Bought this faux Staffordshire lamp at a yard sale in Savannah today—for $3. Because #blueandwhite. Can’t decide if it’s tacky or no. #yardsalebloodbath #junkdilemma #junkin
How it started at Coquina Cottage, and how it’s going. New landscaping installed. Still need a few more bits of color, and the new shutters have to be painted and installed, but we’re getting there. #beachhousereno #coquinacottagetybee #vacationontybee #beachhousebeforeandafter
I’m here to tell you that you’ve gotta go and follow the incredible @timtalksbooks on Insta and Facebook.
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Like @friendsandfiction, Tim is celebrating 🎉 one year of his fabulous virtual author talks series. On Tues 4/13 he’ll be talking to my dear pal and co-hostess @pattichenry on his Insta Live about #survivingsavannah.
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As this pic shows, Tim is a big supporter of the five of us at F&F. He and his colleagues at @nantucketbooks have even booked a special and super fun F&F panel for the virtual @nantucketbookfestival coming up in July. Stay tuned for all the deets.
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🤩Oh, and don’t we all want that adorable t-shirt?!😍
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📸 Photo creds @zofiaphoto
Riley and Ivy are on spring break. They spend a LOT of time napping on the porch at Ebbtide. Come to think of it, they spend a lot of time doing that at home, too! #settersofinstagram #llewellyn #beachhousedogs #nappingontheporch #dognaps #ebbtidetybeeisland #vacationontybee
Must not let today pass without noting the 52nd birthday of my pretend boyfriend Paul Ruud. This weekend we’ll be at his secret Malibu hideaway. Jealous? #undercoverlover #ilikeemyoungerthanmesometimes
🎉 LAUNCH PARTY NEWS! 🎉 OK, so obviously this year is *still* different from the norm. BUT, we are still planning to throw down at a super fun launch event for THE NEWCOMER. My good pal, #1 New York Times bestselling author @emilygiffinauthor is coming over to my house! And? So is a camera crew! And? We will LIVESTREAM our chat out via ZOOM to all who buy tickets from @eagleeyebooks. If you want in on this action, grab your tickets quick! The FIRST 100 ticket buyers will be mailed a super cool "Launch-Party-in-a-Box" by my team at @stmartinspress, filled with cool swag and yummy treats. It will be the next best thing to being together. Don't miss out!
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I'm so pleased to share the news that THE NEWCOMER (in stores May 4th from @stmartinspress) has been named to the @americanbooksellers Association’s #IndieNext list for May 2021. Sincere thanks to all the #independentbooksellers out there who cast a vote for me and my 28th novel, coming your way in just four weeks!
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When I spotted this Oriental rug at Paula Deen’s warehouse sale back in January , I didn’t even hesitate before buying it, because I knew the colors would work at Ebbtide. Rugs take a beating at a pet-friendly vacation rental house, and I knew it could stand up to just about anything and hide a multitude of sins. We had it cleaned and today we finally got it put down in the living room. You can see that our girl Ivy approves. #orientalrugs #petfriendly #ebbtidetybeeisland #beachcottagestyle #vintagerugs #redwhiteandblue #beachhousestyle #vacationontybee
The conclusion of the epic @barnlight unboxing video. We’ve put Barn Light fixtures in all three of our Tybee cottages. I especially love that the lights are custom made at Barn Light’s facility in Titusville, Florida. From order to delivery only took about 2 weeks. #vintagelook #customlighting #coquinacottage #beachhousereno #beachhousestyle #beachhousecottage #vacationontybee
Part one of two thrilling unboxing videos. This is the gorgeous @barnlight school house fixture for the breakfast nook at Coquina Cottage. The kitchen walls are being painted this pretty jadeite color. Coming soon: bathroom pendant for the upstairs bath. #coquinacottagetybee #americanmade #vintagelook #beachousereno #beachhousestyle #vacationontybee
Happy Easter from Ebbtide. Beautiful day here, starting with Mass on The Tybee Pier—our first time for church in a year! And then lunch—with a full table and full heart and full tummies. Mols got to join the adult table, but Deuce did not. #ebbtidetybeeisland #easterdinner #hamandlamb #devilledeggs #asparaguscarrotstaters #lemonpoundcake #vacationontybee
Current situation at Ebbtide with Boomerang Boy’s 9-week-old English cocker Deuce.
Molly and I got to work on the seashell mirror today at Ebbtide. #havegluegunwilltravel #hiredgun #seashellcrafts #coquinacottagetybee
Ivy seemed highly offended when I suggested she could move over a smidge. #englishsettersofinstagram #pillowfight #ebbtidetybeeisland
💥GIVEAWAY ALERT!💥 I've linked up with the authors of some of the 🌷spring season's🌈 hottest 🔥page-turners 📚 to put together an incredible giveaway. 🤞🏻Here's your shot at winning all NINE books by me, @pamjenoff, @marykubica, @elyssafriedland, @chanelcleeton, #MarkSullivan, @kairarouda, @catherinemckenzieauthor and @hannahmarymckinnon . Entry deadline: Wed 4/14. One winner of all 9 books will be chosen at random and announced on Thurs 4/15/21. 🍀Good luck!🍀
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Easter is the one holiday I don’t really decorate for. But today I HAD to stop by the thrift store. And Easter was half off, which meant I spent $1.50 for the bunnies and the large egg. I have several ironstone tureens and a hunk of green moss...and then I had to shove aside some overlooked Christmas decor in the sunroom that was photobombing my Easter vignette. You get it. My house is a stage 4 disaster, but the big-azz moving van is mostly packed with ALL the goods for Coquina Cottage. We ride out of Squirrel Hollow at dawn Thursday. Maybe the bunnies will hop down to Tybee to join the family for Easter. #littlebunnyfoofoo #Easterdecor #thriftersister #coquinacottagetybee #vacationontybee #beachcottagereno #beachcottagestyle
We’ve spent most of the winter running back and forth to Tybee working on the renovation at Coquina Cottage. So much that Mr. MKA is just getting around to working in the garden at Squirrel Hollow—where today he discovered this forgotten stalk of Brussels sprouts. I think some bunny has been nibbling away, and they are a little toasted & forlorn, but don’t they look cute in my vintage estate sale vegetable bin? Feeling very grateful that gardens still grow—and forgive us a little neglect. #squirrelhollow #mrmkagrows #gardengoodness #veggietales
Don’t forget to look at the sunset. #technicolorsky #squirrelhollow #holyweek
So incredibly proud of these brilliant women... years of suffering with endometriosis drove them to develop this product and this business... and now they are at @target !!! Give @semainehealth a look and some love, amazing women doing amazing things!!!
Shopping for Coquina Cottage is mostly down to the boring necessities now; coffee mugs and curtain rings and shower curtains. But I did manage a couple of just for fun buys this week—this adorable vintage child’s swimsuit, (eBay) which will get framed for the upstairs bath, and this cool old enamelware vegetable bin—$2 at an estate sale where a speedy antique dealer managed to snag every single other thing I wanted. I “might” have shot her the side-eye as she was loading her car. #estatesalefinds #vintageswimsuit #vintagekitchen #coquinacottagetybee #beachousereno #beachhousestyle #estatesalebloodbath