Coastal Classic Interior Design Moments of Cool and Breezy Sophistication

It’s heating up around the globe right now, and these cool and coastal classic interior design moments may offer sweet relief. And should you believe tropical or beachy seaside rooms are limited to colors of sea and sky…shazam. Nature’s bounty includes a rainbow of beauty. So if you’re too warm, here’s a cool glass of pink lemonade. Maybe you’ll be inspired to welcome a “natural” color into your heart you had not considered!

Coastal living room with tropical pink walls and classic traditional style - Lindroth Design. #coastallivingroom
Lindroth Design (Photo: Tria Giovan)

Coastal Classic Interior Design Inspiration

This new to me book by Amanda Lindroth looks lovely and so promising!

Island Hopping book cover - by Amanda Lindroth Design and photography by Tria Giovan.
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Ready to discover a range of sophisticated coastal interiors from creative designers around the country?

Coastal Bath With Aqua

There’s something so joyful, youthful, and optimistic about aqua!

Breathtaking aqua tile and luxurious freestanding tub in a coastal home with interior design by Tom Scheerer. Photo by Francesco Lagnese - source: Elle Decor.
Tom Scheerer (Photo: Francesco Lagnese) – Coastal Classic Interior Design Moments

And isn’t the architectural interest wonderful?

Cool Blue Accents in a Luxurious Classic White Kitchen

Nothing kitschy beachy here, but the happy blue counter stools feel unfussy and seaside ready.

Juicy Citrus Color in a Bedroom

Oh, this room! Wouldn’t it be a hoot to have a guest room this delightful?

@lindrothdesign - Beautiful coral and pink coastal bedroom. #coastalpink #coastalbedrooms #pinkbedrooms
Lindroth Design (Photo: Tria Giovan)

Shiplap in a Bunk Room

Instant coastal charm is possible when you cover the walls and ceiling with tongue and groove!

Bunk room in a luxurious coastal home by Geoff Chick.
Geoff Chick – Coastal Classic Interior Design Moments

I so admire the quiet beauty of this muted beauty:

Tranquil muted blue bedroom in Bahamas with design by Trish Becker for Coastal Living - photo by Annie Schlechter. #coastalbedroom #paleblue
Coastal Living – Design: Trish Becker; Photo: Annie Schlechter; Styling: Liz Strong

But bold is beautiful too!

Blue & White Wallpapered Cozy Bedroom

Why not have fun with a spare room?

All sorts of possibilities if you love pretty blues!

Understated Coastal Kitchen

There’s something comforting and timeless about a white kitchen that feels very Hamptons and Something’s Gotta Give lovely:

Inspiration from “Summer to Summer”

If ever there were a love letter written to classically traditional summer homes, SUMMER TO SUMMER is it.

Meg Braff Designs' Swirls wallpaper in navy, combined with roman shades and seat cushions in China Seas' Malay Stripe in a breakfast room. Chairs are Francis Elkins Loop chairs in a Chinese vintage red. #interiordesign #traditionalstyle #megbraff #diningrooms #redwhiteblue #colorfulrooms
In a Newport breakfast room, wallpaper: Swirls in navy; upholstery: China Seas’ Malay Stripe; chairs: vintage Frances Elkins Loop chairs; interior design: Meg Braff. Houses by the Sea Summery Design Inspiration in a Lovely Book…certainly charming indeed.

In Jennifer Ash Rudick’s Summer to Summer (Vendome, 2020), with photography from the amazing Tria Giovan, seaside design lovers are treated to blissful, Hampton highs, Nantucket Nirvana, and Newport Namaste.

Summer to Summer book cover - Jennifer Ash Rudick, photos by Tria Giovan. #summertosummer #rudick #interiordesign #designbooks
Summer to Summer (Vendome, 2020) by Jennifer Ash Rudick, photography by Tria Giovan. Vintage bamboo chair covered in Andaluz by Carolina Irving…breathtaking indeed.

Houses by the Sea

The book cover (above) depicts an airy summer house (the Daniel Youngs Homestead, dating to 1651) transformed by designer Sallie Giordano of Leta Austin Foster & Associates.

Ken Fulk's charming seaside cottage porch in Provincetown - photo by Tria Giovan for Jennifer Rudick's SUMMER TO SUMMER. #cottagestyle #seasidecottage #porch #newengland #interiordesign #kenfulk #goldenretriever #englishcream
Interior Design: Ken Fulk…hello lovely indeed! Duncan, an English Cream Golden Retriever, presides over Baxter’s Landing, Ken Fulk and Kurt Wootton’s Provincetown summer house.

The 25 homes represented in the book are varied, yet all tell a very personal story about their owners thanks to the genius of photographer Tria Giovan.

Charming bedroom in a Nantucket summer house with stenciled raffia wall covering and coastal blue and green accents - design by Tom Scheerer. Photo by Tria Giovan for Jennifer Ash Rudick's Summer to Summer. #coastalstyle #cottagebedroom #tomscheerer #interiordesign #nantucketstyle #bedroomdecor #stenciledwall #romanticbedroom #beachybedroom
In the master bedroom, Island Raffia wallpaper in San Marino beige from Phillip Jeffries was hand stenciled. Fabric covering headboard and above bed: Lorraine by Quadrille. Interior Design: Tom Scheerer…charming indeed.

Seaside Summer Home Designed by Tom Scheerer

The bedrooms (below and also above) are in a home known as “Driftwood” within Nantucket’s Brant Point neighborhood and enjoyed by four generations of family who gather on summer weekends.

Tom Scheerer designed coastal wallpapered blue and white bedroom in a Nantucket seaside home. Photo by Tria Giovan for Jennifer Ash Rudick's Summer to Summer. #coastalstyle #bedroomdecor #coastalbedroom #interiordesign #blueandwhite #wallpaper #lighthouse
Guest bedroom lined in a Quadrille wallpaper overlooks the Brant Point lighthouse (interior design: Tom Scheerer). Houses by the Sea Summery Design Inspiration in a Lovely Book…certainly charming indeed.

Believe it or not, the book reveals that no family member has dibs on a particular bedroom!

Designer Ken Fulk’s Rhode Island Home

Collection of dog portraits in the hallway of a Provincetown seaside summer home with interiors by Ken Fulk. Photo by Tria Giovan for Jennifer Ash Rudick's Summer to Summer. #dogpaintings #interiordesign #dogportrait #kenfulk #vintagestyle #traditionaldecor
Ken Fulk and Kurt Wootton’s prized collection of dog portraits lines the bedroom hall in their Provincetown seaside summer home…hello lovely indeed! Seaside Summer Home Design Inspiration as well as a review of Summer to Summer.

How charming is this moment (above) in a hall showcasing the couple’s collection of dog portraits? Have a ho hum hall you could enliven similarly?

Aerin Lauder’s East Hampton Home

White pergola over a skirted picnic table set for lunch in the East Hampton garden of Aerin Lauder. Photo by Tria Giovan for Summer to Summer (Rudick). #aerinlauder #hamptonshome #summerhome #pergolas #tablescape #outdoordining #coastalstyle
A picnic table is set for lunch beneath a beautiful pergola at Aerin Lauder’s East Hampton home…in case you live for summer afternoons.

Aerin Lauder inherited her grandmother Estee Lauder’s East Hampton summer house (above) whose blue and white interiors were decorated by the legendary Mark Hampton. Aerin loved the house but gently adapted it for contemporary living with the help of Daniel Romualdez.

Meg Braff Designs' Imperial Garden in leaf and lichen on blue wallpaper in a lovely bedroom in Newport. #megbraff #interiordesign #bedroomdecor #wallpaper #greenbedrooms #cottagestyle #traditionalstyle
In a guest bedroom in Newport by Meg Braff, Imperial Garden (in leaf and lichen on blue) wallpaper lines the walls…hello lovely indeed!

This elegant yet relaxed bedroom (above) in Meg and Doug Braff’s historic Colonial in Newport certainly has a collected, layered feel like the rest of the home.

Chic Home in the Hamptons

Chic midcentury style in a bathroom in the Hamptons with Palwa crystal sconces. Architecture by Michael Haverland. #midcenturymodern #bathroomdesign #hamptonshouse #michaelhaverland #vintagesink
In a Hamptons home (architecture by Michael Haverland), a guest bathroom has crystal sconces (Palwa, ca. 1965) and walls finished in painted Masonite.

I love how designer John Fondas explained to Jennifer Rudick the very casual approach taken to decorate their Maine summer home (below):

“We kept adding various blues and white, and we finally said, ‘With all this pattern, the only logical thing is to keep adding one more.'” – JOHN FONDAS

Hahahahaha…now that is my kind of partner in design! Also, how happy is the blue ikat on the sofa in this living room!?!

Vibrant blue in a traditional living room on Little Cranberry Island (Maine) with interior design by John Fondas. Fabric and wallpaper by Quadrille. #livingroom #colorfullivingroom #traditionalstyle #interiordesign #quadrille #wallpaper
Cheerfully vibrant blue Ikat fabrics and also wallpaper by Quadrille (John Knott). The traditional style living room is in a home on Little Cranberry Island. Interior design: John Fondas…whimsically lovely indeed.

Seaside Sister Parish House in Maine

One of my favorite quiet moments in Summer to Summer is this peek (below) into a seaside cottage bedroom. Rudick deliciously describes it this way:

“The interiors brim with an artful mix of painted wicker, handwoven baskets, mattress ticking, vintage quilts, and intricately patterned hood rugs, a look instituted by her late mother, Dorothy ‘Sister’ Parish, who reigned over three generations of American design as head of the legendary New York firm Parish-Hadley Associates.”

In a seaside cottage bedroom in Maine, a beautiful wallpaper (Kinnicutt by Sister Parish Design) graces the walls while turquoise paint enlivens the wood floors. #bedroomdesign #coastalstyle #vintagestyle #sisterparish #interiordesign #kinnicutt #wallpaper
Kinnicutt wallpaper (Sister Parish Design) on the walls of a lovely guest bedroom…hello pretty indeed. This seaside cottage bedroom in Maine sports turquoise painted floors.

Summery Quotes & Whimsy

Whimsical and inspirational quote about summer - the sunshine and the magic - hello lovely studio! #hellolovelystudio #summerquotes #quotes #inspirationalquote #whimsicalquote #junequotes #julyquotes
{Summer quotes and also coastal style interior design inspiration!} SUMMER AFTERNOON–SUMMER AFTERNOON; TO ME THOSE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE TWO MOST BEAUTIFUL WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. – Henry James
Funny quote about not trying to please everyone. #funnyquotes #tacoquote #whimsicalquotes #humor
YOU CAN’T MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY – YOU ARE NOT A TACO
Whimsical funny quote and humor on Hello Lovely Studio. #funnyquote #humor #quotes
WHATEVER YOU MUST DO TODAY…DO IT WITH THE CONFIDENCE OF A 4-YEAR OLD IN A BATMAN CAPE
Whimsical and inspirational quote about summer - the sunshine and the magic - hello lovely studio! #hellolovelystudio #summerquotes #quotes #inspirationalquote #whimsicalquote #junequotes #julyquotes
AND SO WITH THE SUNSHINE AND THE GREAT BURSTS OF LEAVES GROWING ON THE TREES, JUST AS THINGS GROW IN FAST MOVIES, I HAD THAT FAMILIAR CONVICTION THAT LIFE WAS BEGINNING OVER AGAIN WITH THE SUMMER. -F Scott Fitzgerald
Funny internet humor tweet quote about captcha. #funnytweets #oneoffhumor #humorquotes

More Design Inspiration to Discover

Silly tweet about the term silly goose on Hello Lovely. #funnytweet #oneoffhumor #funnyquotes #sillygoose

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2 Comments

  1. Jeanne Young
    July 20, 2023 / 3:58 am

    lovely rooms, seems we are going back to the 80s with very lush wallpapers and fabrics.

    • Michele
      Author
      July 20, 2023 / 12:53 pm

      It does feel like all of that is resurfacing – maybe the economy will follow suit and also be more like the 80s. 🙂

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