Under the Sea!

This week we are diving into our fabric and wallpaper trove and sharing our loot: a menagerie of sea creatures, the chillest beach scenes, and exceptional oceanscapes that make us want to…sail away. From crustaceans and fish to shells and seaweed, join us as we dive deep into these treasures and as we get to know the watery side of the designers. Ahoy!

CLARE LOUISE FROST

Favorite seafood shack / beach restaurant
All I ever really want to do is have an afternoon snack of fritto misto and a bottle of cold white at Carmen Bay in Capalbio on the way to Tuscany from Rome. Then a swim and a sun after.

Favorite beach getaway 
I love the sea and hate - hate! - a summer without swimming in it. I love Greece and I love the Turkish Aegean and Mediterranean coasts.

Favorite sea creature
Dolphins. They're the intermediators between humans and the sea.

LAKE AUGUST

Favorite seafood shack / beach restaurant
Taylor Shellfish in Bow, Washington. From a highway through forested coastline, you turn onto a road that winds down past a salmon creek and ends up at the beach, where you can eat fresh oysters while looking out over their shellfish farm and beyond to the San Juan Islands.

Favorite beach getaway
This is not a lie-in-the-sun beach experience but I love hiking at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve in Monterey, California, ending up at Whaler's Cove to watch otters play and eat abalone off the shore.

Favorite sea creature
I could watch jellyfish float and sway for hours. When painting them for our Kelp Forest fabric, I learned about the immortal jellyfish.

MARY MATSON x TEMPLE STUDIO

Favorite seafood shack / beach restaurant
Jus’ Poke, Redondo Beach (my local beach!)

Favorite beach getaway
North: Rincon Beach (Santa Barbara/ Carpinteria)
South: Solanas Beach (San Diego)

Favorite sea creature
Dolphin

ABNORMALS ANONYMOUS

Favorite seafood shack
I can’t decide between Hama Hama Oyster Saloon (PNW briny) and Fig Tree 
(Venice cool).

Favorite beach getaway
Laguna Beach: cooler salty air, surfboards and sunsets.

Favorite sea creature
Harbor seals — they are so curious and playful.

MILTON TEXTILES

Favorite seafood shack / beach restaurant
The crab roll at Day's Lobster in Yarmouth, Maine
 
Favorite beach getaway
Stonington, Maine!

Favorite sea creature
Seahorses and starfish

BRIER + BYRD

Georgia’s picks
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Favorite seafood shack 
Oysters at Hog Island in Northern California 

Favorite beach getaway
East Hampton, NY
 
Favorite Sea creature
Hmmm that’s tough but I’d say an octopus


Lia’s picks
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Favorite seafood shack / beach restaurant
The Lobster Pool in Cape Anne, Mass

Favorite beach getaway
Folly Beach for a quick day trip or Mustique if I’m going all out!

Favorite sea creature
Too many to choose but I love red coral, seahorses, and bivalves of all kinds!

CAITLIN MCGAULEY

Favorite seafood shack / beach restaurant
Red's Lobster Pot in Point Pleasant, NJ. We ride our bikes there for lunch and watch the fishing boats.

Favorite beach getaway
Bay Head, NJ. I have been going to Bay Head every summer with my family since before I can remember, and now I take my kids. It is our favorite place.

Favorite sea creature
Starfish — they do not even seem real. I saw a purple one this summer which was a first.

ERIKA POWELL

Favorite seafood shack / beach restaurant
Mar Bar in Tavernier (in the Florida Keys) where you can get $4 stone crab claws!
 
Favorite beach getaway
Islamorada!

Favorite sea creature
Manta Rays, specifically the Spotted Eagle Ray!