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Tribute Series · Limited Runs

Beach Cottage
Series.

Drive NC-12 from Rodanthe to Hatteras Village and you'll see them — pink, seafoam, coral, sand-dune, storm navy. The painted cottages of Hatteras Island are part of the architecture of the place.

Ten hand-made canvas totes, each named for the kind of light and color you'd find on a porch on the soundside.

See the Cottages

Pink House of Rodanthe at golden hour

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Ten Totes · Hand-Made · Limited Runs

Each tote, a beach cottage.

Nautical names. Real cottage colors. Small batches.

Nauticus

Limited Run

Nauticus

Seafoam green siding, weathered grey trim, salt-white shutters. A classic OBX color story.

Seafoam Driftwood Grey Salt

Coming Soon · Hand-Made · Numbered

Sea Glass

Limited Run

Sea Glass

Pale sea-glass green with white trim and a Hatteras Blue door. Soundside Avon energy.

Sea Glass Salt Hatteras Blue

Coming Soon · Hand-Made · Numbered

Pink Sands

Heritage

Pink Sands

Pink siding, white trim, red door — the cottage everyone photographs from NC-12.

Ocracoke Pink Salt Kinnakeet Red

Coming Soon · Hand-Made · Numbered

Lighthouse Quarters

Heritage

Lighthouse Quarters

Red and white — the colors of the keepers' quarters at the foot of the candy-striped Cape Hatteras Light.

Kinnakeet Red Salt Storm Navy

Coming Soon · Hand-Made · Numbered

Salt Box

Limited Run

Salt Box

Weathered cedar shake gone grey, with cream trim and a sound-blue door. Salvo soundside.

Driftwood Grey Sand Hatteras Blue

Coming Soon · Hand-Made · Numbered

Heron's Nest

Limited Run

Heron's Nest

Pale seafoam with cream trim and sand-dune shutters. The cottage tucked behind the dune line.

Seafoam Salt Sand Dune

Coming Soon · Hand-Made · Numbered

Compass Rose

Limited Run

Compass Rose

Coral siding, sand trim, Kinnakeet Red door. A Village classic.

Coral Sand Dune Kinnakeet Red

Coming Soon · Hand-Made · Numbered

Storm Watch

Limited Run

Storm Watch

Storm Navy with white trim and a pink front door — moody and unmistakable.

Storm Navy Salt Ocracoke Pink

Coming Soon · Hand-Made · Numbered

Driftwood

Limited Run

Driftwood

Weathered driftwood gray with sun-yellow shutters. Waves Village.

Aged Cedar Squall Yellow Salt

Coming Soon · Hand-Made · Numbered

Mariner's Light

Limited Run

Mariner's Light

White siding, blue trim, yellow door. A working boat captain's cottage.

Salt Hatteras Blue Squall Yellow

Coming Soon · Hand-Made · Numbered

The Color of the Coast

Why the cottages are painted.

The painted cottages of the Outer Banks are not a tourist invention. They are a working tradition. Color was — and still is — a way to mark a house, locate a family, navigate a village from the sound side at dusk.

A pink cottage on Rodanthe stands out against gray storm sky. A seafoam house in Avon catches morning sun the way the dune grass does. The palette is local, weathered, and earned.

The Beach Cottage Series carries those colors off the cottages and into everyday life. Every tote in the series is a small painted homage to a specific kind of light, on a specific kind of porch, on a specific stretch of barrier island.

Questions.

Are these named after real cottages?

The names are nautical and coastal — Nauticus, Sea Glass, Mariner's Light, Compass Rose. The colors come from real cottages along NC-12 between Rodanthe and Hatteras Village. We honor the architecture without naming the families who live in it.

Can I request a cottage?

Yes. If you have a favorite cottage, send us a photo and the village. We add new tributes seasonally based on customer requests and our own walks down NC-12.

How are the colors selected?

Each tote uses canvas selected from supplier swatches that match cottage colors within fabric tolerances. Our digital values are guides — physical swatches confirm every run.