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Being blue takes on a whole new meaning when it\u2019s at the Galveston home of Bill and Pat Hightower \u2013 and it has nothing at all to do with sadness! This alluring aqua beach house was the latest stop on our Aunt Laurie in Your Home tour series, and it was\u00a0azurely\u00a0a delight.<\/span><\/p>\n

The delight begins once you\u00a0spy the chipper blue house in just the right shade with just the right accents. Check out the sweet green shutters and coral front door. Perfectly white porch furniture beckons from an expansive water-facing deck.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kitchen and Dining Area<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sweet enough to be a doll house, the kitchen and dining area feature\u00a0fun and funky color combinations and some terrific finds. Pat has an incredible knack for finding awesome items at antique stores all over the place, then bringing them together into, well, this!<\/span><\/p>\n

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The driftwood fish wall art, the chandelier, the cabinets \u2013 even the trash can. Pat mingles pieces with a truly talented expertise.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Living Room\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

All the mingling, of course, includes plenty of goodies from Laurie\u2019s. It also includes high-end\u00a0mixed with lower-end as well as many local Galveston finds. Oars. Captain\u2019s wheels. Real, live portholes that were actually on ships. Pat had the doors custom made so the portholes fit perfectly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Royal Guest Bedroom<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A chipper dash of yellow offsets the royal blue. The anchor pattern is just one of the many, many nautical touches peppered throughout the home.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Coral Guest Bedroom<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A sweet peachy-pink touch makes this room alluring, as do the matching driftwood bedside lamps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Master Bedroom<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Soothing colors.\u00a0Beachy<\/span>\u00a0accents. A crisp and welcoming vibe. Unique driftwood art above the bed that resembles a bird.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bathrooms<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Absolutely no detail is left untouched, as noted by the groovy bathroom drawer pulls (or those jazzy cabinet knobs back in the kitchen).<\/span><\/p>\n

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While we need to take a moment\u00a0to take in the full\u00a0delight\u00a0of the Hightower beach home, we’ll be back on the road again soon. Want Aunt Laurie to visit your home? Sign up<\/span><\/a><\/span> or post your photos to Facebook or Instagram using #AuntLaurieIYH<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being blue takes on a whole new meaning when it\u2019s at the Galveston home of Bill and Pat Hightower \u2013 and it has nothing at all to do with sadness! This alluring aqua beach house was the latest stop on our Aunt Laurie in Your Home tour series, and it was\u00a0azurely\u00a0a delight. The delight begins […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aunt-laurie-in-your-home","category-old"],"yoast_head":"\n