I recently visited a friend, Betty, and was wowed by her simple, yet unique décor. Her home is designed to evoke a coastal feeling while maintaining a modern style. The décor is a combination of coastal and modern — what we would call a contemporary coastal style. This style is bold but sticks to simple lines and basic finishes.

To enjoy the beauty of a coastal theme, just a few pieces of coastal inspired accents and furniture is all you need; and that is what is in this home.

With today’s fast paced world where one has to juggle between children, personal life and work; one is left with little time to relax. How about capturing the essence of relaxing right in your home with a coastal feel? To achieve the relaxing and serene feel, coastal inspired furniture and décor is the best way to go.

Notable in the home

When you enter this house, your eyes first land on a solid wood dining table that takes you to the beach — next is a Lamu style sofa, with a coastal old town-inspired wall hanging above it.

Furniture: Betty’s furniture is a mix of coastal and modern. Her Lamu sofa brings out the mid-century look, and adds interest to the decor. It is solid wood and hand crafted with soft coloured throws placed on it. An L-shaped sofa on the opposite side offers the modern look and keeps everything bright and airy. The simplicity of the seats shows that you don’t have to spend a fortune on furniture for your home to look good. The dining table has some recessed portions on the surface with sand and seashells placed on them that takes you right to the beach.

Walls: The walls are painted in soft shades of orange and green that trigger a soothing effect, relieving stress and offering a relaxing feel. The statement coastal old town-inspired wall hanging that hangs above the Lamu sofa, offers you an opportunity to enjoy the beauty of a Coastal theme.

My favourite and trending…

The newspaper print furniture: The ability to customise affects every aspect of society. Homeowners too, love to have a signature touch to their interiors. Upholstery is one way to offer this. Everyone wants something special that will add personal meaning to his or her décor. Betty’s signature is her furniture upholstered in newspaper print fabric. This offers the home the trendy look.

I never thought newspaper fabric could work beautifully on furniture, but this home has some furniture upholstered with this fabric. The one-seater sofa and a pouf made from the vintage fabric look awesome. Some of the throw cushions too, are made from the fabric.

The fabric looks like a newspaper and is quite distinguishable from those widely available in the market. Fortunately, it is locally available and is ideal for residential and commercial upholstery. If you want some statement furniture, go for the ‘gazeti’ fabric