The first sunny days have made us long for vacation! Today, we'd like to show you how to furnish the kitchen of your beach house to make it both functional and welcoming!
If you're lucky enough to own a house on the Riviera or live along the coast, the ideal solution is to choose a decor style that brings freshness and color to your home, and this also applies to the kitchen. Furnishing a beach house is much easier than you think, but all the tips in this guide will be perfect even if you live in the city and want to bring a coastal feel into your home with nautical-style decor.
With that in mind, let's see how to furnish the kitchen of a beach house with these 5 practical tips to get you started!
What colors should you choose for the kitchen of a beach house? Decorate it in white and blue!
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What are the colors that best characterize nautical-style decor? Light blue and white, in various shades, are also perfect for decorating the kitchen of a beach house! White furniture and light blue furnishings (as well as accessories) will help create the right fresh, vacation-like atmosphere.
You can also choose to use beige as a color break (a great idea for breaking up the nautical palette) and for the flooring. Natural wood also looks great in a beach house kitchen, as you can see in the photo above.
How to brighten up your beach house kitchen
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A bright kitchen is instantly more welcoming, for us and our guests. And if it's a beach house kitchen, the brightness of the rooms immediately becomes synonymous with lightness and airiness, two adjectives that perfectly match the idea of vacation and relaxation.
To brighten up the kitchen of your beach house, you can use a few tricks. Let's start by saying that having large windows is important, but not essential: using neutral colors (especially white) for furniture and walls will be the decisive move, but you can also decide to paint a surface blue for that never-failing pop of color. Decorative glass accessories will also help brighten the kitchen, but we'll get to that in a few paragraphs.
Tiles for the kitchen of a beach house: a Mediterranean touch in your home!
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How to choose the tiles for the kitchen of a beach house? If you want to add an extra touch of brightness to the space, use simple white tiles: they add a neutral touch, reflect the light, and recall the color of the foam on the waves!
The real touch of style, however, will be achieved by using splendid blue tiles! They will create a fresh and summery color palette in your beach house kitchen, accentuating the room's coastal character. If you prefer a more Mediterranean twist, tiles with majolica decorations are definitely for you!
Don't want to spend a fortune on materials or renovations? Don't worry: colorful or nautical-themed wallpaper is a low-cost solution to complete the decor of your beach house kitchen!
Organize your beach house kitchen with wooden shelves!
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Did you know that shelves are the best possible ally for decorating your kitchen? Convenient and spacious wall shelves help you organize food, herbs, and dishes... These shelves are also incredibly useful for making your beach house kitchen more beautiful and vibrant!
Shelves help create that essential sense of lightness, adding organization to the room without weighing it down. Choose white ones and hang them on a contrasting colored wall; they'll make your beach house kitchen even more fresh, Mediterranean, and (naturally) tidy!
How to decorate your beach house kitchen: some DIY inspiration!
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We'll conclude this short guide to decorating a beach house kitchen with the essential decorations. Yes, because the kitchen isn't just a "utility" room but also a space dedicated to conviviality, much like the living room. Decorating it well is therefore crucial, and to complete the decor of a beach house kitchen, you can draw inspiration from the marine world!
Let yourself be inspired by nautical-style objects to create your favorite decorations: DIY and creative recycling will be your best allies for making simple jars filled with sand or shells, but you can also steal old pieces of wood from the beach to create unusual pebbles for your kitchen.
Finally, a sea-themed centerpiece and wall prints will perfectly complete the decor of a beach house kitchen!
