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meals — during
which Arland
says all of the
food is piled in
the middle of
the table — are
served around a
distressed oval
table on Vietri
pottery platters
in the eat-in
kitchen.
“There’s too
much fun to be
had here instead
of slaving over a
house,” Arland
says. “When we
bought it, …
every pizza deliv-ery
boy said that
he had lived in
this house when
it was a rental.
It is a pure old
beach cottage,
which most peo-ple
never get to
visit anymore.”
With tradi-tional
holidays
observed from
Thanksgiving to
the New Year,
Arland admits
that like living
on board a boat,
her house has too
little stowage, or
in this case, her
The aromatic centerpiece is arranged with garden roses, parrott
tulips, larkspur, seeded eucalyptus, white lisianthus, thistle,
waxflower, ladies mantle, anemones, carnations and hydrangeas.
cottage has too little storage, to do too much decorating at Christmastime.
“We usually put up a little strand of blue lights on the porch,” she says. The illumi-nated
pink flamingo burnt out last year, and she does not yet know what will replace it.
Fiore Fine Flowers’ designer Chelsea Fritts shared some ideas for how Arland Whitesides
might decorate this year using what she already has on hand. Entwining the nuance of the
old beach cottage with the family’s love of sailing and an affinity for artwork and décor
inspired by the Caribbean, Chelsea styled the cottage with fresh florals, live greens from
Zone 8, shell and seaglass trees from Airlie Moon and whimsical accessories from Re-Eco.
Moss-covered wreaths hung from yards of spooled burlap, flocked holiday greens
laid inside evergreen branches, baskets of clear glass ornaments jostled with yarn
covered vine balls, twig reindeer, driftwood stars and glowing LED lanterns set the
stage for the indoor season. Defrocked, cottage life will resume with the Whitesideses’
traditional bah humbug “I Hate Winter” party thrown in January for extended family
members and close friends.
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