Showcasing beach homes in the USA, Mexico and the Bahamas, Rooms to Inspire from the Sea (Rizzoli, 2012) requires the pulse of what’s chic in coastal dwelling today. Created by wife-and-husband team Annie Kelly and Tim Street-Porter, this new addition to the Baths to Inspire series looks at a dazzling number of popular beachfront designs. From quaint cottages at the Hamptons and Cape Cod to sprawling, modern villas in Malibu and Puerto Vallarta, the publication has a home for each kind of beach enthusiast.
Whether your home is from the sea, Rooms to Inspire from the Sea demonstrates how it is possible to incorporate easy-breezy glamour into your home.
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Play tropical elements. Using materials connected with tropical hideaways is an expedient way to bring the beach in your home. Here, wave-inspired upholstery, seashell decor and big blue and white world lanterns playfully invoke parts of the sea in this Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, home. A thatched roof caps off the subject.
Tip: A thatched roof might be tough to come by, therefore use a jute, raffia or sea-grass rug rather to get a similar result.
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Take inspiration in the colors of the sea. Nothing soothes the senses such as a space decked out in colors of the sea. The enveloping aqua blue of decorator Tom Scheerer’s attic bedroom at the Bahamas provides the room an enchanting underwater vibe. He completes the look with furniture in organic materials and a white-draped bed.
Connected: Unusual Combination: Rustic Rooms and Blue
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Keep it easy. Natural materials and neutral colors are the basic building blocks to get a home that is as light and airy as a seaside escape. Candles, a ceiling fan all add to the ambiance of this relaxed dining area.
Tip: Use abundant all-natural lighting. The mirrors and limestone walls give a glow to this space.
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Add a dash of island glamour. For a elegant yet relaxed look, take inspiration in the colonial-style houses of this tropics.Pictured here is your Bahamas home of interior designer India Hicks, decorated in the French Caribbean style. To achieve this look, utilize elegantly curved dark timber furniture and decorate with island bits like a shelf of straw hats and a rattan birdcage.
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Produce a modern sea captain’s cabin. There is a lot of fun to be had with a marine theme, particularly if you’re partial to antiques. In their charming 18th-century home in the Hamptons, New York, antiques experts Chris Mead and Zoe Hoare decked their comfy cottage with decor befitting an old sea captain’s cabin. The few paid homage to the legacy of their home by stripping it back to its bare components and whitewashing the walls, but in addition they made concessions to relaxation, like eliminating part of their living room ceiling to permit light in the present skylights through.
Tip: In a small room, different components into blocks. In this living room, the sofa set takes centre stage in hues of blue and white. The antiques are grouped in clusters round the periphery of the space.
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Go wild with colour . Holiday homes are where you are able to let loose, so why not let your creative juices run wild? Not surprisingly for a designer known for his lush and irreverent designs, Jonathan Adler’s Palm Beach, Florida, home is a riot of color and energy. Each section of his flat focuses on a single color. Here, orange couches anchor a collage of graphics and patterns in citrus colors. Teardrop contours — a reference to the sea visible through the chimney — tie the room together.
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Rooms by Annie Kelly – $55
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