Beach Decorating Blog

Living Coral - Pantone's Color PIck for 2019. The Caron's Design Team highly approves!We are so excited about this new color choice from Pantone; it's a perfect reflection of our love of the delicate, fragile beauty of the sea and the life giving necessity of a living reef.  Adding a bit of this gorgeous warm color will warm up any interior or exterior living space and will breathe fresh new life into any coastal decorated room for this spring. We hope you love it too!Here are a few easy de … read more

Do you have all of your Christmas Cookies made?   I confess, we have been having a great time at our house whipping up some fun treats to share with our neighbors and with Tom's co-workers. Making holiday cookies for me is sort of a stress reliever....These Santa Claws Snicker Doodles are one of our favorite recipes. Super easy and festive!Ingredients:1 Cup Margarine (2 sticks)1 1/2 cup white sugar2 eggs1 tsp. vanilla2 3/4 cups of flour2 tsp. cream of tartar1 tsp. baking soda1/2 tsp. s … read more

Our Friday Cocktail Recipe for a pre-holiday treat, we recommend trying one of these Gingerbread White Russians. Truly, this is a holiday dessert drink that is full of all kinds of yumminess. Tom and I absolutely loved these Gingerbread Christmas inspired cocktails! The rich molasses absolutely makes them the BEST. Perfect for snuggling beside the Christmas Tree, but not for those watching their diet... lolIngredients for Two Large Drinks 4 ounces milk (we used 2%, but could use whole milk if y … read more

Our Caron's Beach House staff is simply amazed at how creative and talented our customer are! Take a peek at the beach themed Christmas tree entries we've received this past week - stunning and so lovely.  Enjoy!From Nancy Koporc -From Malinda Hardcastle - From Laura Goodman -From Amy Scott -From Aimee Harris - From Donna Barker -How to Enter your Christmas Tree? 1. Simply shoot us an e-mail with your Coastal Christmas Tree picture attached2. Post on our Facebook Page3. Tag u … read more

Our part of Northern California is not known for traditional fall colors; no pretty leaves to be found anywhere! And unfortunately this year we are really in a heap of trouble because we have had ZERO rain for nearly four months and it's super super dry. There's not a lot of great looking greens to find in our yard right now, so we had to be a little bit creative when coming up with an interesting tablescape for a casual dinner party. Luckily we live in a town that is famous for their pumpkins a … read more