Favorite Harbour

India Hicks 1What would a beach week at Lacquered Life be, without featuring some of my favorite “beachy” tastemakers?  Two of my all time favorites are Harbour Island locals, Tom Scheerer (obviously) and India Hicks. I love the nature of all of these interiors spaces that seem to say, “Sit down in your wet bathing suit, put your sandy feet up, and have a planters punch.” Well, at least that is what it says in my mind. The stylish yet practical vibe of each of these vignettes, note hats on the wall and beach bags at the ready, is what caribbean living is all about, and why I am so excited to head to Jamaica on Friday.Interiors of Tom Scheerer for BookIndia Hicks 3PortraitsIndia Hicks 5179-TScheerer_CashBox_50469I highly recommend following India Hicks on Instagram and Tom Scheerer on Instagram for more photos of life in Harbour Island. Also if you need a recommendation on where to stay in Harbour Island, my dear friend Chassity over at Look Linger Love just came back from a stay at The Dunmore, and it looks like heaven. Also, you can actually rent a house owned and decorated by India Hicks(!), here. And finally, below is a picture from our guest room here in Charleston, where these two island tastemakers have definitely had an influence … Portraits, Interiors

 Photos by Francesco Lagnese, or via hibiscushillharborisland.squarespace.com

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Trolling for Towels

IMG_2843It is beach week here at Lacquered Life, as WWB and I gear up to head to Jamaica on Friday for our anniversary! After yesterday’s post on beach chairs, today we continue with beach towels. I wanted to do a post on towels because these days there is so much more available than the traditional striped terry cloth towel. That being said, I do love a Lands End striped towel. However, today we’re talking non-traditional beach towels, the kind that could just as easily be a sarong or pareo. 
Towel 8 knotsFirst up 8 Knots. I did a post on 8 Knots back in January, so I won’t go into too much detail, but we have two of them, they’re highly absorbent, come in a variety of color combinations, look great wrapped around your waist, and are available at favorite Charleston men’s shop Indigo & Cotton.Towel FurbishNext are these beautiful Turkish Towels from Furbish Studio. Again, these towels come in a variety of pretty colors, and would clearly look great as a sarong. One of the things I love about all these Turkish towels is that they are so lightweight. When you’re sitting on the beach during a South Carolina summer, even lying on terry cloth can feel hot. Towel MatoukA new favorite, the Amado beach towel and blanket from Matouk! Yes, you heard me right, blanket. So you could have a towel as well as the perfect throw for a beach picnic. What is really special about these towels is that the colored stripes are a flat weave, like the turkish towels above, and the white stripes are in a thin terry cloth. So you actually get the best of both worlds. 
Towel RRRAnd finally, my favorite, the beach towels from Roberta Roller Rabbit. If you follow Lacquered Life on Instagram (you should!), you have probably seen my Roberta towel featured quite often in photos on the beach. One of the things I love about it is its size – at 46″ x 90″ not even your feet are touching the sand.  So it is a little big and would not be a good sarong … but let’s be honest, you already have a sarong from Roberta Roller Rabbit so the towel doesn’t have to do double duty. Do you have a favorite towel? Time to stock up for summer!

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Sitting on the Beach

IMG_2667Beach weather has finally hit Charleston, and after the long winter we had (yes! it was cold here too) I am so excited to finally get in some time in the sun and sand. Whenever we’re at the beach, at least one person asks us where our beach chairs are from, so I thought I would share it with you. The chairs are from Cape Cod Beach Chair Company, located in Chatham, MA. These chairs are THE BEST. Not only do they look tres chic, but they each have two cup holders, and a handle that makes them easy to carry.IMG_2238What is great about these chairs is that they are completely customizable. There are several different types of chairs to choose from, as well as different types of fabrics. We chose the Surfside Recliner made out of a Balau hardwood and instead of the typical sunbrella fabric, we chose a sailcloth. Cape Cod Beach Chair Company also makes a footrest attachment, tables, towels – comprehensive beach outfitters. IMG_4223So grab a chair from Cape Cod Beach Chair Company, and come join me on the beach!

Photos by the author, as seen on Instagram

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