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BEACH & BAY COTTAGE TOUR SNEAK PEEK #3
Expansive Bay Views for Close-Knit Family
On a large end lot in Fenwick Island, the owners built an amazing home on the bay. While the water views are impressive, the owners’ priority was to create a comfortable gathering place for their close-knit family of six adults and five grandchildren. This active family enjoys boating trips from their two docks, relaxing in the salt-water pool, sitting around the firepit, and sharing a meal in a screened porch equipped with a kitchen and TV. Indoors, the first floor has conversational spaces and decks with expansive views of the bay and a magnificent crisp white kitchen area sized for children and adults.
The owners designed the second floor primarily for their two adult sons and their families. Ensuite bedrooms are spacious and lovely. For the children, there is an enchanting mermaid-themed bedroom, a charming turtle-inspired bunk room, and a “Finding Nemo” designed bedroom/playroom, all brightly decorated. A simulator/theater room allows adults to practice golf, and children to watch their favorite movies.
The owner welcomed the opportunity to start with a clean canvas, acknowledging her aesthetic sensibility had evolved from the two previous homes she had decorated. She began with the first item she found and loved -- a beautiful smoky glass lighting fixture to hang over a future dining room table. As she explains, “The rest of the décor and design was predicated around that.” Against light grey walls, the owner uses her favorite color, navy blue, in accent walls, bed linens, picture frames, nautical items, and floral bouquets. From the largest furniture arrangements to the smallest crystal knobs, the owner’s decorating skills shine through. This home is a wonderful place to find design ideas to make adults and children feel welcome.
This charming beach home is one of seven properties on the 33rd Beach & Bay Cottage Tour available for in-person visits with a Combo ticket. Like all ten featured homes in the 2025 Tour, it can also be explored virtually by holders of either Combo or Virtual tickets. Each property will have a professionally produced video—complete with bird’s-eye drone footage—that Tour patrons can watch as often as they like during the three-week virtual period on any internet-enabled device.
Hostesses for this beautiful home will be furnished by the Bayside Ladies and the Women’s Civic Club of Bethany Beach.
The 33rd Beach & Bay Cottage Tour is proudly presented by Leslie Kopp and The Leslie Kopp Group, with this home generously sponsored by Platinum Sponsor PNC Bank.
Combo tickets: $50 (limited availability; grants one entry per home on either day of the Tour)
Virtual-only tickets: $35
The Cottage Tour is produced by the Friends of the South Coastal Library. All net proceeds directly benefit the library’s operations.