3 palettes, one room
Coastal color palettes
Coastal color is light and airy: lots of white, the blues and greens of water, and the bleached tones of sand and driftwood. Keep it soft and let daylight do the rest.
Every color, and where it goes
Hex codes to match against paint and fabric samples. Colors on screens and in daylight never quite agree, so hold a sample up in the room before you commit.
Sea Glass
The gentle one: pale aqua and driftwood, relaxed rather than nautical.
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Soft white
Walls
#F6F5F0 -
Sand
Sofa and rug
#E3D6BF -
Sea glass
Cushions and curtains
#A9C7C1 -
Driftwood
Wood furniture
#B8A68E -
Navy
Vases and picture frames
#24364F
Dune
The warm one: sand and seagrass, for a coast that is more dunes than waves.
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Warm white
Walls
#F2EEE5 -
Dune sand
Sofa
#D8C7A8 -
Seagrass
Cushions and plants
#8E9A75 -
Weathered gray
Wood furniture
#9C9A93 -
Pale aqua
Rug and curtains
#CFE1DE
How to use a palette
Every palette here is listed from the most of the room to the least. Keep roughly to that order and the colors hold together.
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Most of the room: the first color
The walls, and often the ceiling. A light, quiet color that everything else sits against.
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2
A third: the next two
The big pieces: the sofa, the rug, the wood. They set the mood of the room.
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3
A tenth: the last two
Cushions, a lamp, frames, a vase. Small, so a bold accent stays an accent.
More on Coastal
Light, breezy and washed in sea-salt white. What makes the style, what to try first, what spoils it, and ordinary rooms before and after.
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