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So Your Style Is: Coastal
This relaxed, summery home design style has an easy-going appeal with an emphasis on natural materials. Here’s how to get the look
What it is: Coastal style is all about relaxed living, open spaces, natural fabrics and a summer vibe. It invites you to kick off your shoes, slow your pace of life and appreciate the great outdoors. Simply put, it’s summer by the sea, bottled.
Why it works: When it’s done well, coastal style evokes the simple, easy-going spirit of the summer months, when the sun is shining, the beach is calling and life is relaxed and easy.
You’ll love it if: You dream of life by the sea, your favourite meal is a picnic in the open air and you spend as much of the summer as possible outside.
Why it works: When it’s done well, coastal style evokes the simple, easy-going spirit of the summer months, when the sun is shining, the beach is calling and life is relaxed and easy.
You’ll love it if: You dream of life by the sea, your favourite meal is a picnic in the open air and you spend as much of the summer as possible outside.
Display sea-washed finds
Treasures gleaned from an afternoon of beachcombing will instantly create an ocean vibe in your home. Look for glass bottles in summer-sky shades, intricate driftwood and pretty shells.
Treasures gleaned from an afternoon of beachcombing will instantly create an ocean vibe in your home. Look for glass bottles in summer-sky shades, intricate driftwood and pretty shells.
Keep it relaxed
Coastal style is all about easy summer living, so choose natural materials with a little bit of wear and tear to create that laid-back vibe. Then kick off your shoes, put your feet up and relax.
Coastal style is all about easy summer living, so choose natural materials with a little bit of wear and tear to create that laid-back vibe. Then kick off your shoes, put your feet up and relax.
Frame the view
A coastal room scheme is all about simplicity, in order to allow the view to shine. Keeping windows clutter free with simple linen drapes will ensure that all eyes remain on the main attraction; the sparkling sea.
A coastal room scheme is all about simplicity, in order to allow the view to shine. Keeping windows clutter free with simple linen drapes will ensure that all eyes remain on the main attraction; the sparkling sea.
Install an indoor/outdoor shower
Blurring the lines between indoors and out is a sure signifier of coastal living. A partially outdoor shower or wash room is perfect for cleaning off sand after a sunny day at the shore.
Blurring the lines between indoors and out is a sure signifier of coastal living. A partially outdoor shower or wash room is perfect for cleaning off sand after a sunny day at the shore.
Introduce driftwood accessories
Driftwood frames painted palest blue are a great way to add beachy character to a simple white room. Enhance the theme by using them to display pebbles or seashells.
Driftwood frames painted palest blue are a great way to add beachy character to a simple white room. Enhance the theme by using them to display pebbles or seashells.
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Whitewash your floorboards
Bare, white-painted floorboards are an instant shortcut to a seaside feel. Practical and hardwearing, they are perfect for sandy feet or urban toes alike. Striped bed linen and a simple white bed frame will enhance the salty-air look.
Bare, white-painted floorboards are an instant shortcut to a seaside feel. Practical and hardwearing, they are perfect for sandy feet or urban toes alike. Striped bed linen and a simple white bed frame will enhance the salty-air look.
Go for bold stripes
Stripes are a seaside classic and upholstering a sofa in a sturdy cotton slipcover will create a fresh and relaxed look that works well with a simple white backdrop.
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Stripes are a seaside classic and upholstering a sofa in a sturdy cotton slipcover will create a fresh and relaxed look that works well with a simple white backdrop.
Browse 9 ways to add a nautical touch to your home
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Are you a fan of coastal style? How do you incorporate it into your home? Share your ideas and pictures in the Comments.
A crisp blue and white colour palette is your first step to a coastal vibe. Don’t feel you have to stick to one blue – choose from the entire spectrum from palest powder to deep navy. This look is all about simplicity, so go for functional, hard-wearing furniture, and introduce a little tongue and groove for a beach hut mood.
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