The Caustic Collection

Beach living is not so much a style but a way of life. It is a place where flip flops and beach cover ups that made Chico’s fabulous folk art inspired sarong not only famous but a wardrobe staple, and can easily be dressed up or down depending on the occasion. It’s a toe’s in sand casualness that focuses on ease and compliments all of the senses. Who cannot recall the smell of the ocean, the warmth of sand, the taste of fresh citrus the sun setting on the horizon. Beach lifestyle calls to mind paradise found. There is a rhythm to beach living driven not by time but by when the tide comes in or goes out, a place where you can lose yourself in the tide and where sun, sand and surf rule. Colors associated with beach living take their cue from these influences. Warm earth tones like the dunes create a neutral canvas where cool ocean inspired colors add a splash of color (think sea glass in it many hues from spa to azure blue, emerald green and even topaz or brown have a worn to perfection feel) and juicy citrus colors with the likes of tangerine, mango, kiwi, and pineapple add a delicious pop of color and like the intense colors of a sunset are warm and inviting. Accents, whether those you adorn or the ones your surround yourself with, look to nature for a tactile element and include coconut, tortoise shell, coral and the rough hewn characteristics of bamboo in its many colors can add character and interest. Beach living furniture style is more eclectic, a place where a drift wood accent table is adjacent to a relaxed slip covered sofa, indicative of Shabby Chic style, and wicker or rattan add just the right relaxed feel and whether woven white and more refined or leather wrapped bamboo, either is interchangeable in this unpretentious environment. It is a place where you can take the traditional linear interior decorating rules and throw them out the window. The carefree beach attitude allows a surf board to do double duty as either cocktail table or wall décor, ready to take down anytime the surfs up. It’s a carefree attitude that combines the best of relaxed, casual flare and furniture style into casual beach living.