I am dreaming of the sea… all those blues and foamy whites. The shops are full of seaside home accessories at the moment and I for one am in love with each and every piece! I went into Sainsbury’s to get my food shopping yesterday and they had half an aisle of beautiful beachy bits for the home.
When I got home I started thinking about how you can take the coastal style in many different ways; there is the bright turquoise which looks fab teamed with white or greys. Then the palest of blue and a creamy white; maybe teamed with some white wicker accessories. Or even a nautical stripe; teaming blue and white with some red. I am thinking beach huts, fish and chips, sea shells and large pebbles. Or lighthouses, colourful fish, nets and seagulls. There are just so many options with this style.
I decided to have a little restyle of my living room to recreate this Coastal Living! My space is painted light blue so it was easy to add in a darker blue and a white scheme. I started with the cube shelving on the wall adding little touches of costal by moving things from other places in the house and adding a few new items.
The white wicker heart and lantern are both old and I moved them down from the bathroom. The heart lights up and is lovely in the evening. I brought a new scented candle from Next and both the “Sandy Toes…” sign and the sail boat are from Next too. I then filled an old coffee jar with a selection of shells and some beautiful costal pot pourri from Sainsbury’s. This was so easy and added much needed interest behind the boat. Lastly I kept the blue vase that has always been there as it fitted so well.
I tried two styles on the coffee table, the first was a large glass bowl from Ikea filled with the coastal pot pourri (which smells devine!) and I then styled the table for tea using some simple beachy cupcakes and my favourite white tea set. I added a placemat from Next, another candle and some pretty blue blooms.
I am going to add some more cushions to my sofas and then the little update will be complete. What kind of costal style are you a fan of?
Linking up with Jess from Mummy of Boy Girl Twins and Caro from The Twinkles Diaries for #HomeEtc
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I love the coastal theme too and have mildly incorporated it into my living room 🙂 #HomeEtc x
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Love the coastal theme! I’ve just got back from a beach holiday too so I’m definitely feeling this style – going to head down to Sainsburys I think and have a mooch at their selection!
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This looks lovely and fresh, I can almost smell the sea 🙂 I’ve not really got anything coastal in my place (apart from some candles I made in shells in the bathroom), which is odd as live near the sea! #HomeEtc
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It looks lovely, so fresh and bright. I like the shells in the jar, I’m going to do that in the bathroom as we have so many shells and pebbles to boys keep collecting and I have no idea what to do with them all. A great idea to pop them in a jar and those little shelves are very cute xx #HomeEtc
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Always drawn to a coastal theme too – lovely picts and So great to have found your lovely blog via #HomeEtc.
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I love this. So not overdone just beautiful touches.
Very pretty.
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I keep seeing seaside homewares everywhere too, it makes me want a holiday! Sainsburys have some really lovely bits in at the mo.
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Aah I LOVE the coastal look! Bonnie (Mamas VIB) linked up this week with some lovely coastal picks too — it’s so lovely and fresh isn’t it? We live as far away as you can get from the seaside so I LOVE these accessories — I can pretend I live near the sea! 🙂
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Ooops — forgot to say! Thanks so much for linking up with us lovely! Caro x #HomeEtc
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It looks beautiful and very tasteful. I love the colours and pretty pieces so much! Thanks for sharing & linking up! Love Jess xx
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