If you love that Easy Breezy Feel in your home here’s how to Make Coastal Home Decor Work Year Round
Knit blankets, toasty fires and soothing candlelight make the winter months all the cozier. Yet, beach lovers who’ve decorated their homes with sea glass tones and natural coastal elements might find it challenging to match their interiors to the changing seasons.
With a bit of creativity, you can transition your design — regardless of weather or holidays — without making too many changes. Here are six tasteful ways to make your coastal decor work year-round.
1. Explore Coastal Color Palettes
There’s a reason why people tend to gravitate toward coastal colors. Color psychology suggests blue tones induce peace and serenity and makes you feel more secure in your surroundings.
Generate tranquility year-round by tying in matching seasonal decor. For example, champagne-colored ornaments will look beautiful next to sea glass greens, while you might wrap wood-beaded garland around the tree to make it feel more coastal rustic.
However, suppose you’re looking for a way to incorporate subtle pops of colors found in traditional holiday colors. In that case, candy cane stripes pay homage to iconic red and white lighthouses along Maine’s coastlines.
2. Lean Into Natural Decor
Driftwood, seashells, coral and starfish are typical elements of coastal designs. Therefore, leaning into your natural decor with more nature-inspired holiday accessories will help create a seamless transition throughout the seasons.
Garlands and evergreen sprigs add just the right amount of greenery. If you choose to use real florals instead of faux, you’ll draw fresh, seasonal scents like balsam and cinnamon into your home.
Tie pine sprigs with jute and combine them with shells to create a beautiful holiday table centerpiece with a driftwood base. Wicker placemats under crisp-white ceramic dinnerware are another way you can enhance the natural aesthetic for a cozy, coastal vibe. These little touches — such as slipping a pine sprig into a dinner napkin with a seashell napkin ring — are subtle ways to combine the decor.
You can incorporate natural elements for whatever season comes next. For instance, paint small pumpkins in various shades of white to blend in with your coastal design’s saturated hues. Sea oats and pearls are other ways to work your coastal decor for spring and summer.
3. Stick With Sea-Inspired Textiles
While science has proven that sleeping in colder environments actually improves sleep, many people still prefer to keep a blanket nearby. Chilly winter nights will undoubtedly have you curling up in a toasty throw. When tying your coastal decor into seasonal decor, one of the easiest swaps you can make is changing the color and texture of textiles.
Aim to stick with your current color palette but winterize them. Maybe that means you use a faux fur blanket in your usual colors instead of a thin throw blanket. There might even be coastal holiday pillows at a store or rugs you can swap out with longer, thicker piles.
During Christmas, you could also hang coastal-themed stockings from the mantel. It’s a great way to convey Christmas cheer without straying from your style preferences.
4. Decorate a Coastal-Themed Tree
It may come as a surprise that decorating Christmas trees is a relatively new American pastime. According to the National Christmas Tree Association, it wasn’t until the mid-1800s that Americans began adorning their trees with colorful ornaments. Today, real and faux decorated trees are a tradition in most households.
Manufactured Christmas ornaments come in all shapes, sizes and themes — including coastal. These allow you to decorate a coastal-themed Christmas tree with mermaid, sea creature and boat ornaments that infuse a whimsical flair into your original design tastes.
Rustic and natural ornaments mixed with shimmery metallics, whites and blues are also perfect for a beachy tree. You could even consider making a DIY driftwood tree to sit on a console or create a holiday wreath with seashells and ribbon.
5. Fill Bowls and Glass Containers
Most coastal designs integrate glass elements, whether sea glass, recycled glass or bottles and vases in different colors. In the summer, displaying empty bottles in all shades of blue-green and various sizes delivers a simple, tasteful look without going overboard.
However, fresh greens mixed with sticks, flowers or seagrasses are an easy way to include a seasonal filler. You can also fill large decorative bowls with shells and ornaments to introduce additional holiday colors without making the design look excessive.
6. Hang Twinkle Lights
Twinkle lights work well with any interior design and holiday decorations. Additionally, you can purchase battery-operated twinkle lights in white. Include them in centerpieces, wrapped around garland and hung across the mantel, in vases or bowls and through sheer curtains.
Twinkle lights are much smaller than traditional Christmas lights and give off the season’s magical feeling. It also adds some extra warmth to your cool coastal design.
Coastal Chic Decor You Can Keep All Year
Whether it’s fall, winter or spring, there are ways to make your coastal home decor work for you all year round. Sticking with your colors for ornaments and finding ways to tie in additional natural elements according to the holidays will enhance the aesthetic while keeping your space to your liking.
Cora’s passion is to inspire others to live a happy, healthful, and mindful life through her words on Revivalist – wholeheartedly convincing them that everyday moments are worth celebrating. Cora has spent 5+ years writing for numerous lifestyle sites – hence her sincere love for both life and the beauty of style in all things. Keep up with Cora on Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook.
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How to Make Coastal Home Decor Work Year Round
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