Painting the wide-plank floors, here striped with yellow and red, is a very Nantucket thing to do in older, simpler beach houses. With the ocean breeze, many of the windows don't require screens and curtains are simply vintage linens clipped onto a line.
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Gridley & Graves
Bold red, white, and blue blend into a bath with neutral walls and flooring.
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Keller & Keller
Bright colors and fresh flowers in the bathroom provide a pleasing pick-me-up in the morning.
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Keith Scott Morton
A simple color scheme of white, yellow, and black makes a big impact in a cottage bathroom.
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Paul Wicheloe
Contrasting backgrounds make it easier to appreciate a trim's detailed filigree. Here, three different white trims are stitched in stripes on top of blue, a theme that is picked up, in reverse, on the towels. A plain white bath mat looks smart with green and blue border trims, mitered at their corners.
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Sang An
A linen skirt attached with Velcro to a pedestal sink camouflages the pipes beneath. Tiny knife pleats add extra detail to the shirred top.
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Joseph De Leo
Homeowners found the gleaming copper tub in the master bath on eBay.
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Keith Scott Morton
A wallpaper pattern featuring naval flags extends the nautical theme to the master bath.
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Awash in style, the well-appointed bathroom makes its focal point the tub, thanks to the siding.
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For quick and easy installation, try sheets of smaller tiles, like these two-inch tiles, found here in one-foot square sheets.
Exposed chimney bricks act as foils for the coolness of the color scheme and the sleekness of the metal furniture.
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Keith Scott Morton
