Dreaming of a beach cottage

As I've mentioned more than once, I'm not a big fan of winter, so the fact that they're predicting a two-day storm here starting tonight has me dreaming of escaping to a beach cottage somewhere. We've only ever taken one winter vacation and I don't have a beach cottage, but these images from Somerset Bay Home have allowed me to fantasize a little about what it might be like.Waking up here...

Pattern Inspiration - DIY Damask

For some reason, damask wasn't on my Pattern Inspiration list. That is until I saw these two fabulous DIY projects! Now I'm thinking I may have to pull another Pattern Inspiration post together in the future with more damask inspiration. Today I just wanted to highlight these two projects.Have you seen the way Wendy at The Shabby Nest "wallpapered" her wall with this damask print wrapping paper?