Here's another one of those houses that has been catching my eye for decades! It sits about 200 feet from the Atlantic Ocean and reminds me of a California house, maybe one in Santa Barbara. This style is very unusual to see here at the Jersey Shore, where most beachside homes were Victorians or what we call the Shore Shingle Style.
I'm so in love with this home and hope I'll get to see the inside some day! I picture dark wide board floors and high ceilings inside. It was built as a summer home in the 1920s, so I'm sure the high ceilings are there. I'd furnish it with white slipcovers and live happily ever after.
It has a clay tiled roof and charming courtyard with an antique fountain. With its tidy green hedge, I know the owners take good care of it, though it is remarkably free of modern "improvements" on the exterior.
That's it for today on my travels up and around the coast. I'm off to prepare a lease for a fab waterfront loft in Red Bank. We are so short of rentals this summer, I should be contacting landlords instead of mentally furnishing this "Santa Barbara" house!
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