Affordable waterfront living at Wrightsville Beach
322 Causeway Drive
Unit 102 • $479,900
Great value for a 2 BR, 2 BA waterfront condo at
Wrightsville Beach! All new beautiful kitchen and
fresh paint makes this condo sparkle. First floor offers
easy access with no stairs or elevator.
Intracoastal Realty Corporation is licensed in NC
In the formal living room the decorating
style is light and airy because this
room is on the waterside of the house,
has big Palladian windows, and I wanted
the décor to reflect that light, so I feature
magnolias and lighter jewel tones, giving
it a warm, inviting feel.
The kitchen always has been my
daughter Alexandra’s favorite room.
The theme is very child-friendly. She
likes to make gingerbread houses each
year with my father. She calls him PaPa,
makes place cards, candy and candy
canes. The kitchen features nutcrackers
that Alexandra calls toy soldiers, and her
favorite Santa in my great grandmother’s
rocking chair. Some of my decorations
have been passed down through my
family.
Do you come up with different designs
each year?
The decorations have varied slightly
from year to year but have always stayed
with the traditional, natural theme with
real greenery and real magnolia leaves
from my property. My daughter’s decorations
in the kitchen vary from year to
year depending on her tastes.
How long would you say you spent on
each mantel?
On each mantel probably about half a
day or 4 to 5 hours.
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WBM december 2011
What materials did you primarily use?
I use a great deal of real greenery from
my pine trees and my magnolia trees,
pine cones, holly leaves and their berries.
I chose them because they are from my
property and give my home a fresh fragrant
and warm feeling.
What was the biggest challenge?
The most difficult part to implement
is keeping 40-plus strands of Christmas
lights on the Christmas tree working and
keeping my 3-year-old boy John from
taking apart the toy train that surrounds
the bottom of the Christmas tree or
keeping him from taking Christmas balls
off the tree.
What inspired you to take on this project
all your own?
The love of my home and the joy my
family has while decorating.
I love when friends and family are
enjoying themselves. Christmas music
is playing and the feel of children and
laughter.
The home of Cynthia and Peter Dugan and
family, was featured in the March 2008 issue
of Wrightsville Beach Magazine. Please visit
our website www.wrightsvillebeachmagazine.
com for more about this fabulous Home of
Distinction.