If you missed seeing the Coastal Living Ultimate Beach House in its original light, it’s not too late. Coastal Living’s design editor, Steele Thomas Marcoux, included the Coastal Living Ultimate Beach House quite heavily in Coastal Living’s recently published Ultimate Style Guide of 2011.

The style guide, a collection of beach home decorating ideas that are sure to spark up your decorating creativity, is a print-only edition which you can find on newsstands until April 15.

Among other things, the style guide features Steel’s trademark beach house looks: classic & tailored, natural & neutral, soft & romantic, bold & bright, clean & white, spare & modern, and warm & rustic!

All the ideas in the style guide look simply fantastic! Not surprisingly, Tim Clarke’s design ideas for the Seabrook idea house made the issue in 4 different categories.

Check it out and let us know what you think!

We are now only 11 days away from completing the construction process of the
2010 Coastal Living Magazine Ultimate Beach House! As soon as construction is completed on June 21, Coastal Living Magazine will move in the home and perform a photo shoot of the idea house. This photo shoot will be part of the coverage which will likely feature in the October issue of the magazine this year.

The official opening of the Ultimate Beach House for tours and visits is set for July 16! The house will be open until October 31, so mark your calendars for a trip to Seabrook this summer!

With so few days left, a lot of areas of the house are already completed. The painting of all the main walls has been completed, as well as the plumbing and electric work around the house.

Most of the windows that were previously installed have been moved off-site for painting. Last touches of paint around the window frames are performed in the meantime, and will be all done by the time the windows come back next week.

In the kitchen on the main floor, appliances are being put in place. The fridge, dishwasher, and stoves are all in place and complete the look of the kitchen workspace. They may still be in wraps, but we still snapped pictures of them which you can see below. An island will also be featured in the main kitchen – pictures of that will be up next week!

In the basement, the spa room and steam shower are 100% finished, and look quite impressive. The hot tub is also in place and its positioning is spectacular – it looks directly out to the ocean.

The first floor is also seeing major steps forward. Light fixtures are being installed in every room and the washer and dryer have been put in place. Next on the task-list are doorknobs and shower doors, which we’ll have pictures of next week. The deadline for Coastal Living Magazine’s photo shoot of the house is set for June 21, and we are approaching it fast!

Finally, the courtyard that welcomes you from the back entrance welcomed the outdoor deck, kitchen, and barbeque. They are right next to the masonry fireplace under the breezeway.

Enjoy the pictures! We can’t wait for the idea house to be complete so we can show it all off here on the blog!