An island girl’s cottage
“I only buy things for the shop that I personally love.”
Calypso Cottage reflects the eye of its owner, Stacie Hill Meislohn: a lifelong coastal girl with a jeweler’s eye and a retailer’s instinct.
From the Vineyard to the tin roof
Her dad owned Saltwater Sportsman magazine; her mother held numerous big gamefish records. The ocean was always home.
Opened in Palm Beach and an immediate success.
Courrèges, Valentino and Yves Saint Laurent on Worth Avenue, then Tiffany & Co. in New York, including time in jewelry under designer Elsa Peretti.
Stacie, her husband Pete and their mini dachshunds left NY for the Outer Banks, spotted a weathered cottage at the entrance to Beaufort’s main road and thought, “what a perfect spot for a shop!”
Once an insider’s secret, now discovered through Instagram and the website. We dare you to leave empty handed.
Our front room became a Hat Bar, with custom shaping and branding, a favorite for self-expression and travel style.
Small makers & her own designs
The shop champions small female artisans from South America, Mexico, India and Africa, alongside hard-to-find treasures and well-edited major brands.
Stacie designs her own one-of-a-kind and limited-edition jewelry, from gemstone and gold-filled pieces to fine jewelry with diamonds and South Sea pearls, including coastal oyster charm necklaces.
What they’re saying
An interview on the cottage, the Hat Bar, her jewelry and why she loves Beaufort’s slower pace.
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A brand photography feature on the shop, its Hat Bar and its Caribbean-meets-Carolina style.
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324 Orange Street, Beaufort, NC 28516 · 252-728-4299
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"I only buy things for the shop that I personally love."
CALYPSO COTTAGE, our coastal boutique thoughtfully curating a luxe island lifestyle, reflects the eye of our owner, Stacie Hill Meislohn, a true island girl. From her childhood on Martha's Vineyard to growing up in the Bahamas and Palm Beach, Stacie has always lived near the ocean. Her dad owned Saltwater Sportsman magazine and her mother held numerous big gamefish records. Stacie opened her first store CHEZNU at age 19 in Palm Beach. An immediate success, she desired more experience and went on to work on the famed Worth Avenue, for such names as, Courreges, Valentino and Yves Saint Laurent. Later she moved to NYC and landed a job at Tiffany & Co. In 2005 Stacie, her husband Pete and their mini dachshunds left NY and moved part-time to the southern Outer Banks...
In 2006 they opened CALYPSO COTTAGE in a tiny "fisherman's cottage" in Beaufort, NC. For years the off-the-beaten-path shop was an “insider's secret”... with the funky tin roof cottage holding a well-edited mix of major brands and hard-to-find treasures. With the onset of FB, Instagram and our website, the shop has been discovered by a loyal and discerning clientele.
Come discover our luxury coastal lifestyle shop. We dare you to leave empty handed...
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Questions, special orders or a hat to personalize? Send us a note.