In this post you will find inspiration on how to decorate your living room in a coastal style.
Imagine stepping into a living room where the softness of sand and sea create an atmosphere of effortless tranquility. Find out many different ways you can decorate your living room with that perfect seaside home vibe.
1.Light Blue Walls and White Windows
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Blue walls and white windows create the perfect background for a coastal living room, effortlessly capturing the essence of the sea and sky.
Soft blues gives a sense of tranquility, reminding of gentle ocean waves, while deeper navy tones add depth and sophistication. White-framed windows not only contrast beautifully against the blue but also maximize natural light, making the space feel airy and open—just like a breezy beachfront house.
This classic color combination really enhances the coastal aesthetic
2. Add a Nice Woven Linen Bright Rug
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The coastal decor gets a nice touch with this airy looking white or off white woven carpet. It keeps the brightness of the room and combines well with the sea blue items.
It adds a fresh look that is much needed in warmer locations. Linen, known for its soft texture and breathable quality, creates a rug that feel cool underfoot, ideal for beach-inspired homes.
It allows other beach-inspired elements like the wooden coffee table top stand out.
3. Go All In With Navy Decor
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Navy colors and navy decoration items has everything to do with a coastal living room decoration.
Either if you are just adding a touch with smaller decorational items or if you decide to go all in and add navy color to the sofas as-well.
The navy blue contrasts very well with the brightness of white and keeps a freshness sea vibe to the living room.
4. Don’t Go Shy On The Seashells
Seashells are definitely a sea item that adds that natural ocean themed touch to your coastal decor.
It’s a versatile decor object and it goes well on top of a bowl, as a pattern for your sofa pillows, and why not hanging on the wall in a frame to add that original natural touch.
5. Tree Trunk Coffee Table
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This beautiful driftwood coffee table adds an organic beach vibe touch to the hole living room.
You can always add some driftwood decor item to make the perfect complement to a coastal-themed space.
Either as candle holders, mirror frames or shelving, you can play with it to add a rustic, natural charm that enhances the feel of coastal decor.
6. Decorate Your Wall With Rocks
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Why not decorate a hole wall with rocks that resemble that beach vibe your are looking for?
In this example the rocks on the wall formed spacious wooden shelves that embodied the coastal theme together with the rest of the living room decoration.
It gives a rustic and yet a sea looking style to the hole decoration.
7. Sand Color Ceramics
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To keep to the theme of coastal decor you need to use some key colors that are typical for that. Sand brown color in ceramics gives a great touch of sea looking decor.
It matches well with wooden coffee tables and wooden furnitures. It blends well with the navy blue that is often on the color palett of coastal living room decor.
You can decor your living room with a ceramic vase, bowls or even a ceramic side lamp that will look fresh and blend in with the airness of a beach home.
8. Add Stripes To Your Decoration
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Stripes are a great design element for costal-themed living room that brings up that seaside retreat vibe. You can feature it on pillow cases, rugs, sofa cushions or even a wallpaper.
Vertical stripes can add height to a space, making it feel more open and airy while horizontal stripes can enhance a rooms width and sense of tranquility.
It goes great in curtains as well, adding depth without overwhelming the space. Without a doubt is an essential element of nautical style decor as well, which matches the coastal vibe we are looking for here.
9. Straw Ceiling Lamp and Coffee Table
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Straw is a fantastic material for adding warmth and texture to a coastal-themed living room.
It brings an organic, sun-kissed feel that complements the breezy, laid-back aesthetic of a seaside decoration.
The woven texture of straw matches beautifully with other coastal elements like driftwood, linen and soft blue tones, enhancing the relaxed atmosphere of your living room.
10. White Rattan Whicker Couch
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In this picture we can see many elements that embodies the seaside decoration vibe we are looking for.
One of them is this beautiful white rattan whicker couch.
No doubt that it adds a fresh natural touch to the room, meanwhile it brings even more brightness than its original straw brown color, making the room invite its natural sun light.
11. Rattan or Straw Whicker Baskets
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Let’s agree to the fact that those beautiful baskets lifts up the rooms coastal spirit!
Whether in furniture, baskets, or decorative accents, straw or rattan gives a sense of craftsmanship and sustainability, making it an excellent choice if you are looking to bring a nature-inspired beauty to your coastal home.
12. Bamboo Woven Window Shades
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Aren’t those bamboo window shades in such harmony with the sea-view as well as they match up with the wooden floor and wooden furniture?
The bamboo shades enhance the calm, beachy ambiance of a coastal retreat giving a stylish feel to the living room.
Besides giving the room privacy, it pairs well with the other light blue and white sheer curtains.
13. White Washed Wooden Walls
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Don’t you just feel like you are on a boat when you look at those white washed wooden walls?
At least for me it gives that sensation, specially when you combine it with light blue sea elements.
In this room, we see many coastal elements, all from ratten whicker basket, driftwood decor as well as light blue sheer curtains.
All the elements together gives the perfect combo if you are looking for coastal living room decor.
14. Add Palm Tree Leaves to The Decoration
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If your living room missed an extra touch of the sea, now it’s completed!
With long palm tree leaves you can make sure you living room is gives you that beach front scenery essence.
It goes very well in a corner behind the sofa because it will stand out no matter where you place it, yet will bring harmony and a natural look to the room. I highly recommend it!
15. Decorate Your Wall With Paintings of The Ocean
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A classic touch of the sea is to have ocean paintings on the wall. It pairs extremely well with the light blue nuances of the rest of the room.
There is a variety of paintings out there for you to chose, big or small, golden frames or wooden frames, you chose.
It bring elegance, classic touch and depth to the living room.
16. Built In Window Seat
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When you have an awesome looking ocean view you don’t want to block it with higher sofas, right?
Then, a great option for both functionality and coziness is a built in window sofa.
You can add texture and play around with the coastal color palette such as marine blue, light blue, off white and beige, for example.
If you have space to do it right next to a nice bright fireplace like in the room above, you got yourself a beautiful looking coastal living room.
This post showed you coastal living room ideas for you home
Hope you enjoyed the tips I gave you in this post so you can recreate in your space to give it a vibe of seaside home.
