15 Coastal Bedrooms That Are Easy, Breezy, and Beautiful (2024)

Victoria Hagan prioritized comfort and calm above all else in this Palm Beach house. In the primary bedroom the designer pulled the blue and white palette from the beach outside, visible through double doors. “The palette in this room complements the sense of serenity you get from being at the beach,” says Hagan.

A foolproof way to embrace a coastal aesthetic is to paint everything white. In the children’s room of this seaside English lighthouse, the curved walls become a bold decorative statement. The bunkbeds were designed to fit the walls and topped with simple gray and white bedding. Storage space is carved out under the bed and in built-in cabinets beside the bed. Talk about ship-shape!

In this Florida beach house, architects Marieanne Khoury-Vogt and Erik Vogt looked to the owners’ wide travels for inspiration and brought the world to the beach. The primary bedroom features embroidered textiles, art in complementary hues, and a carved wood bed frame—all sourced during trips to Dubai.

Wood looms large—quite literally—in the primary bedroom of this Portuguese getaway designed by Jacques Grange, not only in the soaring pine ceiling but also in the vintage rattan screen that serves as a headboard. Coupled with a bright white paint job and linens to match, this relaxed coastal look has us ready for an afternoon sesta.

In this historic Palm Beach estate decorated by Lori Deeds of Kemble Interiors, blue and green stake a claim in almost every room. In this guest bedroom (reportedly once occupied by Winston Churchill III) things skew in blue’s direction. The custom headboard is upholstered in a classic Brunschwig & Fils fabric that also covers the walls. White bedding and nightstands from David Francis Furniture balance things out.

Our blood pressure is going down simply by gazing at this serene bedroom. The airy Barbados retreat belongs to Celia Muñoz, founder of the Spanish children’s brand La Coqueta, and melds the building’s vernacular architecture with European touches. If you want a similar look, furnish your room minimally and consider working entirely in a soothing monochrome palette.

The primary bedroom in Jenni Kayne’s New Zealand refuge is as spare as can be—the better to take in the stunning surrounding views. “I think that you can have a lot of fun with materials and texture and bring in pops of color with art,” she told us. “I get sick of things if they’re too bold.”

In designing a relaxed Palm Beach home, designer Tom Scheerer took inspiration from the sleeping quarters of a ship for the stylish nautical-themed guest bedroom. If you want a similar look, go for features like shiplap walls, striped fabrics, jute rugs, and, of course, a whimsical framed image of a boat.

In the primary bedroom of Jean-Louis Deniot’s Île de Ré island retreat, tones from the ocean and textured textiles make up the inviting space. Here blue, once again, is a star player, in both the wallpaper and the whimsical pompoms that dot the bedspread. But our favorite detail is the woven canopy, which feels like a fishing net in the chicest of ways.

When Ken Fulk got his hands on this oceanfront property on Cape Cod, it was known as the “Grey Gardens of Provincetown.” Starting completely fresh, the designer embraced the home’s shabby-chic character. “I wanted to keep the old plaster walls, the crooked and imperfect floors. It was a daily conversation on what to keep and what to fix,” Fulk told us. “I felt I could always go forward, but you can never go back.” Here an antique bed (from Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Adirondack home), vintage-inspired fabrics, and nautical-themed accessories (we love the rope doorstop!) conjure a romantic, sea-faring past.

In the primary bedroom of this Peruvian beach house, pattern reigns supreme. Carlos Mota mounted a screen from India behind the bed, turning the whole back wall into a pattern-thick headboard. The vintage suzani from Turkey that covers the bed continues the theme, as do patterned blue and green lampshades on both nightstands.

In the primary bedroom of this Santa Barbara beach house designed by Schuyler Samperton, ocean blue prevails, but with a decidedly bohemian bent. The blue stripes in the Farrow & Ball wallpaper contrast with, rather than match, the textured, blue-on-blue bedding, bringing surprise to the eye. The deep red headboard calls to mind wood-paneled ivy dorms, and a 1964 Roger Soubie movie poster continues the nostalgic narrative.

The primary bedroom of Athena Calderone’s Amagansett beach house is a comfortable mix of old and new, as is the rest of the house, inviting you to stay for longer than just one weekend. A contemporary sconce from Visual Comfort & Co. pivots above the slightly weathered 1920s American chest of drawers used as a nightstand.

In this Palm Beach house, Caroline Rafferty assembled lively tropical-inspired patterns and colors to create a modern bedroom perfect for contemporary beachside living. The botanical prints, pink and gray stripes, and cool graphic patterns come together in a vaguely 1960s surfer medley. The vintage Karl Springer bed is an heirloom from Rafferty’s grandmother that balances out all the prints.

In the primary bedroom of this Big Sur, California, beach house designed by Studio Schicketanz, sunset hues rule over the sea. Instead of blues and greens, the firm founder Mary Ann Gabriele Schicketanz pulled in the warm tones of the sun at dusk to create a sense of calm in harmony with the surrounding environment.