October First Shores
Coastal living, considered

A coastal life, curated.

October First Shores is a curated editorial marketplace for coastal living — design libraries, seasonal guides, recipe collections, and slow-paced writing for households with shore-adjacent lives. Less aspirational scrolling; more time spent outside.

8 yrs

Of continuous editorial

18,000+

Member households

Quarterly

New seasonal editions

0

Sponsored content

What members get

Four pillars of the editorial marketplace.

Design references, seasonal living writing, food and gathering content, and outdoor practice — all curated by editors and contributors actually living shore-adjacent lives.

Design libraries

Coastal home references, architectural studies, and design courses by working coastal architects and interior designers.

Seasonal writing

Quarterly digital editions and weekly editorial newsletter on slow coastal living. No promotional content; just considered writing.

Food & gathering

Recipe collections, seafood cookbooks, and seasonal entertaining guides calibrated to what's actually in season at the local market.

Outdoor practice

Sailing, paddling, swimming, and family outdoor activity guides — calibrated to recreational practitioners, not aspirational consumers.

A coastal library worth keeping.

Become an annual member, pick a single bundle, or subscribe to the slow-living newsletter. The work scales to your interest.

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