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The Chum Bucket

After renting the same house at Sunset Beach for many years, we decided to purchase one of our own and coincidentally acquired the house next door to the one we'd been renting for so long.  


The prior owner had been an interior designer who (sometime prior to our purchase) transformed the beach house from what had been a cabin-like interior, to one which was much more beach-like, and attracted our attention.   The photos on this and two additional pages show both the before and after impacts of her redesign.

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From Jenifer Mitchell's (who designed Chum Bucket's interior) blog:

This small beach house consists of one large room with 4 bedrooms. The living space contains the living room, dining space and kitchen. The house was a rental property, so I wanted to create a beachy feel with inexpensive furniture that can take a beating.  The white slip covers can be bleached and washed. The carpet is Olefin, so it goes outside each year for a scrubbing under the house. Laminate floors mimic mahogany. I added color with pillows and artwork.  Most of the furniture is from IKEA. The curtain and cushion fabrics are Clarence House. The curtain pattern was a discontinued design I bought for a song.  The artwork was a DIY project. I had photos blown up extra-large, cropped them myself and used IKEA frames.  This another view of this rental beach house in North Carolina. I used a blue and white color palette with a touch of red. The painting is by artist, Daniel Stewart. The use of a Caribbean blue is unexpected and a bright departure from your average blue and white palette.


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This is a view of the entire living space in this beach property I designed in North Carolina.  I used a blue and white color palette, with a touch of red.  Most of the furniture is from IKEA.  I added my own flair by painting the back of the bookcases to tie in with the fabrics and the countertop.  The dining table is expandable and can seat ten.
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This is a chair from IKEA.  It came with a muslin cover.  I had a new cover made with sturdy, outdoor fabric from Clarence House.  Both the cushion and the pillow tie in with the rest of the room.
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This small beach house consists of one large room with 4 bedrooms.  The living space contains the living room, dining space and kitchen.  The house was a rental property, so I wanted to create a beachy feel with inexpensive furniture that can take a beating.  The white slip covers can be bleached and washed.  The carpet is Olefin, so it goes outside each year for a scrubbing.

 

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This is a DIY project I did for a coffee table.  It's part of the living room in a North Carolina beach house.  I covered the bottom with fabric squares and bought shells for display.  Some were found objects from the beach.
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This is a beach property which I redecorated from top to bottom.  A new kitchen wasn't in the budget.  So I painted the blah brown cabinets a gloss white.  I changed out the hardware and covered the countertops with a bright blue laminate.  I made a roll-up blind for the door's window that ties in with the rest of the room.  The stools are from IKEA. I like their chunky look.
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This is the smallest bedroom in a 1,300 sq ft beach house.  I used the existing Chippendale furniture and added cheerful bedding from IKEA.
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This is a bedroom in a beach house in Sunset Beach, North Carolina.  Here, I used the existing beds and nightstand and bought mosquito netting to create canopy beds.  The entire house was done in a blue and white color palette.  The bedding came from Target (keeping things inexpensive is important where things can break, etc.).