Monday, December 1, 2014

Coastal style in interior design: coastal style furniture, lighting and accents, ocean and beach style decor, wallpapers, rugs and more.

We can say without any exaggeration that coastal style or ocean and beach style as well as yachting style is one of the main integral part of modern interior design mainstream. Coastal style has wide interpretation: from noble patterns of yacht interiors to mediterranean villas, famous hotels and ocean fairy-tales theme in children's interiors. Any of interiors can be created in the mood of "ocean wave", but we prefer home offices, studies, libraries, WC, bathrooms, nurserys, patio as well as public interiors like bars, clubs, restaurants and so on. Unfortunately ocean and beach style is used too much and as a result many ugly interpretations are produced. But fundamental ideas of ocean style are very strong, resistant and have clear aesthetics. Therefore mass market with rough vulgar replications don't prejudice to the ocean style. I think that the first reason of coastal style durability is immemorial roots of water theme in humanity history. Water just as ocean is a source of life and divinity. Marks of water, waves, streams, drops and rain, rivers are exist in all cultures of human civilizations.


Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta


Vertigo Yacht interiors by Christian Liaigre 



Ralph Lauren Interiors Style 





The Point Dume Collection is a modern, tranquil interpretation of Ralph Lauren's iconic love of seaside living









Restoration Hardware Interiors Style (Denim Blue for Interiors)

Thus coastal style or ocean and beach style is always in premium-fashion )) Coastal style is always elegant, fresh, full of salty sea-breezes and sunshine, nautical adventures. Ocean style has wealth of details and varieties like infinity tints of sea water: from sea foam color to cosmic indigo of sea-depth, from tranquil turquoise to sapphire boiling sea, from liquid gold of sunset to pearl sunrise.

Ocean theme looks like whole a symphony, but sometimes it can sound like separate striking notes expressing ideas of courage, energy, travel, adventures, freedom, discovering and so on. Coastal style is conventional with male interiors of private offices, billiard rooms, libraries and boy's bedrooms but could introduce new lush details into "female" interiors of WC, spa, bedrooms, sitting rooms as well.

Creating coastal style interior design you should be moderate with visual figurativeness, factures, colors etc. to avoid exhibition effect or scenography.

I suppose in these days we have prevalent criteria of sea or coastal style interior design:

- coastal or sea style (the same rule applies to yacht style) should stay vivid and natural for harmony developing ideas of original source - first of all - nature;

- working on color gamut of interior it is recommended to use natural colors like golden sand, umber, ochre, primrose, bronze, azure, indigo, aquamarine, tints of beryl, nephrite, calaite, opal, tints of chocolate, cinnamon, saffron-yellow or marengo, pearl-grey, lime-color and, ivory white ect. You can achieve brilliance effect including vivid juicy details associated with the color of tropical flowers, fruits and fishes: chartreuse, emerald-green, lemon, carmine, vermilion, lilac and violet, tints of ruby, schorl and amethyst etc. World-famous designer Philippe Starck (in particular yacht style) says that yacht design mustn't be "vulgar" statements of wealth and power, but be in harmony with the sea and nature. He created renowned avangard Motor Yacht A for Andrey Melnichenko (one of the richest businessmen of Russia). Philippe Starck says that this boat has elegance and intelligence, it doesn't try to show the money. He also created Venus yacht for Steve Jobs;


Super Yacht Interiors by Philippe Starck:







- selecting furniture, lighting and accents you should give preference to timeless and placid shapes and decoration without alien forms. Such furniture and lights can be related to coastal living, sea cruise, navigation and exploration, fishing, traditional sport and rest etc. But modern industrial design has basic tendency to merging of different styles. Let's take for example popular fusion style interiors or eclectic style interiors. So coastal style interiors have a right to adopt foreign elements of interior design: for example colonial style furniture or elegant pieces of authentic or replica ethnic style like vases, lanterns, rugs and tapestry, chests, statuettes, panels, masks, fans and so on. It's quite naturally because exploration of sea and oceans was connected with conquest of new lands with original art traditions. The finishing of furniture and textile solutions should have natural color, texture and pattern. You should cautiously use synthetic materials especially plastics to achieve finesse fusion interior design or otherwise harmony and dialog of civilization and ages can be destroyed;


Minotti Pasha Armchair



Roche Bobois Jean Paul Gaultier Sofa

- with ethnic seasoning coastal style interior we can get a striking effect in combination with organic or bio components like vertical garden, fytowalls, bunches and bouquets of flowers, vases and pots, especially with palm trees and colorful tropical plants and so forth; and rattan furniture, bamboo furniture and accents, horns of wild animals, feathers of exotic birds, seashells as well;

- among the finishing (painting and decorating) of surfaces noble natural forms and tints are preferable: white, light beige or cream or fine tint of green marble (Thassos Marble, Greek Volakas Marble, Carrara Marble, Silver Minc Marble, Naxos Marble, Botticino Classico, Travertino, Crema Marfil, Crema Unico, Jerusalim Stone, Rosa Portogallo, Light Green Katni Marble, Emperador Light Honed, Emperador Light and so forth), light almost uniform onyx, slate, limestone (Moleanos, Moca Cream limestone, Capri Limestone etc.), traditional natural colored ceramic tile, natural wooden floors. In particular "canonical" solution for floors is a whitewashed oak, ash, walnut, teak in the style of deck. Plain paint, natural deal board, wooden boards or veneer panels can be widely used to decorate walls;





Cerdomus Ceramiche Kyrah Ocean Blue

- wallpaper with images of ships, fishes and starfish and waves is a nice choice for nurseries or guest rooms;

- selecting decor, accents, pieces of art we can extensively use images and forms of sea, water and nature and bound up with them paintings, photos, engravings, printings of sea-scape, seabirds and animals, clippers, brigantines, regatta, sea battles, models of ships, sculptures of sea-animals and sea-gods, stuffed animals, elements of sea-ships and yacht equipment (compass, barometer, sextant, astrolabe, spyglass, terrestrial globe, bends, hooks, anchor and the like).





Joss Main Crab Sculpture

In this article I would like to show lovely samples of coastal or sea style interiors, furniture, lighting and accents, among them Ralph Lauren, Restoration Hardware, Laura Kirar, Hutton Home Ensemble London, Kare Design, Eichholtz, Gramercy Home, Collier Webb, Charles Edwards, Bella Figura, Roche Bobois, Brabbu, Promemoria, Hudson Valley, Peter Fasano, Osborne & Little, Mini Moderns, Meg Braff and many others.
Furniture:






Jorgen Hovelskov Harp Chair for Christensen & Larsen 
(reminds marine sail)


Shell Chair by Marco Sousa Santos


Marcel Wanders knotted chair












Joshua Tree Lounge Chair Ralph Lauren



Promemoria Topazia Wicker Armchair



Fjords Shelley Chair by Hjellegjerde



Oca Armchairs by Sergio Rodrigues



"Vronka" Chair by Sergio Rodrigues


Laura Kirar Coastal Braided Swivel Lounge Chair



Jonathan Walter and Lakshmi Bhaskaran Kustom Armchair and Ottoman



Kenneth Cobonpue La Luna Armchair


Gramercy Home Hartwell Rocking Armchair



Century Signature Godwin Raf Skirted Chair



Gramercy Home Concorde Double Cabinet



Ralph Lauren Home Watch Hill Cocktail Ottoman



Ralph Lauren Home Conservatory Garden Wicker Lounge Chair



Kenneth Cobonpue Hagia



New Model of Furniture Collection from Ralph Lauren Home Interior Magazine



Ralph Lauren Home Watch Hill Club Chair

Color variations (in ocean style) for Chester-type sofas:



Ralph Lauren Home Indigo Chesterfield Sofa



Restoration Hardware Deconstructed Chesterfield Upholstered Sofas



Gramercy Home Baby Chester Sofa



Ralph Lauren Home Conservatory Garden Wicker Lounge Chair



Crate & Barrel Bolero and Sleek Accent Tables



Hutton Home Ensemble London Club Chair Soft Breeze



DG Home Arrondi



Kare Casino Sofa


DG Home Michel


Kare Design Ohrensessel Bicolore Sky



Porada Armchair Charlotte


Brabbu Tuareg Dining Chair


Poltrona Frau Mamy Blue



Ava Contemporary chair with armrest by Michael Schmidt Bross



Minotti Blake Soft Armchair


Porada Daisy Easy Chair


Baby Blue Chair by Paul Venaille



Finn Juhl Japanese Model



Camano Beachfront Lounge Chair Designed by Terry Hunziker by Sutherland Furniture



One Kings Lane Dempsey Wing Chair, Navy



 Eichholtz New nautical items


Iccio by Pulipel



Restoration Hardware Cape Cod Collection



Roda Road 143 sofa



Barcelona Design Gardenias armchair by Jaime Hayon


Barcelona Design Gardenias armchair by Jaime Hayon



Dedon Orbit XXL Sofa Insel


Fresh American Trimaran Stripe Denim and Ivory Indoor Outdoor Pouf



Fresh American Trimaran Stripe Denim Indoor Outdoor Wouf Dog Bed



Surya Knot Pouf, Surya Out to Sea Navy Pouf, Surya Rope Navy Pouf



Riva 1920 Stool Rope



Jaime Hayon The Arpa Chair


Roche Bobois Ava chair



Wallis Lounge Chair Designed by Philippe Hurel by Sutherland Furniture

Coastal style lighting:














Le Porcellane Complementi floor lamp


Charles Edwards Studded Tole



Bert Frank Revolve Rise & Fall Pendant Light



Lindsey Adelman Roll & Hill



Bathsheba Grossman Quin



Hudson Valley Lighting Middlebury 3 Light Drum Pendant



Nautilus Lightshade Natural


Hudson Valley Lighting Conrad Flush Mount at Sears


Gramercy Home Glass Tube Chandelier


Hudson Valley Lighting Keene 1 Light Pendant


Hudson Valley Lighting Haverhill Lighting 7311 Pendant



Diesel Successful Living Cage suspension lamp



Jean Sebastien Lagrange Boo



Vitamin's Knot Pendant



Ralph Lauren Home Carthage Table Lamp in Polished Nickel



Visual Comfort Aerin Morton Table lamp Morton Table lamp


Bella Figura Starfish Lamp


Jonathan Adler's Seahorse lamp



Visual Comfort Aerin Culloden Table Lamp



Ralph Lauren Home Delphine Table Lamp in Blue and White and
Ralph Lauren Home Diana Phoenix Table Lamp in Blue and White



Arteriors Home Malaya Lamp and Cassidy White Lamp



Arteriors Home Paxton Natural Iron Chain Lamp and
Arteriors Home Caprice Lamp



Kare Design Rope Lamp



Promemoria Misultin



Safavieh Blue Bottle Glass Table Lamp


Uttermost Starfish Gold Table Lamp



Uttermost Capolona Lamp and Uttermost Girata Twisted Ceramic Lamp



Collier Webb Clandon Wall Light



DG Home Hudson Floor Lamp



Eichholtz Lamp Ceiling Aqua


Hudson Valley Lawton Collection Capitol Lighting 1800



Hudson Valley Lighting Bulb Wall Sconce and
Hudson Valley Lighting Garden City Transitional Swing Arm Wall Sconce


Laura Suardi sconce

Ocean and beach style decor: accents, mirrors, rugs&carpets, vases, sculptures and more:


Boconcept Vases



Paolo Venini Pesce



Joss Main Graceful Seahorse Statue and Crab Sculpture



Eichholtz Riva White



Ralph Lauren Home Cale Chain-Link Object


Crate & Barrel Cali Round Wicker Mirror



Eichholtz Small Porthole Mirror



Hickory Manor House Regency Convex Mirror


Emerson Wall Mirror



Maddox Rustic White Wash Mirror



Pacific Coast Lighting Fishermans Wharf Wall Mirror



Eichholtz Mirror Clearwater and
DG Home Iron and Rope Mirror



Eichholtz Blue Time and 
Eichholtz Clock Compass Henry Lloyd


Garda Decor Barometer



Eichholtz Bronze Art Deco Jaguar Sculpture



Aqua Creations Limited number of Morning Glory floor lights in dark green



Restoration Hardware Maps



Eichholtz Set of 4 Boat Prints



Eichholtz Wall Charger Plate Set Of 4 Chinese Blue and
Eichholtz Peninsula Chinese Blue Vase



At the Races Metal Wall Sculpture



Oceanic Tranquility Metal Wall Sculpture Ivory


Wind-up peacock (pictured above) made of papier-maché and real feathers


Lzf Cactus



Ortigia Bergamotto Large Square Scented Candle

Brabbu Baltic Rug


Rug Star Mono by Jurgen Dahlmanns


Waterlily Vintage Ice Cold Blue by Jurgen Dahlmanns



Michaela Schleypen Oceanstone


Michaela Schleypen Engraved Swirl


Loloey Carpet



Bathsheba Grossman Glass Mobius



Plants On Walls vertical garden systems
(http://plantsonwalls.blogspot.ru)



Vodafone green wall by GreenAir

Coastal style finishing materials and wallcovering:



Mini Moderns Whitby Lido Wallpaper



Mini Moderns Whitby Fabric Indigo


Harlequin Koi Wallpaper


Peter Fasano Beach Point Wallpaper




Peter Fasano Monterey Bay Wallpaper


Peter Fasano Captiva Wallpaper


Brigitte Von Boch Islands & Highlands Nautical Chart Wallpaper



Meg Braff Roxy wallpaper and
Meg Braff Sasa Wallpaper



Hampton House Sailboat Toile Wallpaper



Hampton House Paulie's Pond Yachts Wallpaper



Ralph Lauren Chesapeake Wallpaper



Ralph Lauren Family Places Wallpaper Collection Sand Bank



Ralph Lauren Homeport Novelty Wallpaper



Hampton House Toulouse Coral Shells Wallpaper



Hampton House Lenore's Maritime Wallpaper



Ralph Lauren Great Harbor Wallpaper



Graham & Brown Blue Grid Map Wallpaper by Allen Roth



Ashford House By The Sea Novelty Sailboats Wallpaper



Ralph Lauren Navigator Novelty Brass Wallpaper



Hampton House Ally's Anchor Away Wallpaper



Ralph Lauren Out to Sea Wallpaper



Hampton House William's Weathered Seashore Wallpaper



Hampton House Sarah's Nautical Spot Wallpaper


Osborne & Little Derwent Wallpaper


Sicis Ocean Ipix Collection









Cerdomus Ceramiche Kyrah Tile









Cerdomus Ceramiche Pietra D'Assisi



Ralph Lauren Fabric



Sunniva Upholstery Fabric



Kosmos Curtain Fabric by Fanny Aronsen







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