Coastal Vibes with a Seashell Buffet

Hello Everyone, do you love Coastal Design... and Vintage... and Summer? Well, you're in the right place because today a group of us are sharing our Summer Coastal Vibes and how we use all those elements in our decor. Amber, from Follow the Yellow Brick Home  has put this great group together and if you're coming from Christy's at Our Southern Home, Hello and Welcome; so glad you're here!

I have to admit I'm really lacking in coastal decor, since we live in SW Missouri and I'm about as far from any coast as one could get. Guess the lake doesn't qualify. We haven't been to the beach in over 25 years so I'm going with the shells we collected on trips to Texas and Florida coast when the girls were still living at home. 

What I'm lacking in Beachiness, I hope to make up for in vintage display! I do love using seashells this time of year, and try to bring them out for a bit in late July and August. I have a few interesting tureens and silver baskets that look so pretty filled with shells and starfish and sea glass. Today I thought I'd round them all up on my Dining Room Buffet and share them with all of you. 

I have a lot of old prints, but nothing near "nautical" or "beachy" so I went with a summery look with a beautiful floral botanical. I wanted a container where you could actually see all the pretty shells, so I chose this old scrolly iron plant container on a silver tray.

I have a small commemorative plate of Queen Elizabeth's silver Jubilee with a nautilus shell under a cloche. Can we connect the two things?... no, but they looked pretty displayed together!

On the other side of the buffet I have several altered bottles with shell tops I made back in 2012. Altered bottles were a bit of a trend back then and these were my hack on soldered top bottles. Anything under glass or a cloche elevates the look. You can see that original post here.

A summer stack of fruit themed dessert plates with a small Royal Albert Rose floral creamer.

This old conch shell has an interesting history. When I was growing up it was a door stop of sorts in my childhood home. I don't know anything else about it, but I assume it was found by my parents when they were first married. It's pretty beat up, and old!

Other small collected shells are filling two antique crystal champagne glasses. Do you have a shell collection, but nothing else that screams "Beach" or "Coastal"? Don't be afraid to display your fun and pretty shells in surprise ways!

I posted earlier in the week about the rest of the dining room and my French Country wagon on the table for a Mid Summer Centerpiece. And last week I shared a few earlier posts on Seashell Decor and More. 

Thanks so much for coming by and following the Hop. For more great ideas with a Coastal Vibe please head over to Kelly's place at The Tattered Pew. You can also check out the other Hop links below.

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