DIY Coastal Home Accessories

Coastal home decor is as popular as ever, with more and more people incorporating the beach style into their home.

Many happy memories are made on the coast... with most people holidaying on the beach or day trips to the coast, this theme of home decor will keep the memoires alive!

We have come up with a few ideas for DIY coastal accessories that will perfectly suit with your beach style home furniture. 

1. Make a memory jar... On our recent trip to Clearwater in Florida while the boys were away jet skiing the girls and I sat in the waves collecting little shells. We gathered them together, dried them off and put them is a simple glass jars. 

2. Collect small driftwood pieces you find on your travels and set them casually around, grouped together with candles, jars or other home decor accessories. From a more local beach I lifted this small piece from below the sand dunes, I like the natural shape and it complements my lamp table perfectly. Driftwood is perfect colour and finish for coastal furniture

3. A photograph from a family holiday. Choose an old frame and sand it down really well to give it a weathered look typical of the coast.. 

4. A piece of rope curled... set on its own or under books, candles or home decor piecec, adds interest and height as well as a little texture to the room.

Article by Leah Matthews

Interior Designer at The White Lighthouse

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How to Decorate an Elegant Beach Coastal Bedroom

The casual carefree coastal style is just perfect for a bedroom with the relaxed feel for a place to unwind after a stressful day to ensure a peaceful nights sleep.

The beach coastal design in a bedroom can vary massively. We want to help you create an elegant bedroom, while there are no hard and fast rules for decorating a bedroom in coastal theme, it can quickly become quite tacky! We want to help you have the classy bedroom you deserve and enjoy retreating to at the end of the day.

Tips and Ideas...

1. Decorate using the colours of the coast, mainly varying shades of grey, blues, whites and creams.

Get the look... White butler tray bedside table £36, Kingston white baskets £27, New Hampton Cushion £39, Artificial Greenery £6

2. Slightly distressed furniture works best for coastal interiors, to resemble weathern worn wood beaten by the endless waves.

Get the look... Our Shoreham Bedside table £45, Dorchester balnket ladder £38, cushions and coastal decorative items

3. Include natural materials such as bamboo, rattan, seagrass for furniture and accessories. Wood and rattan create an immediate coastal feel... our Casco Bay stool or side table is a perfect example.

Get the look... Casco Bay stool £58, cushions and coastal decorative items

4. Choose pale or light pieces of furniture... white furniture is absoultely perfect in a coastal inspired bedroom

Get the look... Maine white storage chest of drawers from £52

5. Mix and match furniture items, no pristine look here!

6. You want imperfection... informal styling and beautiful rustic natural finishes... Our driftwood table gives the informal relaxed style while still looking fabulous

Get the look... Driftwood bedside table £79, Kingston baskets £27, white lamp £38 and various cushions

8. Plantation shutters are a great way to give an instant coastal look for bedroom windows while giving instant elegancy

9. Large wall decor pieces made from natural materials are a creative way to fill a wall. The chunky wall twig heart £48 is large and rustic