is not a great example because I found it as lovely as you see it, I didn't have a challenge making it pretty. S-c-o-r-e!

Last week I ordered some dried hydrangea from JoBunch on Etsy. I really didn't have anything pretty to put them in, so I started window shopping on Etsy, trying to find something to vase my flowers. I was thinking a metal milk jug or a couple of pretty Mason jars. I saw this pretty pitcher below at ZinniaCottage on Etsy, but it's just out of my price range at $75.

I did my usual weekly visit to the thrift store yesterday. I never really have anything in mind that I'm looking for, I just hope that I happen upon something special. Well yesterday I couldn't find a single thing. I decided to do another walkthrough before I left, sometimes you miss things on the first browse. And I saw this beautiful watering can. I heard an angel chorus when my eyes landed on it! And for $6!? In my opinion, it's as pretty as the pitcher above but a wee bit more affordable. And wouldn't you know, I got home with my watering can and my hydrangeas had arrived in the mail. They look great in that watering can, no?

Originally I thought I'd paint it white with black accents like the pitcher, but I kind of like the old dirty coppery look of it. I might just leave it alone. I love the number/letter on the side-- I wish it popped out more and that's kind of why I wanted to paint it. But it's all good, I am keeping the watering can on top of my china cabinet anyways, so you wouldn't be able to see the number/letter anyhow...

I love the little things, like a good thrift store score!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

~*Stephanie~*

Easy Ornament Recipe

When I was a kid my Aunt taught me to make ornaments with the simplest ingredients-- flour, salt, and a bit of water. Since I am in desperate need of some cutesifying in the Christmas decor department, I figured I'd make some Christmas ornaments with the kids. I used the old ornament recipe to make starfish and sand dollars. The kids made Gingerbread men.




Funny thing is, once the ornaments cooled from baking, the kids pulled their Gingerbread Men off the tray and played with them for HOURS! Who knew? My Middle Man loved his so much, he slept with the poor, haggard, legless Gingerbread Man who lost his legs somewhere in those hours of playing. Let's see you run now, Mr. Gingerbread!



I'll probably paint those starfish and sand dollars a pearlescent white and baby blue. We used to just dip the ornaments in polyurethane after painting them. You can also get an aged color to the dough, if you don't want to paint them, by using a bit of instant tea or using leftover coffee instead of water. Then did them in polyurethane. I think it would be fun to use chalkboard paint to paint stars and then write some cute words on them to hang on the tree-- "Christ", "Love", "Family", "Santa"... etc...

The dough is very easy to mold with, so you can make just about anything. Just add little bits of water if dough gets crumbly while you're working. Just make sure you don't put too much water in, it really won't work well if you do. You can always add more water, but you can't take the water out.

The ones in the first picture are finger starfish. I'm happy with how those came out. I poked little holes with a kabob skewer to make them look a bit more real. You can hot glue bows, ribbons, hemp string for hangers after you're all done. You can also put half of a paperclip as a hanger before baking and it will just harden into the dough.

With my first batch of ornaments, I made these "starfish" which didn't turn out quite like I wanted (ok, nothing like I wanted). They look cartoonishly bubbly. But they will work for gifts maybe. I just hot glued some hemp twine for hangers.


Ornament Recipe
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup salt
approximately .5 to 1 cup hot water

Mix dry ingredients, add water slowly until you get the dough right. It will be very similar to playdough textured. Don't add so much water that it gets sticky. If it happens, just add a bit of flour until texture is right. Bake at 285 degrees for 2 hours, or until hard.

It's that easy! Let me know if any of you make some ornaments with this recipe, I'd love to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by!

~*Stephanie~*

Newby question here...

I feel like a total dork asking this, but I tried to find the answer and no Google search helped me at all. When I visit your blogs and leave a comment, a blogger profile pic shows up next to my comment. The thumbnail it uses zooms in on my boobs from my profile pic... And, well, that's just a little bit weird. I'm sure y'all must think I'm some kind of exhibitionist or something, leaving comments on your blogs with my boobs all poked out. :-)

Anyone know how to alter that thumbnail for the comment picture? Maybe I have to change my pic all together? I'm going to go try messing with it some more... Maybe I'll figure it out.

Thanks for suggestions!

Love me some Graphic's Fairy

Oh, I just love the Graphic's Fairy. She uploads these pretty little vintage images for free. And there are so many it's hard to choose!

I searched the sight for seashells and found these. I framed them last night. I took some printer paper, soaked it for a second in my coffee pot (filled with this morning's coffee) laid it in the microwave and zapped it for 1 minute. When I took it out, the coffee stained paper was a little wrinkled, but had lots of character. I then just ironed the paper to get it ready for the printer. This particular image prints with an aged look anyways, as it was scanned out of an old book. But it's even more authentic looking after being printed on coffee (or tea) stained paper.




The frames were 8 x 10, and the image is more like 6 x 10. So I got some pretty paper at my local art supply store and put it under the image to fill in the space. I had the frames stashed in my closet, I just spray painted them to liven them up a bit.



Total cost for this image: $2 for the pretty paper. That's all! And there's plenty of paper left to use on another project down the road.

Thanks for stopping by & thank you all for your inspiration!

~*Stephanie~*

The little things...

I've been doing some smaller projects, but they make a difference, don't they? I wish I had a before picture for this vanity chair, but it was beyond bad, so it's just as well that I not show it to you. I'm going with the coastal look in my bedroom too, but I couldn't resist putting a little zebra pop in there too. I mean, I've never actually seen a Zebra at the beach, but... If I were a zebra, I would most certainly be at the beach.






Sorry about the picture quality, I think it's time to change the battery in the Nikon.

Anyhoooo, the chair was dark stained and had a uber thin pad for the seat. I laid a standard size pillow on top of the chair and it was exactly the size of the chair's seat. So I just slapped that pillow on top of the existing seat and stapled the fabric over it. It looks pretty good and I love the fluffiness. I did a sloppy whitewash paintjob but liked the look of it. So instead of painting a 3rd coat to correct my sloppiness, I just went with it and did the sanding to age it. I didn't prime it but it didn't yellow, which is more than I can say for my dresser. That's another story. Inexperienced furniture refinisher here.

I've been busy doing little things like making this little starfish garland. I got this mirror at a yard sale a few years ago, it's one of my favorite little finds. I didn't have to do anything to make it pretty, just hung her up on the wall. And she was only $15!



When my hubs and I were in our early 20's, I loved pretty vintage things but we just couldn't afford them. We lived in Asheville, NC at the time and there were amazing antique stores and Vintage Flea Markets. But, alas, I only window shopped. One day my husbands truck broke down. While he waited for me to come fetch him, he looked off on the side of the road and down an embankment there was a pile of trash-- old mattresses, a fridge, rusty old lawn furniture. Someone had sadly dumped their junk on the side of the road. My husband looked closer and saw a gem amidst the trash, all wet and covered in leaves. He dug it out and we brought it home. It spent years in our sheds, and traveled with us from NC to Colorado. I just pulled her out of the shed the other day, determined to finally use her. As long as she is hiding in the shed, she won't inspire anyone. Hopefully my hubs will get tired of seeing her on the back deck and will help me do something special with her. We've tossed around some ideas and have finally settled on what we'll do. Now I just have to motivate my husband, or bribe him with chocolate, whatever it takes. :-)




So here's the plan... We're going to hang the door behind our front door, on the wall. This is where we normally throw our shoes when we come in the house. We're going to build a little seat with cubbies under it to store shoes. We'll put coat hangers on it, somewhere, to hang jackets and scarves. But what about those windows? One of the pieces of glass is missing, which I can replace for $5 or so. No biggie. But should I replace it with glass? Mirror? Maybe just some wood and paint it with chalkboard paint? I like the latter idea, but am thinking that bulky jackets hanging on it would end up getting chalk dust all over them. My husband, Jeremy, likes the idea of putting mirror in it. But I worry it is too busy looking? What would you do?

Anyhow, these are just a couple little projects that went down over the week. I want to get started on the door this weekend, while there are a few drops of outdoor sunshine goodness left. But, I also want to paint the living room sooooooo bad. So, we'll see what happens.

Thanks for stopping by, for leaving comments, and for inspiring me with your creativity. Have a good night!

~*Stephanie~*

Been Busy

I have been busy decorating, despite that I haven't been great about posting pictures. I guess I'll bombard you with all the pics soon. I've most recently been working in my bedroom. I decided not to make the duvet cover like the Anthro one, with the linen. I just figured that 1.) by the time I buy enough fabric to do one in that style, I might as well just buy one, and 2.) linen is too heavy to get that effect anyways. It was a good idea, maybe I'll do it one day with a lighter fabric, just for fun. But right now I've got enough to do. So instead I bought the kissing pleat duvet from Target, in an aqua-ish color, for $70. It wasn't quite the right color, but it'll do. I made some pillows and painted my walls. I also painted my dresser and vanity. I gave my vanity chair a little makeover as well. Oh, I hate talking about all of it and not posting pictures. So I'll get on that tomorrow!

I made some pillows for my "Momma Bear Chair" as well, and that I do have pictures of! (As if you haven't already seen the chair a million times already. I just love her so much!)



Anyhow, just thought I'd update the ol' blog a little. I'll get around to posting some pics this week. My bedding is so soft and delightfully squishy, I have to show it off. Until then, I think I'm going to go cuddle up in it with my handsome husband right now!

Good night, Friends. Thanks for stopping by, and thank you for inspiring me!

~*Stephanie~*

The cutest seahorse ever...

I wanted to try my hand at making some slipcovers for my blah-ze dining room chairs. I sewed one during naptime the other day, with a cheap linen-ish fabric I got from Wal Mart. It turned out pretty nice. Now I have to sew enough slipcovers for 4 more chairs (I only have 5 chairs now, one broke right under me while I was nursing my baby. My husband walked in and found me laying on the floor with the baby still nursing like nothing even happened!)

In addition to sewing these, I decided to brandish some sea critters on the back, just for interestingness (I know it's not a word but it sounds good). I used Citrasolv and a copy I made from a Xerox machine. Apparently you can use laser prints too, but not prints from a jet printer. Anyhow, it came out cute, though smaller and lighter than I wanted. I'm alright with it though because there's no way to fix it and I'm not sewing another cover. Nope!

Here she is...



A closeup of that cute little guy...



I'm off to bed, Friends. Thank you for visiting & thanks for inspiring me!

~*Steph~*

Some creativity...

So I'm making some progress around here! Not enough to brag about or anything, but I'm putting in some effort. I've painted lots of furniture, and you know how long that takes (with 4 kids)-- first sanding, priming, painting, repainting. maybe some retouching... I'll share some pictures of the furniture in a latter post.

For now I thought I'd share some pics of the smaller, fun projects. Like these cute frames adorned with sand dollars and a starfish. The frames were .25 at the thrift store. I used a little bottle of robin's egg blue acrylic paint, $2.00 or so. I also got the shells for $1.50 at the thrift store. I think it's a fun little project, though my silly husband laughed at me when he saw it. He said, "How are you supposed to see the picture in the frame now?" He's funny, I love his silly sarcasm. I'll have to give him some learning on the subject of Coastal Chic Decor!

Thanks to Trash2Treasure for the idea!



I pulled this old window out of my shed. I bought it years ago for $7. It's been collecting dust in the shed, just waiting for me to do something special with it. I sprayed it white (it was red, which I'm trying to get away from). I made the wreath after a beach trip a couple of years ago. That was the last time I had some sand in my toes. :-( Anyhow, I thought the window and the wreath were made for one another. It's pretty cute, ain't it?



I didn't craft this one, I cheated. I bought it on clearance at Pier1 for $10. OK, I'm lying. I bought 2 of them. But I can't stand it, I'm having a love affair with Capiz shells. LOVE them!



And do you remember my little Freecycle chair?



She was FREE! You gotta love that! I bought some cheap fabric from Wal Mart and reupholstered her for about $12. I painted the wood white. I don't *love* the fabric, but it'll do. I'll throw some pretty frilly pillows on her, maybe a feedsack or burlap pillow, and she'll be a dollbaby.



Now I'm working on making a painting for my living room, doing some whitewashing on bedroom furniture, painting my living room and bedroom, and making slipcovers for my dining room chairs. Oh, and I'm trying my hand at making some bubble roman shades, like these. Fingers crossed they come out nice, I've never done window treatments and I can't find a tutorial on the web that speaks my lingity dingity...



That's all I've got for now, Friends. Thanks for visiting & thanks for inspiring me!

~*Steph~*

Question for you...

I don't know if this is one of those big obvious answer questions but I saw this sign at The Virginia House and I love it. The font is kind of subway-ish. I see signs all over your blogs with similar fonts. There's also the beachy looking fonts, like the ones you see used on wooden beach signs that I like.



My problem is that I don't have a Cricut (I think some of you make stencils using those) and the nearest Hobby Lobby is 45 minutes away and has NOTHING in stencils or in sponge letters.

Do you have any suggestions on how I can make stencils, or order some that are affordable? The whole exacto knife on sturdy paper idea scares me, I must admit. I know you ladies are really good at creativity and I'm new to all of this, so I thought I'd ask you!

Your suggestions are much appreciated!

~*Steph~*

Layered Fluffy Bedding

I've been planning to make my own bedding for awhile, it's on my list (which is very long) of things I want to do. I want that fluffy, light, squishy, cozy bedding that is like a layered cloud of cotton.

I've always wanted Anthro bedding. I started browsing their catalog in 2003 (when it was a little more affordable), dreaming of cuddling inside a brightly colored quilt. Now I'm not so much in love with the bright colored bedding, I'm more into this white Cirrus Duvet...



So, rather than pay $208 for it, I'm going to make it. My sewing machine is a champ with the ruffling, so I think it will come out nice. The only thing I will do different is use a fabric similar to linen that I found at WalMart for $2.50 a yard. It is soft and comfortable and it reminds me of old sail mast. Plus it's thick enough that my current colored comforter will not show through the fabric. Then I will sew pretty pillow covers with various light colored and textured fabrics, as well as a few little burlap throw pillows.

I'll post some pictured soon!

My Pretties...

Today I decided to do some cheap shopping at the thrift stores and antique mall. I made some money sewing some little girl twirly skirts, and boy was that $30 burning a hole in my pocket!

I had to remind myself what I wanted. You see, I always had an eye for pretty vintage things, but I would buy every pretty little vintage thing I could afford. Which is what got me to this funny little hodge podge scheme I have now. It's not awful looking, but I want a "theme" if you know what I mean-- that theme being bringing Charleston here to my home. So I kept my eyes open for all things shabby chic or beachy-ish.

Well, that's a challenge in Colorado because there's all this Native American, Ranchy, and Southwestern type decor, so that's what you find in thrift stores and antique malls around here. There's no French inspired decor, that's for sure. And forget the Coastal Chic. But it's about getting creative, isn't it? Working with what you've got, and doing it on a budget, in my case.

Today I found some treasures! I found sand dollars, about 6 of them, for $1.50. I got a big shell filled with little shells for another $1.50. I found a rocket ship mirror for my boy's room for $2-- and it goes with their space themed room (which I'll share picture of later). And... Drum Roll... I found a brand new Chandelier for $15! It's so pretty, little, dainty! And it's never been used, still in its original packaging. Who does that!? Who buys a pretty chandelier like this and drops it off at the thrift store? I'm not sure, but boy am I glad they did!



Earlier this week I was taking my daughter to school and saw a cabinet on the side of the road, buried under some old lumber and yard trash. It's yard clean up week in my town, so everyone is putting their junk on the road. I kept trying to talk myself into knocking on the owner's door and asking if they minded me digging through their trash pile, but it took me 4 days to get the courage. I finally did it, and the home owner even helped me load it into my van. I'm not sure what I'll do with it yet, besides paint it, fix the door (there's a door that fell off), put some wood on the back (maybe beadboard) and sand it up to age it and shabby chic it up. I'll figure out where to put it after I get it looking nice... One man's trash...



Oh, boy, am I getting over my head with projects!? This week I got a chair to reupholster, a cabinet to refurbish, and a chandelier to wire... That's on top of all of the rooms that need painting (I have RED walls in my dining room, ACK!) and the pillows I need to sew for my new bedding. Oh, geesh. Anyone want to come over and help? Bring your paint clothes and a brush, k? :-)

Score!

I tried posting a want ad on my local Freecycle.com site, asking for a "Cozy Vintage Wooden Chair With Character." I figured that I might get offered nothing, I might get offered something with the wrong translation of "chair with character", or I might just score something really awesome. And I DID score! Isn't she lovely? Now I just have to find some time to reupholster and paint this beauty. Perfect cozy little winter project! I'll post pictures when she's done!

Getting started

I have some pretty pieces in my home, I've always had an attraction to old furniture. But they were all dark colored wood, and I wanted more of a shabby chic look. I was really scared to paint them though because, well, I had always heard how "taboo" it is to paint a solid wood furniture piece. Not to mention, dark colors just make sense when you have 4 youngins.

I don't know if I could achieve the coastal chic look with dark wood. Maybe if it were in just bits and pieces, but ALL of my furniture is dark, my flooring is dark, my couches are dark, my rugs are dark... You get the picture. The look I wanted to go for required some "bucking up" about painting the furniture. Besides, if it's a pretty piece of furniture, it's not going to be ruined because I paint it... It might even look better!

So I've started the project of painting. I was worried about white furniture because of the kiddos, but truth is that we need to just have rules: No drinks or food except for at the table, wash hands after meals or crafts, etc. Then white furniture and light fabrics can work. Geesh, I should know this of anyone. I grew up with my German Grandmother who had white carpet (that's still white after 25 years) and pristine furniture, because she implemented a few rules. No biggie, if I lived through living in a white house as a kid, my kids will be alright in my light, bright home.

So, I started painting on Sunday... I painted the nasty old table black and the chairs white. I also painted the china cabinet white. I have a little French style table that I also painted white. It's a semi-gloss paint so that it will be easier to wipe when it gets dirty. I had planned to distress everything after I painted it, but am scared to now! Why mess with a good thing?

On the dining room chairs I plan to make some linen slip covers with seashells, starfish, crabs on the back of the chairs, using iron-on transfers on linen fabric. I am a little concerned because kids are messy when they eat. I can yank the slipcovers off once a week and wash them, but will the iron on transfers stand up to weekly washing? I'm thinking of making a second set of slipcovers with painted numbers on the back-- maybe the paint will last longer than the imaged slipcovers. Then I can just save the imaged slipcovers for when company is coming over...

Here are some pictures of our busy Sunday...

Here is the ugly old dark table... You can see that we've been doing art projects at the table... Another rule that needs to change, Momma needs to throw down a paint cloth before kids start painting pictures...



Here is the chair. I'm trying not to be really embarrassed by how badly I let things get. I mean, LOOK at this chair! Yuckadoo! Believe it or not, I just recovered the fabic on the chairs 2 years ago. Kids are hard on furniture, to say the least. That's why I wonder how crazy I am to think khaki linen slipcovers will work in this home... We shall see.



Here I am trying to remove the chair cushions so that I could paint the chairs. Do you see that wee little person trying to help me? Well, he's not really "helping" but he's real cute, so I try to work around him. You can see why this transformation from hodge podge to coastal chic is going to take awhile, we have so many youngins! You're planning on sticking around for awhile, right?



Here's the table and chairs getting primed with some KILZ with my new sprayer. The sprayer did not like the KILZ at.all. My husband suggested I water the KILZ down a little so that it isn't so thick, and that worked. It was a hot day and the tip of the sprayer just kept getting clogged if I just paused for a second. I'd have to take the stupid thing apart, take the tip inside, wash it off, reconnect everything, spray again for awhile until it would clog again. It was really frustrating. Not to mention it would spray and dry almost instantly on the furniture, which was creating bumps-- not a smooth finish. Anyhow, the good news is that the watered down KILZ worked better and the final coats with a semi gloss went very smoothly. The sprayer is obviously a fussy little thing, but it's better than the brush method! :-)



My sweet husband, who totally humors me with this whole beachy makeover, deserves a big kiss for all of his hard work and a great attitude. WhattaGuy! Not only is he sweet, he's hunky too. See my fluffy pretty little chicken girls in the background too? Love those girls!



Last but not least, my pretty little Frenchy table. She's going to be a dollbaby now, all white and shiny...



Ok, so I've got the table & chairs done, the china cabinet (which I don't have a picture of yet, and my little Frenchy table. Ohhhh, just a drop in the bucket on my journey to a little decor makeover. But we'll get there... Thanks for watching my progress!

New Here...

Hi everyone!

I am not new to blogging, I've been doing it for years. But I am new to decor blogging, and I'm looking forward to sharing so many things! But first, let's talk about the gal behind the blog:

I am a mother of four Beeeee-autiful children who I adore from the pit of my being. I am married to my bestest friend, who inspires me and encourages and nurtures my every whim. We moved to Colorado about 10 years ago, and though I love the amazing things that life has brought us since our move here, I am homesick for the warm, lush, beauty that was my Southern home in Charleston, SC. We are here for the unforeseeable future though, so I decided to bring the beach to our sweet Colorado home-- through our decor.

But that's where things get interesting... I have a love of the coastal chic decor, but as I mentioned, I have 4 children. I love white... white... maybe some sea colors... maybe some natural burlap, linen textures... some Robin's Egg Blue... a splash of white... and a little bit of white. So, we'll see how well this color palette and natural textured fabrics go down in a home with 4 children and all of their snotty noses, chocolate chip cookie covered fingers, and cherry jello covered clothes...

Hmmmm... I'm crazy, no? Can we say "Lots and lots and lots of Scotchgard?"

And there's this other teensy weensy problem, I live in an area that is pretty close to desolate (no malls, no considerable shopping, minimal antique stores) AND the decor I have collected so far is hodge podge and lacking any real sense or purpose. I mean, I KNOW what looks nice. I KNOW what "pretty" is. I have fantastic taste. But, let's face it, I haven't really been aiming for anything other than "functional" and "affordable" since we started our family. I'm not far away from those brick and board shelf days of my college years... And I'm almost 35! Shhhhhhh. Don't tell anyone! ;-)

So, I'm creating this blog to document the changes, because there's gonna be some. I've been missing Charleston, growing up with sand in my toes, for so very long. And there's no need for that. If I can't live at the beach, well, I'll bring the beach to my home. Watch and see!