Weekly Wrap-Up: A Fond Farewell to Summer

We’ve been cramming in as much summer as we can this week—and so have our sister sites. Here’s a sampling from their week of easy-breezy style.

Plus:

• Mosquitoes and flies are summer’s unwanted guests. Here’s a great roundup of attractive products to keep your home pest-free. See 5 Favorites: Design-Worthy Tools for Keeping Pests at Bay.
• A beach house kitchen that’s nautical-inspired but not kitschy. See Kitchen of the Week: A Compact, Nautical Entertaining Kitchen on Cape Cod.
• On a similar note, lobster-printed tea towels that are less kitsch and more chic: Consider the Lobster: 7 Crustacean-Printed Tea Towels, Kitsch Not Included.
• There’s much to admire in this Montauk beach house, but we’re especially taken with the baths. See A Seventies-Era ‘Builder’s Special’ Reimagined in Montauk.
• Still time to work on your house’s curb appeal before the weather turns wet and cold. Here’s some great inspiration: The New American Gothic: 11 Modern Farmhouses with Curb Appeal.