Myrtle Beach Home with Beautiful Details

Nestled in a gated community with a protected forest reserve and pristine ponds, this South Carolina ranch is a stunning addition to the Brighton Lakes neighborhood. This home, constructed by our customer BRB Construction, features beautiful wood details, unique ceilings, granite counter tops and Feather Step Stone Ridge Acacia Laminate.

With 4 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, this home is the perfect choice for an active family. You may just want to move here after seeing this home!

Let's take a closer look at this Myrtle Beach Home with Beautiful Details:

Outstanding Curb Appeal

The mix of stone with the light green stucco and siding gives a welcoming southern feel to the home. The white trim and specialty windows add to the charm!

Walk Into Open Concept

As soon as you open the front door, you're greeted with open sight lines, a large living area and natural light beaming in from the patio doors. The tray ceiling design gives a WOW factor to this gathering space! You'll also notice the breakfast bar that opens up to the kitchen.

A Sprawling Space

You really get a sense of how large and open the space is from here! Notice the gorgeous front door and gas fireplace seamlessly placed into the wall. The details and character in this home was thoroughly thought through.

Flow from Living Room to Kitchen

The kitchen openly flows from the living space. The granite counter tops and premium white cabinets create a very luxury feel. With ample cabinet and counter space, this kitchen can easily accommodate holiday meals, parties and lots of family!

Stainless Steel Appliances

Gourmet, high-end stainless appliances will make anyone feel like a chef!

The Dining Room

Off the kitchen is an eat-in dining room. You could add a large harvest dining table with extra seating in this stunning, light-flooded space.

The Half Bath

The Acacia flooring flows into the half bath off of the main area. Half-baths are perfect for guests, so you can have your privacy in your upstairs bath!

The Office

Off of the front door is a beautiful den or office space. Notice the sun showing the hand-scraped textures on the floor.

Master Bedroom

We just had to show you the master bedroom and en-suite! The tray ceiling details continue into this large master bedroom that can easily be transformed into your personal oasis.

Master Bathroom

The granite counters continue into this gigantic bathroom that features double sinks and a large standing shower! The tile work, rain shower head and huge size is a big selling point to this home.

The Backyard

Talk about a backyard view! The home opens up to a backyard patio with lush grass and blue lake.

Check out the full video here:

Are you ready to move-in? What was your favorite part about this home?

A special thank you to Ramona NicolaePhotography, BRB Construction and broker, Kevin Chapman, for providing all of the images and information on this home.

BRB Construction Services, LLC, is a family owned and operated business with over 40 years of experience in the construction industry. They are a preferred builder in the Brighton Lakes neighborhood.

Ramona Nicolae is a professional photographer in Myrtle Beach, SC that specializes in real estate photography, as well as, capturing people's special moments.

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Super Bowls (in the Bathroom)

Yo. Are you ready for the Big Game? We're invited to a Superbowl par-tay at a friend's house, they have a ginormous TV. There will be much snacking, drinking, cheering, and watching of The Commercials. I love everything about the Superbowl, my team doesn't need to be in it for me to enjoy it, and this year it's in the City by the Bay so that's exciting although I wouldn't go near San Francisco this weekend, the traffic is off the charts awful. I have a little crush on Cam Newton but I am routing for Peyton and the Broncos #westsidelove - who do you think will win? Me thinks the Panthers offense will prevail.

And yes the Superbowl inspired this post on 'Super Bowls in the Bathroom' ha ha aren't I clever. I'm a lover of a great bowl sink, it's one detail that can make a bathroom extra special. To me, they're a flashback to the old fashioned pitcher and bowl from the past before running water. I spied this beautiful bowl sink at the Kitchen and Bath Show last month and it's my current favorite.

I prefer the undermount sink in a master bathroom where the daily prep occurs since in my experience the water seems to splash about more in the vessel or bowl sinks (but that's my personal preference). In a guest or powder room, I say bring on the super bowl sinks for the look alone. Enjoy the eye candy.

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MUST-HAVE: New Toilets From Toto's 2016 Collection!

Toto's Washlet G400

My mother, who lives in an outlying suburb of Dallas, recently had a toilet overflow in her house.

It seeped into carpeting which had to be replaced, etc. It was a big issue, and she had to call a plumber. This small-time plumber, a guy who works out in this far suburb in his own little business, mentioned to her that she should get a Toto toilet.

Why? Because they just work. And everyone knows that.

Toto's Tornado Flush technology

I learned last year all about the attributes of Toto toilets.

I learned about how they have broken down the science of removing waste, from the way the water spins in the bowl to the actual finish on the toilet itself. They are on the cutting edge of technology in the plumbing product business. Their goals of delivering high performance with the smallest amount of energy and water are quite remarkable and are continuing to drive them forward with new technology and products.

One such product we saw at KBIS 2016 was their one gallon toilets. These toilets use a low amount of water; and, because of their Tornado flushing technology, they're super effective.

They have several models released this year: the Drake II, Vespin II, Carlyle II are all shown here.

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Carlyle II 1G

Their Cadillac of toilets is the Neorest 750H, a toilet that is simply beautiful. And yes...it cleans itself, too!

Toto's Neorest 750H

Okay, I'm going to get graphic here: A dry toilet bowl will allow waste to stick. We all know that, right? But a toilet bowl that has been sprayed with a mist first has an 80% better chance of coming clean with the flush. That's what the Neorest 750H does: it sprays a mist after flushing, with electrolyzed water, keeping the bowl fresh and clean longer. Want to see how this works? Check out the quick video here.

Toto not only wants to keep their toilets clean, they want to keep YOU clean, too. Bidet anyone? Well, you don't have to have a separate fixture with Toto. You can add their Washlet to any toilet and have a bidet in your own toilet. How convenient is that?

However, if you want to get the whole piece all in one, Toto introduced this toilet at KBIS: the Washlet G400. It has sensor activated open/close/flushing, warm water washing, and warm air drying, which basically eliminates the need for toilet paper. And of course, there's also their Tornado flushing system -- it's simple base design makes for easy cleaning outside the toilet.

Toto's Washlet G400

Toto's Washlet G400

Toto is not all just about toilets.

They also introduced these Arvina vessel sinks, which I love. I think this style works so well with a farmhouse look or with a more contemporary style. It just elevates the design when you can add unique features like these to a project.

Toto's Arvina sink

Toto's Arvina sink

Toto's Arvina sink

If you ask me...

Toto is a brand that is incomparable when it comes to toilet technology. They continue to blaze the way for water conservation coupled with improved performance. And really, the very last thing in the whole wide world anyone wants to deal with, is...

An overflowing toilet.

Right, Mom? :-)

*Toto is a sponsor of Modenus BlogTour's Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS). All opinions contained within this article are those of Carla Aston of DESIGNED w/ Carla Aston and have not been influened by any of the aforementioned parties.

Ten Days in Australia

I've waited two months to write about my trip to Australia because it was so amazing I'm still processing it all. Since I was a kid I've wanted to go there, I grew up on Crocodile Dundee and Steve Irwin as the two on screen personalities that made me fall in love with the "accent" and over the years I've read stories and met many Australians who talked about the beauty and adventure that exists in their country. I have two cousins that grew up in California but now live in and are married to Australians and their stories and pictures further stimulated my desire to visit.

Australia was thrilling, there was never a dull moment and so many fantastic beach days and wildlife encounters. The family spent 10 days exploring various cities in Queensland and New South Wales along the east coast, we spent 3 days in Cairns, flew by plane to spend 3 days in Brisbane/Gold Coast, spent 1 day driving from Gold Coast to Sydney, and finished with 3 full days in Sydney before we flew home to California and we loved EVERY minute. I took hundreds of pictures but today I'm just sharing the highlights.

We rented a car for our entire stay in Australia. We got the hang of driving on the left side of the road after spending a week in New Zealand before arriving. Our first adventure took us out on a boat trip out of Port Douglas to the Great Barrier Reef. #bucketlist

We are not certified for scuba so we couldn't go out into the deep water, but the snorkeling was great, we saw giant sea turtles, little reef sharks, so many fish and coral, and a venomous sea snake, yikes! But it was thrilling to spend a day at the beach and in the water.

During our stay in Cairns, we rented a 2 bedroom place on Trinity Beach, they had an area netted off just beyond our condo for swimming since jellyfish ("stingers") are in the water in November.

Trinity Beach is a small coastal resort with a lot of vacation villas. It was close to everything with a gorgeous ocean view, I spent every morning walking the coast with my coffee in hand, these are two cell phone pics I snapped while the family snoozed, I simply can't sleep in on a beach vacation, I must get up early and feel the sand between my toes!

The next day took us up the road 20 minutes to Hartley's Crocodile Adventures and this place ranks top on our list of favorites. It was AMAZING. Hartley's is an outdoor preserve that allows you to get up REALLY close to the wildlife.

Can I just pause for a moment and say that crocodiles scare the bloody hell out of me. You too I imagine. So at Hartley's I couldn't believe how close you could get to the salt and freshwater crocs with only a fence to separate you. They have a lagoon with a boat reminiscent of the Disneyland Jungle Cruise except crikey, the crocs around the boat are REAL.

In between visiting the tame animal habitats, we watched two croc shows, one was a feeding where we learned all about their biology and natural habitat, at another show they demonstrated how crocs lurk under the murky water then JUMP out, OH MY GOD, and then they showed us at the attack show the underwater death roll, you can watch this one on You Tube which also shows it too. Wow.

At Hartley's there were a lot of cute critters that you needn't be afraid of, in fact you're welcome to pet them! Kangaroos, koalas, wallabys, and more. We fell in love with a harmless water dragon that hung around the cafe, I loved the pattern on his reptile skin. I was able to get up so close to so much of the wildlife, it was the best animal habitat I've ever been to.

These next two poses kill me.

Another place that's big on the list of things to do in Cairns is visit the Kuranda Village in the rainforest. You can take a train or a gondola, both are popular ways to get to Kuranda Village, but we didn't want to spend the money and time so we drove our car to the top to walk around the village. There is an animal habitat where you can see crocs, pet kangaroos, and hold a koala, also a shopping mecca where you can buy Australian made goods.

The highlight was the Butterfly Sanctuary in a gorgeous conservatory filled with thousands of fluttering butterflies and tropical foliage (it reminded me so much of this one in Niagara Falls).