Who says you need to live by the beach to have a beach inspired home? Just because the view from your balcony is of the next building, does not mean your indoors can’t sway to the tunes of the shore.
Bring home the beach air. Start by refreshing your space.
Go airy, replace your heavy drapes with linen fabrics. Give the walls a clean white wash. Out with the kilms and in with some light colored jute-braided rugs from Pottery Barn.
Indulge in whites & duck-egg blue.
Enlighten it with touches of navy blue and red to add the marine effect. Polish with striped patterns, galvanized pails & marine embellishments.
Sea-shells, nautical symbols, vintage glassware work at bringing the shore to your doorstep. Check out the nautical set of cushions from Huffy’s Cabin and order yours today.
Or pick from Pottery Barn’s shell and coral embellishments. Even Artikel (Dubai) is a must visit to add the right pieces to your coastal habitat.
You could also decorate with DIY pieces.
Shells as accents – using shells found at the beach, simply wash them over with very hot water and leave them out in the sun, to dry. This will take away any fishy smell and get your shells ready to rest over your mantle-piece or in a large glass vase.
Sea print fabric on your dining table – cut and sew a runner out of a nautical print, place on the dining table with a vase of sand and starfish accents.
Placemats for the perfect coastal lunch – pull out your old placemats and with the help of some glue and string, attach a shell or two to the corner of each.
Vintage bottles from trash – Using empty bottles of wine, these can easily be cleaned out to display as a cluster of bottles. Add a candle in each to light up your space in the evenings.
Corks in a basket – Think you have no use for the corks that come off those bottles of wine? Well, they add the perfect feature when placed in large numbers with some straw, in a rattan basket. Now, go ahead and enjoy your breezy space :-)
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