As I finalize the sale of my California home and approach the sale of Bella Cottage (The Pink House) here on Saint Simons Island, I have already designed the small, beach cottage
I hope to to call my new home.
My design challenge is to combine economy with my love for the sea and the rustic elegance of both faded & natural woods, fabric, and texture.
Here is my inspirazione.
The next months of posts will all be entitled
The Elegance of Rustic
but each will highlight a different combination of rustic influenced by both the sea & elegant simplicity.

The Elegance of Rustic
but each will highlight a different combination of rustic influenced by both the sea & elegant simplicity.

I have chosen grays over the natural neutrals this time and more paint than stained wood.
"Skirting" shelving provides a unique texture and is much less expensive than actual cabinetry and actually provides more room. Upper shelving instead of cabinets and pot racks complete the effect and stay within budget.
My next kitchen will be a combination of skirted shelving and separate furniture pieces on a honed travertine marble.
Like my current kitchen (see last photograph) I will find a new place for my 7 foot English farm table.
If only that table could speak...
It has been with me for 15 years and all the changes that Life and Time ensure.
This time I would like to incorporate a slab of concrete, limestone, or soapstone...

Linen, burlap, or
feed sack stand alone in their
statement of simplistic elegance.
Combining an L-shaped kitchen with another living space is the ultimate achievement in
rustica e
simplicita elegante.
My Saint Simons Island kitchen re-model.
