From color palettes and elevations to sea-worthy materials and building codes, if you’re about to design your ocean side escape, this was a “don’t miss” event, chock full of advice from experts who make building a home by the water, a day at the beach.

The distinguished panelists—John DaSilva, Design Principal of integrated architecture and construction firm Polhemus Savery DaSilva and author of “Living Where Land Meets Sea”; Julie Stein of Julie Stein Interior Design; Rob Calderaro, Senior Landscape Architect at Polhemus Savery DaSilva, and Gary Rousseau, Executive VP of Herrick and White Architectural Woodworkers—know all of the in’s and out’s of coastal construction and design. Moderated by renowned home design journalist, Regina Cole.