Coastal Modern

Coastal Dorm room inspiration with a white duvet on a bed with a navy blue pillow and coastal artwork hanging above with palm trees and a van.

Beach Vibes Only: Coastal Dorm Room Essentials for a Stylish Start to the School Year

Back-to-school season is here, and if you (or your favorite college-bound student) are heading off to dorm life, it’s the perfect time to turn that blank slate into a cozy, beach-inspired haven. Whether you're dreaming of surfside serenity or breezy coastal cowgirl vibes, a few key pieces can make your dorm feel like a dreamy escape from the everyday - your Coastal Dorm Room! Here’s everything you need to bring the beach to your bunk bed—no sand required. This post may contain affiliate links, which me[...]

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Transitioning your beach home decor for fall

The leaves are changing, the air is brisk and our skies are crystal clear - that must mean it's Fall! We personally love the Fall season. It's cozy, inviting, sunsets and sunrises are INCREDIBLE and we get to bring some cozy into our beach home decor. Come with us as we explore some easy ways for transitioning your beach home decor for the Fall Season. This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission, at no extra cost to you, if you make a purchase through a link. Please see our f[...]

Holiday Decor

Simple, Affordable Americana Decor Trends for your Beach House

It’s that time of year again where we turn up the Red, White and Blue and give thanks to and remember those who have made incredible sacrifice for our freedoms. Since we love a good ol’ holiday to do a little decor “refresh” we thought we’d take you through some of our favorite, subtle ways to bring the Americana into your home’s interior. This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission, at no extra cost to you, if you make a purchase through a link. Please see o[...]

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How to Create a Rope Surfboard for your Home

When choosing artwork for the Sea Loft, we knew we wanted something that would make a statement. Something to bring in relaxed, coastal vibes and draw your eyes up to take in the high ceilings in the entrance. We couldn’t find anything that fit exactly what we were looking for so we decided to create our own statement piece for the space. Thus.. the Rope Surfboard was born! The shape and scale of the surfboard immediately draws your eyes, and who doesn’t think beach when they see a surfboard? Wrapping[...]

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5 Storage Solutions for Coastal Small Space Living

We’re no strangers to tiny home design - a few years ago we were actually featured on HGTV’s Tiny House Hunters show as the Realtors helping a client find the perfect tiny home. During that time, we studied up on Tiny Living. and simple storage solutions for the small home We like to equate it to living on a boat, everything serves a purpose (and if you’re lucky a dual or triple purpose). Our little Sea Loft is approximately 579 square feet, fitting 2 adults, a dog and frequent guests is nothing sho[...]

Beach Spa Bathroom with white tile, glass shower door and a white vanity with tropical flowers on top

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How to Design and Style a Spa Beach Bathroom

Ohh how we love a good spa day! When we think of a spa day, we think of feeling clean, pampered and relaxed - sounds pretty good, don’t you think? Theres no reason you can’t feel that way every single day when stepping foot into your own bathroom. Sound too good to be true? Come with us as we take you through the design and styling of of our Coastal Spa Bathroom at the Sea Loft. Bathrooms are functional spaces so they need to work well, this does not meat that you should forgo feeling pretty and refre[...]

Beach House interior design - Striped turkish towels hanging on entry hooks with a straw hat and starfish

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Get the Beach House Look in your Home

Our 10 Favorite Items to bring Beach House vibes into your Home Bringing the beach house to your home to create a classy, modern coastal aesthetic is surprisingly easy to do. Bring in lots of white, natural accents and flowy, relaxed fabrics and you’re well on your way to creating the beach house of your dreams! We’ve rounded up some of our absolute favorite pieces that can help beachify any space quickly and beautifully. This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission, at[...]

Elements of Coastal Modern Interior Design

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Elements of Styling a Modern Coastal Interior

When beginning to style a new space, it's quite easy to get overwhelmed when it comes to choosing the interior furniture. You want to choose furniture that is unique, but cohesive, cohesive, but not all the same. This can get confusing and difficult to manage. We highly suggest some sort of vision board, digital or physical, that can give you a really good feel for the vibes you're going for. When selecting furnishings, look back at the board frequently to make sure you're following your desired path. You can also[...]

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The Design and Styling of a Modern Coastal Bedroom

Who doesn’t love a good night’s sleep listening to the sound of the waves gently crashing on shore? That’s what dreams are made of… at least we think so! But this dreamy, airy loft room is hardly what we started with and we had a goal of creating relaxing modern coastal vibes throughout the space to escape from the noise of everyday life. The previous owners had extended the loft bedroom to utilize the entire upper space. While we’re ALL about maximizing space, we felt that this feature cut off a lot of[...]

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