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Thanks to all! Really great suggestions! agree with many of the posters and my sofas are always solids. In my primary residence, I have a tone on tone damask and a woven solid and a solid green (in different rooms, of course). I always accent with chairs and pillows and accessories, BUT, because my primary residence is 18th century, mahogany, with a few whimsical touches, I really wanted the second home to be totally different than the primary residence. Maybe my title was misleading. The only fabric reflecting a coastal theme would be a pair of club chairs. The solid sofa is great, but I thought doing a pair of two themed chairs, translation: FUN, chairs, and the chairs would be the only themed pieces of furniture, would make me smile when I enter the home and put me in a vacation mode frame of mind!! Having said that, I am now rethinking the fabric only because I like, not love that fabric. I kept gravitating to it because it works beautifully with the green sofa. The greens in the crab fabric are perfect with the green sofa....so, now I am off hunting for fabric again. I really like greens and blues together. My PR colors are red, goldish- yellow and green. I have no blue in this home, so now leaning toward a blue and green color scheme and, perhaps, a geometric or a paisley. I do not want over the top beachy, but I do want to feel I am away from my home with subtle coastal touches. If this were my primary residence, I would not even be questioning the theme, but because this is a getaway home, I do want it to reflect the area and the laid-back mode. Planning to use paint colors and fabrics I would not think of using in my PR. I will let you know what I find and i am keeping all of your great thoughts and suggestions in mind!! I think the crab walk fabric is walking!!!

I was there in Dec 2005. We rented a house just a couple of streets away from the beach. The weather wasn't warm enough to go swimming, but I did enjoy walking along and collecting seashells. The house had 3 bedrooms and a pull out couch, so could have easily slept 9 people there. It also had an enclosed area for the pool and the hot tub, so we were able to enjoy them in the evening in the cool temp. I really enjoyed my visit there. I found it was a small enough town for me to consider retiring there. I can't tell you how much the house was that we rented, as it was a gift from my niece for the vacation. It was easy to find your way around.

as your luck would have it i manage a semi & truck fleet for a huge landscape plant grower that ships from VA to TX and it's my job to know most major streets in every medium & large city from south VA to the MS/TX border LOL. i live in seminole co, near winter springs by the 417 :-) so i know almost all the streets here. i know your route sooo well i can even tell you what lane you need to be in, in and around the airport lol. love to get to meet you but i am still in the thick of our busy spring and am gone 17hrs a day :-( everybody always comes thru orlando during the only time of the yr i can't meet up LOL! your quickest route will be 528 East (get in the very far Right lane at the exit of OIA) to 417 North (these are toll roads you will need several $$ ea way) follow that all the way to the end which dumps you on I-4 East (really northbound) towards Daytona. follow that till it ends at I-95 and stay to the Left. if you want to email (ehld@cfl.rr.com) where you are staying i can tell you directions around daytona if you need them or send you my cell# in case you get lost. the days and times you are coming in will not have much rush traffic and honestly i LOVE 417/528 because there are not alot of people willing to pay (some tolls $1.75) for them so there is far less traffic than you would expect, except between 4-6pm mon-fri but it never sits like it does on I-4 around orlando (not where you are going to be on I-4 thou). it's been kinda warm, low 90's our summer is here so dress to be cool. spend the day at the pool or beach it's great beach weather right now! enjoy! ~ liz