Maybe you're lucky enough to live by the sea. Or maybe not, but the beach is your great passion and you'd like to give your home the light, welcoming, and slightly vacation-like feel typical of seaside resorts.
In any case, you'd like to know how to decorate a seaside-themed bedroom without making mistakes. Don't worry: we're here!
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Imagine waking up in the morning to a cheerful, bright room with the relaxing and refreshing tones typical of the ocean. We bet waking up like this could start any day off on the right foot. So, let's give it a try!
From colors to materials, from furniture to accessories, here are our tips for decorating a bedroom with a nautical charm that will make you feel like you're on vacation all year round.
1: Summer freshness: the most beautiful colors for a seaside-themed bedroom
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The first rule to follow when decorating a seaside bedroom is: pay attention to the colors. Yes, because there's sea and sea! What kind of marine world would you like to live in?
Close your eyes and imagine the atmosphere you'd like to recreate:
- Are we talking about a Mediterranean-themed bedroom? Then the colors should be fresh and bright: bright blue, optical white, and perhaps some references to the majolica tiles typical of Spain, Portugal, and Southern Italy. And, why not, even a touch of yellow or coral red.
- Is a tropical paradise what you have in mind? In this case, pair brown wood and wicker with all the shades of green and turquoise.
- Conversely, if you were thinking of a bedroom with a more Nordic feel, create a palette that includes various shades of gray, white, and natural wood with shades of blue like air force blue, whale blue, and petrol blue.
- Blue, white, and a few touches of sand are the most appropriate choices if you want to recreate a more classic nautical-style decor.
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Once you've decided on the inspiration for your seaside-themed bedroom, choose 5-6 colors and try to stick to them. Don't forget that all these styles have a very simple base in common: white.
A great starting point, for example, is a room with light parquet flooring and white floors and ceilings: a pristine canvas on which to paint your favorite seascape. The more neutral and uniform your starting colors, the more you can indulge in accessories.
This will give you a mood board to keep handy whenever you shop for your home: it will help you stay on track.
2: The most suitable materials for a seaside-themed bedroom
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Choosing the right materials to furnish a seaside home is a crucial step in achieving a truly wow result.
The rougher the walls (remember the plaster of Greek houses?), the more knotty the parquet, the more aged the wood of the furniture, and the more interesting your room will look.
Anything recycled is a great choice, from pallets to accessories made from driftwood smoothed by the sea. Wicker is also perfect, giving an instant exotic, vacation feel to the decor. You can choose it for furniture, but also for accessories: a round mirror, for example, or a beautiful basket.
And what if you don't have the option of redecorating your bedroom with a nautical theme?
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Don't worry: you can still achieve a beautiful result by working with textiles.
- Linen gauze curtains fluttering in the breeze will create a light, coastal atmosphere. - Fresh, white sheets will add a sense of airiness to your nautical-themed bedroom. - Add a beautiful bedspread with a nautical print (both light blue and green are excellent choices). - Finally, add themed cushions, benches, and armchairs, preferably with a rough texture.
Simple tricks that will help you give your nautical-themed bedroom a refined, interesting, and never boring look.
3: Decorating a seaside bedroom: choose the right furniture
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Let's get to the decor: how to decorate a seaside bedroom? Well, choosing the right furniture is a crucial step!
The good news is that all the styles revolving around beach houses—coastal, nautical, Mediterranean, Scandinavian—work very well with recycled objects. If your seaside home is your second home, it will undoubtedly contain some furniture that you or your family will no longer use. Great: we've found you a hobby for your next weekend!
With a little elbow grease, you can restore a wooden piece of furniture to its natural color (light wood is almost always better than dark wood). If you love shabby chic and a lived-in feel, you won't even need to sand it down: a coat of chalk paint will give new life to that tired old bedside table, making it perfect for a beach-themed bedroom.
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In general, when decorating a beach bedroom, try to avoid deviating from the white and wood combination as much as possible: following a neutral base will help you greatly when combining styles and furnishings from different backgrounds.
One last tip: beach houses often tend to be on the small side. So, yes, yes, yes again to space-saving furniture: beds, benches, and ottomans, choose ones with storage space to save precious space.
4: Summer at home! How to Decorate Your Bedroom in a Beach Theme
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Here comes the fun part: accessories! Here, you can really let your imagination run wild.
How do you decorate a bedroom in a nautical theme to make it truly unique? Here's some inspiration!
- Classics and nautical-themed objects always work well: sailing ships in bottles, nautical-themed paintings and prints, rope chandeliers, lampshades decorated with driftwood, mirrors and frames studded with colored glass and smoothed by the sea... - Have fun making DIY nautical decorations to give your bedroom a unique look at a very low cost: you can paint glass bottles and fill them with sand or shells to bring the beach into your nautical-themed bedroom.
- An oar painted blue or a rope net can become beautiful hanging decorations. - Choose a beautiful lantern and decorate it with shells, sand, and starfish: ideal for creating a bedroom atmosphere and perfect for a beach house!
Try, if possible, to stick to your chosen theme and colors. And remember that a vase, frame, or ornament that seems out of place today can, with a lick of paint and a little creativity, become impeccable seaside decorations.
