Coastal decor for rooms nowhere near the sea
White and sand with a little sea blue, bleached wood, linen and rattan, and rooms that feel like the window is always open. Modern coastal decor is about light and air, not shells and anchors.
Suits: Living rooms with good daylight, bedrooms, sunrooms, beach houses and any room that faces the garden.
What makes a room coastal
Coastal interior design is a palette first: white walls, off-white upholstery, pale wood floors, and blue and green in small, washed-out doses. Materials are light and natural, from linen slipcovers to rattan chairs, jute rugs and driftwood tones. Windows are dressed lightly or not at all. The mood is relaxed and slightly worn, as if the furniture has spent summers outside.
Coastal living room ideas
Start with a white or cream sofa in a washable fabric, a jute rug and a pale coffee table. Add one blue: a striped cushion, a piece of art, a throw. Keep surfaces clear and let the light do the decorating. Coastal wall decor should be simple and large, one big seascape or a round mirror, rather than a collection of small nautical objects, which tips the room into theme-park territory.
Try it on your room
Coastal style depends on light, so it is worth seeing how it behaves in your room's actual light before painting anything. Room AI redesigns a photo of your room in the style, keeping every window and wall in place, so you can tell whether the whites will read as fresh or as cold before you decide.
See Coastal on a photo of your room.
Free to download, with free designs to start.