We all have lush imaginations for our homes and personal spaces. This is often centred around the places we love – the seaside and all that makes it remarkable. Recreating the impressions we get from these places would mean carefully selecting home furniture and art pieces. This article will expose you to all the lovely items you could employ in bringing your outdoor dream into your home.
Indoor Garden
If you want a peaceful setting indoors, you should think of having a garden, the choice of plants matters. You could choose either live or artificial plants for your garden. Typically, it should be something with light and small or medium-sized leaves that can bend and wave at you when the wind blows through the window.
Shells, More Shells, and Then Some Coral Reefs
Shells are more like the hidden treasures of beaches. They could serve decorative purposes in your home, especially when you place them randomly. The best options for this are scallop shells, clam shells, and oyster shells.
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Leaving shells or coral reefs on the coffee table, the TV stand, and even among books on the shelf is a good idea. You get a better view when you put them in a cylindrical glass jar before placing them on a centrepiece. You could also bring in sea sand and small stones. These, together with shells in a glass jar, would create a unique decoration.
Seaside Wall Painting
A large wall painting often sets the general theme for any indoor décor. Consequently, an illustration of the sea, beach life or activities, and the horizon would effectively deliver a coastal tone to your home.
Blue, Neutral, and Perhaps Yellow Furniture Colors
You would agree that the seaside offers colourful scenery. This involves hues like blue and neutrals such as beige. Using these colours in your home would introduce the calm, soothing feeling we experience when we are out on the beach.
Shelves, ceramics, lamps, and just about every piece of furniture could be used to achieve this.
Soft blue or multi-colour lighting is also another brilliant element to use. The right combinations of colours and light are the first thing visitors will notice about your home.
Beach or Marine Prints
Beautiful beach or marine prints on bedsheets and curtains work like wall paintings. You could also decide to keep these prints small by having them on plates or rugs instead.
Aquarium
Don’t you think an aquarium is perfect for seaside-inspired home interiors? Aquariums hold small fishes like the popular goldfish – and animals such as frogs, hermit crabs, and lizards. They are also great for live or artificial plants like sea grass.
With good lighting, an aquarium would bring the final, realistic touch you need to get the coastal decoration right in your living room. And there is one more thing.
These spectacular replications of sea life can be designed and placed around specific furniture, whatever its shape or size. So it is possible to have your aquarium next to an indoor garden or other decorative pieces.
