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Modern Home on Private Inlet in N.C.

From: Tongue & Groove

This three-story home in North Carolina brings modern comforts and conveniences to the beach, with an open kitchen, sophisticated living room, multiple garages and a home gym that overlooks a swimming pool and private inlet. When they're not lounging inside, the owners can enjoy sunset views from any of their glass balconies.

Exterior at Dusk

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Front Exterior at Dusk

This beach house in North Carolina has everything anyone would need...and then some! Three floors, three garages, private water access and a gorgeous location.

Rear Exterior at Dusk

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Rear Exterior at Dusk

Every one of the home's three floors includes outdoor areas, from balconies to decks to shaded patios. A private dock leads out to the water.

Smoke Stack Chimney

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Smoke Stack Chimney

The home's chimney is shipshape, designed like a smoke stack on an ocean liner with cable stays and a cap stripe.

Waterfront Home and Dock

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Waterfront Home and Dock

On a beautiful inlet of Carolina Beach, this three-story home has a private dock and multiple ways to access the water.

Silver Coastal Kitchen

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Silver Coastal Kitchen With Portholes

This kitchen feels like a glamorous version of a ship's kitchen, with streamlined, silvery design elements and porthole windows. Mahogany floors are a welcome touch of warmth.

Folding Window in Kitchen

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Folding Serving Window in Kitchen

One of this waterfront home's fun ways to take advantage of its beautiful outdoor areas? A huge folding window unit over the kitchen peninsula. Happy hour just got happier!

Open Plan Living Room With Glass Table

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Neutral Open Plan Living Room With Glass Table

The open concept main living floor's entire sand-and-ocean palette draws from the home's surroundings. Even the living room's coffee table recalls driftwood collected from the beach.

Gray Coastal Living Room

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Gray Coastal Living Room With Blue Chairs

Instead of books, this elegant living room fills its built-in shelves with seashore finds. The shelving's rich wood is a pretty contrast to the room's subtle blues, white and grays.

Living Room With Model Sailboat

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Coastal Living Room With Model Sailboat

The backdrop for the living room's fireplace is made of oyster tabby, a beautiful way to tie the space into the home's beach location.

White Coastal Master Bathroom

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White Coastal Master Bathroom With Porthole

This beautiful master bathroom pampers residents with a huge, curved-ceiling walk-in shower that looks out onto Carolina Beach through a porthole.

Blue Coastal Living Room

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Blue Coastal Living Room With Shiplap Walls

This home has wonderful nautical touches throughout, like the living room's blue shiplap walls, compass-inspired ceiling medallion and the boat-print fabric.

Waterfront Home Gym

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Home Gym With Water View

Any sailor needs to be fit for service. Luckily, this beach house comes with its own gym!

Pool and Deck

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Pool and Deck

This home's pool feels very beachy, surrounded by decking. For after-pool warm-ups, a fire pit is at the ready.

Pool and Portholes

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Pool With Portholes

Porthole details in the deck surrounding the swimming pool are another of the home's whimsical, ship-inspired nods.

Steam Whistle

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Steam Whistle and Water View

What could be more fun than saying hello to boats going by blowing your very own steam whistle!

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