living a beach pretty life….

living a beach pretty life….


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Welcome to Beach Pretty – your destination for coastal home design and lifestyle inspiration. We celebrate the best of living in beautiful, upscale coastal destinations like the Cape, the Hamptons, Charleston, California, Miami, and even the simple charm of a beach cottage by the lake. Our focus is on creating stunning homes that blend elegance with comfort, where every room invites relaxation, and every gathering feels effortless.

Here, we share ideas for building a sophisticated coastal lifestyle, from chic home decor to thoughtful entertaining tips. Whether it's intimate family time or hosting friends in a breezy, stylish setting, Beach Pretty offers inspiration for making the most of your beach-inspired home.

Join us as we explore beautiful coastal retreats, design ideas that enhance your space, and ways to entertain in style—creating memories and a lifestyle that’s as timeless as the sea breeze.


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Design Spotlight-Designing Your Interior with Checkerboard Flooring

Design Spotlight-Designing Your Interior with Checkerboard Flooring

Hi Beach Pretty Friends,

Interior Design: The Design Trend that is hot right now is Checkerboard Flooring in your house and outdoor living space. Be inspired by beautiful ways to incorporate this trend in your pantry, mudroom, entry, bathroom or even do give your kitchen a Renaissance vibe.

Today, I am featuring the hot trend-the checkerboard flooring on a diagonal patter, the Harlequin angled pattern. Adding Harlequin angled checkerboard flooring to a small area, such as a pantry, a bathroom, an entry, and a mudroom adds a beautiful finishing touch. This flooring idea adds an old-world renaissance style to your home’s interior. Also, if you're looking for a younger retro-vibe to add to your home design then the black and white checkerboard flooring would be a perfect choice. I hope you enjoy these amazing interiors and exteriors that I have found for you’ll, as always, I am so impressed by these talented interior designers!

Have a great day and thank you so much for stopping by.

Beach Pretty

…casual chic + effortless lifestyle…


Checkerboard Flooring-Entry


A Stenciled checkered pattern on a wood-panel floor, creates a textured country-style foyer.

A Stenciled checkered pattern on a wood-panel floor, creates a textured country-style foyer.

Designed by Lisa Tharp | Photography by Michael J. Lee.

A timeless foyer with brown and white checkerboard flooring.

A timeless foyer with brown and white checkerboard flooring.

Designed by Blanc Marine Living | Photographie Intérieure CO.


Checkerboard Flooring-Mudroom


Green mudroom cabinetry with a light wood floating bench boasting a black and white checkerboard flooring.

Green mudroom cabinetry with a light wood floating bench boasting a black and white checkerboard flooring.

Designed by O’hara Interiors

A stunning mudroom with built-in window seat is flanked by floor-ceiling light wood closed cabinets.  A white beadboard wall features brass hooks over marble black and white checkerboard flooring.

A stunning mudroom with built-in window seat is flanked by floor-ceiling light wood closed cabinets. A white beadboard wall features brass hooks over marble black and white checkerboard flooring.

Design by The Fox Group

A dream pantry is finished with an elegant gray and white checkerboard flooring.

A dream pantry is finished with an elegant gray and white checkerboard flooring.

Designed by Clark and Co. Homes

This dream pantry, which features mirror-paneled doors and bleached wood finishes, an aged brass goose-neck brass faucet mounted to a marble countertop. A black and white checkerboard flooring finishes this gorgeous tucked-away pantry.

This dream pantry, which features mirror-paneled doors and bleached wood finishes, an aged brass goose-neck brass faucet mounted to a marble countertop. A black and white checkerboard flooring finishes this gorgeous tucked-away pantry.

Designed by McCroskey Interiors


Checkerboard Flooring-Laundryroom


A cheery black and white laundry features front-loading washer machine and dryer next to a laundry sink and white mounted shelf.  Shaker cabinets with nickel-rubbed pulls alongside black and white checkerboard flooring.

A cheery black and white laundry features front-loading washer machine and dryer next to a laundry sink and white mounted shelf. Shaker cabinets with nickel-rubbed pulls alongside black and white checkerboard flooring.

Designed by Studio McGee


Checkerboard Flooring-Kitchen


A country kitchen with a black and white checkerboard flooring and built-in china cabinet.

A country kitchen with a black and white checkerboard flooring and built-in china cabinet.

A Gorgeous Kitchen features honed marble and limestone checkerboard pattern for the pantry and kitchen flooring.

A Gorgeous Kitchen features honed marble and limestone checkerboard pattern for the pantry and kitchen flooring.

Design by Redesign Home

A charming farmhouse kitchen features black and white checkerboard flooring.  I love the the double doors with the pretty glass detail, don’t you?

A charming farmhouse kitchen features black and white checkerboard flooring. I love the the double doors with the pretty glass detail, don’t you?

Featured on Cassandra Lavalle


Checkerboard Flooring-Bathroom


Natural light shines through a custom fitted bay window and a beautiful Maidstone Kent tub which is flanked by two wood vanities with a marble countertops. The stunning flooring in the primary bathroom is a combination of tumbled limestone and honed

Natural light shines through a custom fitted bay window and a beautiful Maidstone Kent tub which is flanked by two wood vanities with a marble countertops. The stunning flooring in the primary bathroom is a combination of tumbled limestone and honed Calacatta marble.

Designed by Marie Flanigan


Checkerboard Flooring-Outdoor Living Space


Beautiful details in this outdoor patio- grey-weathered shingled walls, white beadboard ceiling, white classic pillars, and light and dark gray granite checkerboard flooring - a beauty.

Beautiful details in this outdoor patio- grey-weathered shingled walls, white beadboard ceiling, white classic pillars, and light and dark gray granite checkerboard flooring - a beauty.

Designed by The Fox Group

Brooklyn-based designer and Eye-Swoon founder, Athena Calderone inspiration for her outdoor terrace flooring to transfixes her to a French chateau. She searched hi and low for the perfect combination and decided on a blue-gray marble and sandy-toned

Brooklyn-based designer and Eye-Swoon founder, Athena Calderone inspiration for her outdoor terrace flooring to transfixes her to a French chateau. She searched hi and low for the perfect combination and decided on a blue-gray marble and sandy-toned travertine checkerboard tile flooring.

Designed by Eye-swoon

This brown and white checkerboard flooring  brings a elegant detail to this outdoor terrace.

This brown and white checkerboard flooring brings a elegant detail to this outdoor terrace.

Designed by Studio McGee


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Kitchen Spotlight-A Gorgeous White and Neutral Kitchen

Kitchen Spotlight-A Gorgeous White and Neutral Kitchen

Designer Spotlight:  Beautiful Coastal Interiors designed by Grapevine Interiors

Designer Spotlight: Beautiful Coastal Interiors designed by Grapevine Interiors