Original Sand Dollar Boutique Brings Whimsy to Coastal Grandmother Style

Holmes Beach’s Original Sand Dollar has been refashioned into a Coastal Grandmother destination at 5302 Marina Drive, where owner Julia Duytschavert, 45, blends family history with easy, breezy fashion. The shop occupies the corner of Gulf and Marina Drive in the Island Shopping Center just a few doors down from Tortilla Bay, and it carries everything from handmade shell earrings and flowy dresses to furniture and chandeliers framed by sea shells and coastal décor.

The boutique traces its roots to 1960: the shop’s website and local listings note that Shawn’s grandparents first opened the store back in 1960, and family members have run it through several generations. Julia and her husband Shawn welcomed the business back into the family recently; one account dates that return to 2019 while another notes Julia took ownership roughly six years before March 2026, a discrepancy that sits alongside the store’s own claim of “since the 1960s.” The result is a business that wears its history the way it wears layered linens - proudly and accessibly.

Merchandise mixes whimsical accents and higher ticket pieces. A pink parrot candlestick is priced at $25, and the store displays chandeliers and furniture alongside candles, jewelry, keepsakes and home goods. Julia curates stock with a deliberate affordability: “I want everything to be beautiful, but I refuse to overprice things.” She adds, “It’s less about selling things at a high price point for me, and more about getting them sold so I can bring new gorgeous things in.” That turn-and-refresh approach keeps the shop feeling like a treasure hunt for shoppers who want an Anthropologie sensibility at a fraction of the price.

The Original Sand Dollar positions itself as a generational, community-minded boutique. Its website states, “Every piece we carry is hand-selected with love and a deep appreciation for timeless style and laid-back living,” and the storefront copy leans into family messaging with “From our family to yours—thank you for supporting a local, generational business. We’re so happy you’re here.” The business maintains an online presence, lists Instagram and TikTok among its social platforms, and uses an email contact at originalsanddollar1@gmail.com; its public listing also references originalsanddollar.com and a site footer marked © 2025 Original Sand Dollar.

Practical details matter for a shopping-day plan. A tourism listing provides hours at Monday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and two phone numbers appear in public listings: (941) 251-6464 and (941) 778-2024. Visitors can “soak up some sun – then stroll up for a little shopping,” per local copy, and the plaza offers nearby spots for grabbing a bite or cooling off with a sweet treat.

For anyone building a Coastal Grandmother wardrobe or a beach-house tableau, Original Sand Dollar’s mix of handpicked décor, flowy dresses, shell jewelry and affordable statement pieces makes it a practical stop. The shop’s family lineage, price-conscious curation and rotating inventory mean the look is not just aspirational; it’s collectable and refreshable with each visit.