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Coastal Open Plan Living Room Ideas and Designs

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Coronado Shores Penthouse
Coronado Shores Penthouse
K2 InteriorsK2 Interiors
Small nautical open plan living room in San Diego with grey walls and light hardwood flooring.
Scandinavian Inspired Living Room
Scandinavian Inspired Living Room
Simply Home DecoratingSimply Home Decorating
Our goal on this project was to make the main floor of this lovely early 20th century home in a popular Vancouver neighborhood work for a growing family of four. We opened up the space, both literally and aesthetically, with windows and skylights, an efficient layout, some carefully selected furniture pieces and a soft colour palette that lends a light and playful feel to the space. Our clients can hardly believe that their once small, dark, uncomfortable main floor has become a bright, functional and beautiful space where they can now comfortably host friends and hang out as a family. Interior Design by Lori Steeves of Simply Home Decorating Inc. Photos by Tracey Ayton Photography.
Shingle Style
Shingle Style
UserUser
Lucas Allen
Photo of a medium sized coastal formal open plan living room in Jacksonville with beige walls and dark hardwood flooring.
Martha's Vineyard Interior Design cottage
Martha's Vineyard Interior Design cottage
Eric Roth PhotographyEric Roth Photography
Cottage by Marth's Vieyard Interior Design, Liz Stiving Nichols, designer, photographs by Eric Roth
Design ideas for a medium sized nautical open plan living room in Boston with white walls and light hardwood flooring.
Watersound Residence
Watersound Residence
Studio A ArchitectureStudio A Architecture
Design ideas for a medium sized beach style formal open plan living room in Miami with white walls, dark hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and no tv.
The Beach House
The Beach House
OLSON LEWIS + ArchitectsOLSON LEWIS + Architects
Large nautical formal open plan living room in Boston with white walls and medium hardwood flooring.
Chappaquiddick Island
Chappaquiddick Island
Patrick Ahearn ArchitectPatrick Ahearn Architect
Large nautical open plan living room in Boston with white walls, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, dark hardwood flooring and feature lighting.
Miami Ocean Getaway
Miami Ocean Getaway
BBH Design StudioBBH Design Studio
Photography by Moris Moreno BBH Design Studio is an Design company directed by Debbie Flicki, Hani Flicki and Sete Bassan based in South Florida. best interior design, design ideas, miami design ideas, Florida design, Florida Interior designers, BBH Design Studio - A elegant, bold and comfortable interior design project in Hollywood, Florida. Interior Design, Interiors, Design, Miami Interior Designers, Miami Designers, Decorators, Miami Decorators, Miami's Best interior designers, Miami's best decorators, Modern design, Miami modern, Contemporary Interior Designers, Modern Interior Designers, Coco Plum Interior Designers, Sunny Isles Interior Designers, BBH Design Studio, South Florida designers, Best Miami Designers, Miami interiors, Miami décor, Miami Beach Designers, Best Miami Interior Designers, Miami Beach Interiors, Luxurious Design in Miami, Top designers, Deco Miami, Luxury interiors, Miami Beach Luxury Interiors, Miami Interior Design, Miami Interior Design Firms, Beach front, Top Interior Designers, top décor, Top Miami Decorators, Miami luxury condos, modern interiors, Modern, Pent house design, white interiors, Top Miami Interior Decorators, Top Miami Interior Designers, Modern Designers in Miami. Miami Modern Design, Contemporary, architecture, Modern architecture, modern miami architecture, Florida, Miami Modern, Miami Modern Interior Designers, Contemporary designers,
LIVING ROOM
LIVING ROOM
Sheila Rich Interiors, LLCSheila Rich Interiors, LLC
A crisp and consistent color scheme and composition creates an airy, unified mood throughout the diminutive 13' x 13' living room. Dark hardwood floors add warmth and contrast. We added thick moldings to architecturally enhance the house. Gauzy cotton Roman shades dress new hurricane-proof windows and coax additional natural light into the home. Because of their versatility, pairs of furniture instead of single larger pieces are used throughout the home. This helps solve the space problem because these smaller pieces can be moved and stored easily.
Kiawah Family Home
Kiawah Family Home
Margaret Donaldson InteriorsMargaret Donaldson Interiors
Four swivel chairs in petit, hand-blocked print are situated around a reclaimed iron and wood coffee table. Root stools serve as drink tables between the chairs. A turquoise sofa completes the seating. Being an island home, the seagrass rug adds the casual tone to the over design. The barstools were selected to add to the overall design of the living room. Their style, finish and zebra upholstery work with the overall room. They are part of the living room more than they are part of the kitchen.
Tiburon home remodel
Tiburon home remodel
Mahoney Architects & InteriorsMahoney Architects & Interiors
A modest and traditional living room
Photo of a small coastal formal open plan living room in San Francisco with blue walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a brick fireplace surround, no tv and feature lighting.
Mesmire
Mesmire
Unique HomestaysUnique Homestays
Inspiration for a medium sized beach style open plan living room in Cornwall with grey walls and a two-sided fireplace.
Piermont Beach House
Piermont Beach House
Janelle InteriorsJanelle Interiors
two fish digital
Medium sized coastal open plan living room in Los Angeles with white walls, a standard fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv, beige floors, light hardwood flooring and feature lighting.
Living Room
Living Room
Donna Guyler DesignDonna Guyler Design
Donna Guyler Design
Expansive nautical open plan living room in Gold Coast - Tweed with white walls, brown floors, vinyl flooring, no tv and feature lighting.
Light and bright while honoring gray
Light and bright while honoring gray
Carolyn Thayer interiorsCarolyn Thayer interiors
Large coastal open plan living room in Boston with grey walls, a standard fireplace, a wall mounted tv, light hardwood flooring and feature lighting.
Projet Mimosas : Clés en main pour appartement VEFA à Arcachon
Projet Mimosas : Clés en main pour appartement VEFA à Arcachon
Atelier GermainAtelier Germain
L'appartement en VEFA de 73 m2 est en rez-de-jardin. Il a été livré brut sans aucun agencement. Nous avons dessiné, pour toutes les pièces de l'appartement, des meubles sur mesure optimisant les usages et offrant des rangements inexistants. Le meuble du salon fait office de dressing, lorsque celui-ci se transforme en couchage d'appoint. Meuble TV et espace bureau.
Forever Farmhouse
Forever Farmhouse
GLDESIGNGLDESIGN
This is an example of a large beach style open plan living room in Other with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a concrete fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv, brown floors, exposed beams and tongue and groove walls.
Merritt Island, FL
Merritt Island, FL
Ally Whalen DesignAlly Whalen Design
Photo of a large nautical open plan living room in Orlando with grey walls and a coffered ceiling.
Lake Vista
Lake Vista
Lindsay Miller CannonLindsay Miller Cannon
Design ideas for a medium sized nautical formal open plan living room in Other with white walls, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Character Quarter Sawn White Oak Flooring in Margate, NJ
Character Quarter Sawn White Oak Flooring in Margate, NJ
Vermont Plank FlooringVermont Plank Flooring
This is an example of a beach style open plan living room in Boston with white walls, light hardwood flooring and beige floors.

Coastal Open Plan 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:
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