Mary Emmerling’s Beach Cottages: At Home by the Sea

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The words alone have the hypnotic associations Henry James once famously ascribed to summer afternoonâ€“â€œthe two most beautiful words in the English language.â€ Lifelong beach girl Mary Emmerling captures that implicit promise of freedom in her captivating volume celebrating the American beach cottage.

Much of the beach houseâ€™s allure is in its reflection of a simpler way of life, a pared-down existence where the breeze is the housekeeper, the furnishings donâ€™t mind

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pitaprice says:

July 8, 2011 at 10:41 pm

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

Loved this Book!, May 8, 2008

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pitaprice (Oreland, PA United States) –

This review is from: Mary Emmerling’s Beach Cottages: At Home by the Sea (Hardcover)

I have been waiting for this book as I am one of Mary’s devoted fans. After reading the reviews from other customers, I was feeling let down before I even saw the book. I have to say that I was happily surprised and thought it was BETTER than her previous books. I love the size of the book – it has a cozy feeling – and the photographs are perfect. I, for one, enjoy seeing pictures of people’s swimming pools (even if they are part of a beach house). I loved her choice of homes and don’t really care if some are redundant (Rachel Ashwell) because a lot of these designers/homeowners move all the time and there is always something fresh to see. Count me in as a continuing huge fan of her taste and joie de vivre. So many books today (in the dying era of coffee-table tomes) are sterile and boring. You can tell she cares about her subjects – both the homes and the people who inhabit them. Go Mary!

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Noticat says:

July 8, 2011 at 10:56 pm

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

I must not be looking at the same book, May 6, 2008

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Noticat (Pasadena, CA) –

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as the previous reviews. I found the book to be full of wonderful pictures and very evocative of a wonderful stay by the seashore. The houses were not the usual beach cliches…. they were very elegant and had a lot of personality and individuality. I would recommend. A concise, nice little volume.

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sonyag says:

July 8, 2011 at 11:23 pm

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

A lovely visit to the beach, June 22, 2008

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As a longtime Mary Emmerling fan I can hardly wait for each book to come out; as a beach fan I was not disappointed; a lovely book. I enjoyed seeing her old beach cottages and how they have evolved. I think she missed some great old cottages in my northwest florida area; especially at Grayton Beach; but otherwise this is a very nice book representative of her great taste. I’m looking forward to her work with House Beautiful.

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