The sea is a place where all your worries wash away and you get to spend a few short days with the people who mean the most to you. This year, instead of taking that seaside vacation, why not renovate your home to bring the sea home to your loved ones? When your home feels beachy, you won’t even need to hop aboard a cruise ship to feel like you have gotten away from it all…
Create a sea-worthy palette.
The beach’s color palette is one that anyone will recognize right away. You can create that same palette in your home. From varying shades of blue to represent the water and the tide to sandy taupe and bright, bold orange sunset hues, you can bring elements of the sea into every room in the house if you let nature do the work for you. For example, bold orange often works well in a dining room or breakfast nook setting. Meanwhile, neutral shades can make a living room feel more warm and inviting.
Recreate the scents and sights.
The beach has plenty of sunshine and open, breezy windows. Mimic this with transparent curtains, letting the sunshine shine in.
TO bring the scent of the beach to you, try south beach themed luxury candles that make the beach only a breath away. Favorite scents combine the scents of coconut, surf and sand.
Think bright.
Everything is just a little bit brighter at the ocean. Bring these bright hues into your home in unexpected ways and watch it transform with even the lowest of budgets. In place of a neutral backsplash in your kitchen, try a sunny orange, yellow or sea-inspired turquoise. Instead of drab brown mantles in the living room, use reclaimed wood in bright hues to create a driftwood hearth that makes you feel as though your home resides by the sea.
Rethink your dishes.
When you are on vacation, the dishes and glasses that you eat off of are typically bright and airy. Bring the feeling of eating at a seaside cafe home by investing in brightly colored glass goblets and eclectic plate settings. Then, search your local home store to find napkin rings in shapes of seashells or with sea stones embedded to complete the look.
You do not have to get away to the ocean to feel like you are at the shore. With just a small budget and a little hard work, you can bring all the colorful whimsy of the ocean to your home sweet home… making it a place that you can escape to anytime at all.
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