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Coastal Open Plan Living Room Ideas and Designs

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Windsor Residence
Windsor Residence
Highgate HouseHighgate House
Medium sized coastal open plan living room in Brisbane with medium hardwood flooring and white walls.
Coastal Casual
Coastal Casual
Ficarra Design Associates, Inc.Ficarra Design Associates, Inc.
Lori Hamilton
Inspiration for a beach style open plan living room in Miami with beige walls and medium hardwood flooring.
North Falmouth Waterfront
North Falmouth Waterfront
Thomas J. O'Neill, Inc.Thomas J. O'Neill, Inc.
cutrona
Photo of a large coastal open plan living room in Boston with grey walls and dark hardwood flooring.
Beach House - Narragansett
Beach House - Narragansett
Andra Birkerts DesignAndra Birkerts Design
Eric Roth Photography
Design ideas for a beach style formal open plan living room in Providence with beige walls, light hardwood flooring, a ribbon fireplace and a tiled fireplace surround.
Westport, CT Stunning Beachfront Sanctuary - Full View of Living Room
Westport, CT Stunning Beachfront Sanctuary - Full View of Living Room
Susan Anderson Design, White Birch StudioSusan Anderson Design, White Birch Studio
Beach front living at its finest. Full view of family/living room with multiple ocean views set the tone and feel for this neutral palette with bold turquoise, blue and green accents, casual family living space. Shop the look in our Westport, CT store and now online at www.whitebirchstudio.com
Hillsboro Beach Oceanside Residence
Hillsboro Beach Oceanside Residence
Kathryn Scott Design Studio LtdKathryn Scott Design Studio Ltd
Daniel Newcomb
Large nautical formal open plan living room in New York with beige walls, terracotta flooring, a concealed tv, a two-sided fireplace and a plastered fireplace surround.
Cliffside Perch
Cliffside Perch
LeBlanc DesignLeBlanc Design
Photography: Eric Roth
Inspiration for a large beach style open plan living room in Boston with a standard fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround, medium hardwood flooring, beige walls and feature lighting.
Woodmeister Master Builders - WestWind
Woodmeister Master Builders - WestWind
Woodmeister Master BuildersWoodmeister Master Builders
The living room features petrified wood fireplace surround with a salvaged driftwood mantle. Nearby, the dining room table retracts and converts into a guest bed.
Seadrift Residence
Seadrift Residence
CCS ARCHITECTURECCS ARCHITECTURE
Located in Seadrift, a gated vacation community that originated in the 1950s at the tip of Stinson Beach Photographer: Matthew Millman
Design ideas for a medium sized coastal open plan living room in San Francisco with beige walls, a hanging fireplace and a metal fireplace surround.
W. Point Remodel
W. Point Remodel
Tays & Co Design StudiosTays & Co Design Studios
Nautical open plan living room in Minneapolis with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, exposed beams and a vaulted ceiling.
Waker St
Waker St
Wendy Mauro DesignWendy Mauro Design
Photo of a large beach style formal open plan living room in Charleston with grey walls and beige floors.
Monterey Vista Coastal Living Room
Monterey Vista Coastal Living Room
Beachy Boheme InteriorsBeachy Boheme Interiors
This living room got an upgraded look with the help of new paint, furnishings, fireplace tiling and the installation of a bar area. Our clients like to party and they host very often... so they needed a space off the kitchen where adults can make a cocktail and have a conversation while listening to music. We accomplished this with conversation style seating around a coffee table. We designed a custom built-in bar area with wine storage and beverage fridge, and floating shelves for storing stemware and glasses. The fireplace also got an update with beachy glazed tile installed in a herringbone pattern and a rustic pine mantel. The homeowners are also love music and have a large collection of vinyl records. We commissioned a custom record storage cabinet from Hansen Concepts which is a piece of art and a conversation starter of its own. The record storage unit is made of raw edge wood and the drawers are engraved with the lyrics of the client's favorite songs. It's a masterpiece and will be an heirloom for sure.
Claremont
Claremont
ColleenRoachColleenRoach
Large great room with floating beam detail. fireplace with rustic timber mantle and shiplap detail.
Design ideas for a nautical formal open plan living room in Other with medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and a wall mounted tv.
Inlet Beach
Inlet Beach
Crowell + Co. InteriorsCrowell + Co. Interiors
Caroline Allison
Photo of a coastal open plan living room in Miami with white walls and no fireplace.
Living Room
Living Room
Echelon Custom HomesEchelon Custom Homes
Design ideas for a beach style open plan living room in Other with green walls.
Jordan Residence
Jordan Residence
Geoff Chick & AssociatesGeoff Chick & Associates
Photo of a large beach style formal open plan living room in Other with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a wall mounted tv, brown floors, a coffered ceiling and tongue and groove walls.
3742 Laguna
3742 Laguna
Coastal Cottage HomesCoastal Cottage Homes
Inspiration for a large beach style open plan living room in Houston with white walls, laminate floors, a ribbon fireplace, a timber clad chimney breast, a wall mounted tv and brown floors.
Patching Residence
Patching Residence
Dylan Barber Building DesignDylan Barber Building Design
Design ideas for a large beach style open plan living room in Geelong with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a wooden fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv and brown floors.
Luxurious Summer Home
Luxurious Summer Home
Amber Golob InteriorsAmber Golob Interiors
Inspiration for a large nautical open plan living room in Milwaukee with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, a two-sided fireplace, a brick fireplace surround, brown floors and a vaulted ceiling.
Living Room
Living Room
Beth Howley Creative LLCBeth Howley Creative LLC
Large beach style open plan living room in Grand Rapids with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a timber clad chimney breast, a wall mounted tv and exposed beams.

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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