A Whitewashed California Beach House!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">Carolyn Espley-Miller designed this beautiful beach home in California!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Many of you know I'm obsessed with the clean, soft look of white.</div><div style="text-align: center;">White creates the perfect pallet foundation for cape cod, Gustavian/Swedish, French and Belgian decor.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to House Beautiful, we're able to enjoy this perfect dreamy beach home!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPvnhYcVAdEIAJyAMN5pJURlWn2hrt9aGpeE8iNOZZRZns4-lVDNVu-hH834th51Z_0WdPgfS8XvAwX2pYS2gqtLoZD7nELhX0opUmhHVyRJeWrB8sbIbfN_8vugD4zqvR2kdw7bTRg8s/s1600/0910-miller-dining-table-02-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPvnhYcVAdEIAJyAMN5pJURlWn2hrt9aGpeE8iNOZZRZns4-lVDNVu-hH834th51Z_0WdPgfS8XvAwX2pYS2gqtLoZD7nELhX0opUmhHVyRJeWrB8sbIbfN_8vugD4zqvR2kdw7bTRg8s/s640/0910-miller-dining-table-02-de.jpg" width="499" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">... notice how Carolyn incorporates the feel of a cafe' in Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcn65Hu-fFbLU9uKoZeoGq0rJCjgrGikUi6I0b2zgfK-iB85M9THvNkAOLQzgWPxhX4ij-lOZ4LJJVGg7PdzRyVjHLeQ7DX7ptrVNJCx7WXj-kUV95-cl6-H5j6QIz9MPCafVYz6HgumI/s1600/0910-miller-staircase-black-banister-01-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcn65Hu-fFbLU9uKoZeoGq0rJCjgrGikUi6I0b2zgfK-iB85M9THvNkAOLQzgWPxhX4ij-lOZ4LJJVGg7PdzRyVjHLeQ7DX7ptrVNJCx7WXj-kUV95-cl6-H5j6QIz9MPCafVYz6HgumI/s640/0910-miller-staircase-black-banister-01-de.jpg" width="499" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2H3iWV0icrlX0JPxb8YJRYTFdRycubnLkShqSjAlVKO5oiudh_7ceBiUT3Vv7EYHptrQg_4wcdOb46MwchNND9IWIIPM2c5KlXHYTNYyP2K3lYP3svrGxaa0SUsPlzyZ_h0FYQ13mANYS/s1600/0910-miller-doorway-04-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2H3iWV0icrlX0JPxb8YJRYTFdRycubnLkShqSjAlVKO5oiudh_7ceBiUT3Vv7EYHptrQg_4wcdOb46MwchNND9IWIIPM2c5KlXHYTNYyP2K3lYP3svrGxaa0SUsPlzyZ_h0FYQ13mANYS/s640/0910-miller-doorway-04-de.jpg" width="499" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Such a simple but beautiful entryway!  The little details pop!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Rwl-zGJKqh6NpLjl9xdJiGIGBfJIvkc0TrMB8koDWin9OWVsy2cbfk096bAEd3cbB2vxrOrchhV4jsER4FkJB9lgUx-_EQqYa9Vhoc76__l9HjC7qeLGDOlbyYgUkUURECFW7crP875j/s1600/0910-miller-drawer-decoratons-06-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Rwl-zGJKqh6NpLjl9xdJiGIGBfJIvkc0TrMB8koDWin9OWVsy2cbfk096bAEd3cbB2vxrOrchhV4jsER4FkJB9lgUx-_EQqYa9Vhoc76__l9HjC7qeLGDOlbyYgUkUURECFW7crP875j/s640/0910-miller-drawer-decoratons-06-de.jpg" width="499" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgApYewi7rr-vCY3AkwdsCM__sxtyGJucqvSyMatJ3E0QvRnQjsj3-I6IEiikRPOjLB5QYgc6L7fHW1Phln2RNVltYbNoMpUhyphenhyphenjqfont76kAqQdBAWSwGR0T3PqRQwUYbTXyHuxJDAEJ6p/s1600/0910-miller-decor-detailing-10-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgApYewi7rr-vCY3AkwdsCM__sxtyGJucqvSyMatJ3E0QvRnQjsj3-I6IEiikRPOjLB5QYgc6L7fHW1Phln2RNVltYbNoMpUhyphenhyphenjqfont76kAqQdBAWSwGR0T3PqRQwUYbTXyHuxJDAEJ6p/s640/0910-miller-decor-detailing-10-de.jpg" width="499" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">... It's all in the details!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BG33otpnfAJp6tQWBTmDNz2NePzOWOjZC497Y6iCbsxri66XtUor4ElC242hu75iy2cGJgJPMSScEDOvJbOxNdU1Ge0Cw911X1eWXpHcM1GZ2yhE8FFyRM6ecsQwuFQ0vMpx6ayOkmf_/s1600/0910-miller-fireplace-stone-19-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BG33otpnfAJp6tQWBTmDNz2NePzOWOjZC497Y6iCbsxri66XtUor4ElC242hu75iy2cGJgJPMSScEDOvJbOxNdU1Ge0Cw911X1eWXpHcM1GZ2yhE8FFyRM6ecsQwuFQ0vMpx6ayOkmf_/s640/0910-miller-fireplace-stone-19-de.jpg" width="499" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This bedroom mantel is made from a wooden French window frame from Lucca antiques.</div><div style="text-align: center;">... incredible!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm3jcgQ6hTEy7H03wSOLe1HTSo-YmWxxnELhdgB6oFY65qzLJogcGLTb9Aa-1zqwTXFRW9-TbfmHRGxpmflmOpzB6JkzldItJ65W6I6cLup-5Amgbi08wcpXsrwzzCPsrTwb0qaXVEz974/s1600/0910-miller-bed-window-20-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm3jcgQ6hTEy7H03wSOLe1HTSo-YmWxxnELhdgB6oFY65qzLJogcGLTb9Aa-1zqwTXFRW9-TbfmHRGxpmflmOpzB6JkzldItJ65W6I6cLup-5Amgbi08wcpXsrwzzCPsrTwb0qaXVEz974/s640/0910-miller-bed-window-20-de.jpg" width="499" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Notice the barn doors with their original seafoam color make up the bed's headboard.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9QtDvR-0n-megBPRiS864ctG7f7-UvULvuWy9s5X8V6nk3TH4vJUF68uewGn_YK0zb2ONpqnvpe8xlDfjJMmBFmR_GO5KOF0Q4jfZTbNm6aHQIjbH1I6xYFPHqcEK8OoYa9h0iYowhxB/s1600/0910-miller-ship-photo-11-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9QtDvR-0n-megBPRiS864ctG7f7-UvULvuWy9s5X8V6nk3TH4vJUF68uewGn_YK0zb2ONpqnvpe8xlDfjJMmBFmR_GO5KOF0Q4jfZTbNm6aHQIjbH1I6xYFPHqcEK8OoYa9h0iYowhxB/s640/0910-miller-ship-photo-11-de.jpg" width="499" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHeMgOWMLMPss2CrwhPU33AZtoZGodP0aDxAHs9Nf5_Gke53ka7WmG656A4jxTZms_GgiEcZhAnHFW0ij8lNATHpy7agjKPpummZ8J-M6csrreOvhbrvRfKIJ08wikK_Y9Ex8AsK_2faA/s1600/0910-miller-fireplac-family-room-03-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="499" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHeMgOWMLMPss2CrwhPU33AZtoZGodP0aDxAHs9Nf5_Gke53ka7WmG656A4jxTZms_GgiEcZhAnHFW0ij8lNATHpy7agjKPpummZ8J-M6csrreOvhbrvRfKIJ08wikK_Y9Ex8AsK_2faA/s640/0910-miller-fireplac-family-room-03-de.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing I love more than large comfy sofas and vintage dhurrie rugs!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwt1Y-3bZbSt_jDFxS2uPPFxRw2YMDdvRVb-IkFTpbYrorAiA1ozH2oVZGLW_AjIz2WZ5lXxNR1zICTsaAD2ZJKqhKq7ZyyNb6_o7gUKqTMOJhnZs8GYt5azfrwRiOhwJX_bvPzsoxjKKh/s1600/0910-miller-patriotic-table-15-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwt1Y-3bZbSt_jDFxS2uPPFxRw2YMDdvRVb-IkFTpbYrorAiA1ozH2oVZGLW_AjIz2WZ5lXxNR1zICTsaAD2ZJKqhKq7ZyyNb6_o7gUKqTMOJhnZs8GYt5azfrwRiOhwJX_bvPzsoxjKKh/s640/0910-miller-patriotic-table-15-de.jpg" width="499" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIUsoZWuZ4NntFdJzPAtXuY2HCtxjS6CZKRX3B_QFpqeSzzDtXL09bE691ZVKx5sx6ZUNZg7szNIG83SqqKbvBTOrYFCrYR6QvGETKRmoTaEfVqeUc-LWB_weaytqiktFiSiBPatPG8mO/s640/0910-miller-white-picket-table-05-de.jpg" width="499" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you all have a wonderful week!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

A Whitewashed California Beach House!

Carolyn Espley-Miller designed this beautiful beach home in California! Many of you know I'm obsessed with the clean, soft look of white...

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">I recently purchased the book <i>The Home Within Us</i>!  Not only are the pictures gorgeous, but the architect Bobby McAlpine explains perfectly the art of designing a beautiful home.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">He quotes, "What we crave in life is an outer beauty that reflects the gorgeous world inside us."  He goes on to explain that what we envision can become our reality, because we do have control over our own lives.  He quotes, "We do have the power to create our own environment--and our environment, in turn shapes us. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Amen to that... he nailed it!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are some beautiful images created from the mind of Bobby McAlpine:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwqediCvQ6x8M1BuMo6nyEW29QgGimCt90Jc1U01iwCtpQBk1yOhcC5be4rYxglJAfap6k0Uf2Ml3_AlCl4zOpXlWoPwrgKcw7UfVhgFQAqR49wK1-jAvvLpJ5eCQMAr73meD9Goa0gR8/s1600/sc00064aa5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I recently purchased the book The Home Within Us !  Not only are the pictures gorgeous, but the architect Bobby McAlpine explains perfectly ...

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