DIY Decorating Coastal without the beach

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If you’ve ever dreamed of living by the beach, but may not have the opportunity to do so anytime soon, you can still bring a touch of coastal charm to your home. DIY coastal decorating is an easy way to capture the refreshing energy of living near the sea.

Whether it’s in your bedroom, living room or kitchen, there are small changes you can make that will bring a new, relaxing atmosphere to any space.

From up-cycling old furniture and fabrics into something new to displaying found seashells and driftwood pieces on shelves and mantels, there are plenty of ways to create a cozy coastal look without having to break the bank or move to a beach town.

Coastal Decorating Ideas

Let’s take a look at inspiration from my friends over at Better Homes and Gardens on how to decorate a coastal home even if you don’t live near the water.

Want to be inspired? This is what inspires me to keep going and get this space done!

Coastal Living magazine is one of my favorite go-to site for DIY decorating coastal ideas. What do I love about these photo’s? Crisp white walls, planks, distressed and slip covered furniture and blue accents.

I decided to paint the pool house floor a gray color and already added board and batten to three of the walls and the fourth wall was planked last weekend. It’s very similar to our family room wall that I planked last year except the pool house wall is planked floor to ceiling. I will share pictures soon!

Neutral background, bright blues, striped pillows and a sisal rug. A classic mix when decorating coastal style.

Love this blue sofa with white piping detail and gorgeous pink patterned pillows.

While we won’t have a kitchen in our pool house, I plan on hanging a shelf or two creating an open display for blue and green glass accents. The deep warm rustic wood tones on the counter tops are beautiful. Most of the furniture pieces we are using in this space are old random pieces that we don’t use. I have painted them white but may change one to a rustic brown to incorporate the warm tones as shown below. Maybe a rustic brown toned ceiling fan would do the trick!?

A lot of white, rustic browns, stripes, planks, blues and greens. Do you see a common theme? Do you have a space that you would love to incorporate a little cottage and a little coastal but don’t have the beach right outside your door? I would love to hear your ideas on how DIY decorating coastal without the beach can be accomplished! If you didn’t see see last weeks post on our existing pool house, be sure to check it out! It has tremendous potential in my opinion :).

UPDATE: since the post, I have added wide planks to our pool house wall. Check it out!