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Coastal Living Room Ideas and Designs

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Natural & Neutral Family Room
Natural & Neutral Family Room
Cote InteriorsCote Interiors
The Palm Co
Inspiration for a medium sized coastal open plan living room in Sydney with no fireplace, white walls, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Living Room 15
Living Room 15
Woodmeister Master BuildersWoodmeister Master Builders
Interior Design - Anthony Catalfano Interiors General Construction and custom cabinetry - Woodmeister Master Builders Photography - Gary Sloan Studios
1512 Dolphin Terrace
1512 Dolphin Terrace
Spinnaker DevelopmentSpinnaker Development
Built, designed & furnished by Spinnaker Development, Newport Beach Interior Design by Details a Design Firm Photography by Bowman Group Photography
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Family Room
Family Room
Nunley Custom HomesNunley Custom Homes
Photo of a nautical open plan living room in Charlotte with white walls, concrete flooring, a standard fireplace and no tv.
Beach Style Living Room
Beach Style Living Room
Photo of a nautical living room in Providence with blue walls.
The LaSalle Home
The LaSalle Home
Mitch Wise Design,Inc.Mitch Wise Design,Inc.
Kelly Avenson
Photo of a small nautical formal open plan living room in Milwaukee with beige walls, dark hardwood flooring, no fireplace, no tv and brown floors.
Euel Lakehomes
Euel Lakehomes
Keith Wing Custom BuildersKeith Wing Custom Builders
Matthew Niemann
This is an example of a nautical living room in Other with white walls, medium hardwood flooring and a corner fireplace.
Living Room
Living Room
Kate Jackson DesignKate Jackson Design
Nat Rea photography
Nautical living room in Providence with white walls, medium hardwood flooring and feature lighting.
Betsy Burnham
Betsy Burnham
Burnham DesignBurnham Design
Inspiration for a nautical living room in Los Angeles with blue walls and a standard fireplace.
PALM BEACH HOUSE
PALM BEACH HOUSE
iSpace SolutionsiSpace Solutions
Photo of a beach style living room in Sydney with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a two-sided fireplace, no tv and beige floors.
Capitol Island Fireplace and Window Seat Built-In
Capitol Island Fireplace and Window Seat Built-In
Knickerbocker GroupKnickerbocker Group
Photo copyright by Darren Setlow | @darrensetlow | darrensetlow.com
Coastal living room in Portland Maine with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and a tiled fireplace surround.
Dover Renovation
Dover Renovation
Silipo Architecture & DesignSilipo Architecture & Design
Inspiration for a nautical living room in Boston with white walls, a standard fireplace and a wall mounted tv.
Beachy Cottage
Beachy Cottage
Wright-Ryan HomesWright-Ryan Homes
Medium sized beach style open plan living room in Portland Maine with white walls, a standard fireplace and a brick fireplace surround.
Coastal Modern by Tim Clarke
Coastal Modern by Tim Clarke
Penguin Random House, LLCPenguin Random House, LLC
Reprinted from Coastal Modern by Tim Clarke. Copyright © 2012. Photos © 2012 by Noah Webb
Nautical living room in New York with white walls.
Oasis on Arey's Pond
Oasis on Arey's Pond
McPhee Associates of Cape CodMcPhee Associates of Cape Cod
Nautical formal living room in Boston with beige walls and light hardwood flooring.
Designer Escape To Beaufort South Carolina
Designer Escape To Beaufort South Carolina
Urban Design InteriorsUrban Design Interiors
Design ideas for a large nautical formal enclosed living room in Atlanta with blue walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace, no tv and brown floors.
Palm Beach Oceanside Sophistication
Palm Beach Oceanside Sophistication
Annie Santulli DesignsAnnie Santulli Designs
This oceanside contemporary condominium is a sophisticated space that evokes relaxation. Using the bright blue and easy feel of the ocean as both an inspiration and a backdrop, soft rich fabrics in beach tones were used to maintain the peacefulness of the coastal surroundings. With soft hues of blue and simple lush design elements, this living space is a wonderful blend of coastal calmness and contemporary style. Textured wall papers were used to enrich bathrooms with no ocean view to create continuity of the stunning natural setting of the Palm Beach oceanfront. Robert Brantley Photography
Greenbush Ave
Greenbush Ave
ae designae design
Amy Bartlam
This is an example of a coastal open plan living room in Los Angeles with white walls and dark hardwood flooring.
New Construction - Bethany Beach, Del.
New Construction - Bethany Beach, Del.
Dewson Construction CompanyDewson Construction Company
Photo by: John Jenkins, Image Source Inc
Design ideas for an expansive coastal open plan living room in Philadelphia with beige walls, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.

Coastal Living Room Ideas and Designs

Looking for coastal living room ideas? Whether your living room is lacklustre, your lounge is limited in space, your sitting room is suffering from outdated decor or your front room is full of clutter, there are coastal living room ideas and designs that will inspire you to breathe life into your living space. Discover small living room ideas to help maximise tiny spaces or nautical layout ideas that will work with awkward shaped living rooms. Perhaps you’re struggling to decide on living room colours? Read on for help with colours, layout and design ideas, or find inspiration from the millions of living room photos on Houzz.

Coastal Living room wallpaper ideas

A good place to start when it comes to redesigning your living room is with the walls. While paint may seem the simplest choice, and easy to change, don’t discredit the design opportunities of beach style wallpaper in living rooms. There are tons of great living room wallpaper ideas, from modern geometric patterns to traditional florals, and loads of ways to use them – you don’t have to cover the whole room or go for the ubiquitous feature wall. You could wallpaper only above the dado rail (if you have one), either side of a chimney breast, or behind a shelving unit to give your displayed items a stylish backdrop. Discover more living room wallpaper ideas or if paint is more your style, there’s plenty of living room designs to discover when it comes to paint ideas; just browse through the huge selection of coastal living photos and search for the specific paint you’re after if you really want to narrow it down.

Small living room ideas

When it comes to our living room design, we want it to feel as welcoming and personality-filled as possible, but that can be a struggle when we’re working with a small space. But not to fear, there are nautical small living room ideas to help you make most out of what you’re working with. A couple of beach style small living room ideas can include: working with the height you have – installing floor-to-ceiling bookshelves or drawing the eye to the top of the walls with wallpaper; choosing space-saving or storage-incorporating (or both!) furniture, such as corner sofas with storage space under the chaise longue section; and keeping things symmetrical – a central fireplace with seating opposite, or seats facing each other, can give the illusion of a larger, more grand room. When it comes to the best decor for coastal small living rooms, you can either choose to keep things light and airy to open up the space, or embrace the cosiness of the smaller area you have by going for warm colours and filling the room with your favourite accessories.

Living room layouts and choosing the right nautical living room furniture

When it comes to the layout of your beach style living room, it will depend on what pieces of furniture you have – but how do you choose what living room furniture to add, whether you’re refreshing your living room design or starting from scratch? The best place to start is with the coastal seating – one corner sofa will usually seat three to four people, and if that’s all you think you’ll need, then you can leave it at that. Placing your sofa along the longest wall helps to make the most of the space, but think about where you want the focus of the room to be, too. If you need more seating, look at coastal armchairs that offer comfort but don’t take up too much space – cramming a room with too many large armchairs is something to avoid. But armchairs and sofas don’t have to be your only options – go for bean bags and floor cushions for an eclectic feel, pouffes and ottomans if you’re more traditional, and smart design chairs for contemporary living room ideas. Coffee tables are always handy, but you can always add a couple of coastal side tables if you don’t want to clutter the central space in front of seating with anything. If you centre your living room design around a fireplace or TV, then you might want storage and shelving to feature around the focus of your room. There are plenty of style options when it comes to TV units, and you can even go for bespoke living room storage units to make the most of the space if you want a sleek, built-in look. Keep reading below for more living room storage ideas. Discover a huge range of coastal living room furniture, as well as living room accessories, to help you finish your room design.

Living room design ideas

Struggling with what living room colours to choose, or what style to go with? While a grey living room design is popular at the moment, you might not want to go with the ubiquitous colour. Although, if neutral and contemporary are the living room ideas you’re after, a grey sofa or grey walls will give you a good base to work on. If you want to stay neutral, beige is not your only other option, either. Light yellows, taupes and soft greys will work. Why not try adding simple but plush cushions to your sofa and a rug in these colours to achieve a modern-traditional look? For contemporary living room ideas, dark blues and greens are on trend, but if you don’t want to dive straight into the dark wall trend, you could opt for a couple of pieces of furniture, or go for dark-hued living room accessories instead. Whites, woods and pastels could work well for Scandinavian living room designs. If an eclectic living room is what you’re after, you could go for large print wallpaper, a statement lighting piece, vibrant rug and lots of colourful book or ornament displays. For a country feel, rustic carpet, stone hearths, comfy armchairs and traditional patterns in creams, greens and browns will give you that cosy cottage feel.

Living room storage ideas

It’s natural that our living rooms tend to attract lots of items and belongings seeing as they act as multipurpose living spaces. Whether you love to read a book; watch a film; let your children play with their toys; practise a craft like knitting or drawing; play a musical instrument or play video games in your sitting room, there will always be a need for a few extra coastal living room ideas that can help you with storage. Apart from the standard bookcases, side tables and TV units, there are a few other handy living room storage ideas you can invest in. As mentioned before, if you have the room and budget for it, a built-in storage unit could be the way forward. With a well-built unit you could hide your TV, DVDs, players, books, video consoles and all sorts away in one place. If you don’t quite have a large enough area for one, you could look at shelving – either side of the chimney breast is a great place to install shelving if you have one in your living room. And don’t forget nautical living room furniture such as sofas, benches and ottomans that lift up to reveal hidden storage; providing seating and storing space at the same time. With the right storage solutions your beach style living room design could open up and feel so much more spacious and stylish. Discover more living room storage ideas by browsing these photos. Once you have your coastal living room storage, colours, design, layout and furniture sorted, all that’s left is to browse the millions of living room ideas on Houzz and save your favourites to an ideabook. If you’re still searching for specific living room ideas, check out the popular pages below:
Palm Beach Reno
Palm Beach Reno
Baylee Deyon DesignBaylee Deyon Design
Claudia Bell
Design ideas for a coastal open plan living room in Miami with white walls, no fireplace and no tv.
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