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The coastal kitchen is a dream design for Aussie homes. After all, Australia is a beach-loving nation, and 87% of our population lives by our beautiful seaside. Therefore, it’s only natural that many homeowners want to go for the coastal look as opposed to American shaker or Scandi minimalist designs!
So, what are some of the elements you should include in your beachy, breezy kitchen? Here, we will provide five special tips for ensuring your kitchen reflects the beauty that comes from our marvelous coastal abundance:
1. A light & breezy colour palette
Your coastal kitchen should represent the light and breezy feeling that you get when you’re at the beach. Therefore, you should incorporate a light and breezy colour palette into your renovation. Naturally, this is focused on the paintwork, in which you should choose breezy colours like beiges, light blues and pale greens to emulate seafoam.
But your colour scheme also extends to your accessories, appliances and fixtures. You should opt for accessories and appliances that match your colour palette. What’s more, you should choose fixtures like antique cabinet handles that will complete the design’s earthy, rustic feel!
2. Go natural
You want to avoid manufactured materials and textures when designing your coastal kitchen remodel, and why? Because these materials and textures invoke the exact opposite feelings of what it’s like to be at the beach. What’s more, they are meant for other design styles, with concrete and steel certainly fitting under the more “contemporary” or “minimalist” design ethos.
Therefore, you should opt for materials like wood, stone and brick to create a space that is reminiscent of what you would actually find at the beach. Other materials to consider include jute, rattan, sisal and wicker.
3. Get a little kitschy
You’re already well into designing your dream coastal kitchen, right? And, so what’s the harm with being a little kitschy to finish off the nautical vibe? And, is there anything more cosy in home design than finishing it off with some nautical touches? You know where this is going: anchors, sand bottles, shells, ship wheels and the like.
This step is entirely optional, as you might want to show your coastal kitchen design through its appliances, accessories, fixtures and materials. However, it can also be a fun and quirky way to add that finishing tidal touch to your kitchen that inspired the remodel in the first place!
4. Sea-style lighting
No, you don’t need to install a replica lighthouse on your kitchen island, but you might want to use a range of sea-spired lighting ideas to really bring the entire look home. Sea-style lighting is perfect for giving off the vibe that the old nautical days inspired your charming, cosy design.
So, what exactly is sea-style lighting? Think glass pendant lighting, metal fixtures that look like they have weathered many a nautical storm or even simple string lights that invoke the ropes found on boats and beaches across the seafaring world.
5. Complete the natural look
You don’t want to close your coastal kitchen off – you don’t want to bring the coast in! And, it doesn’t even matter if you live by the coast or not, as you can provide added nature to your coastal kitchen design that will ensure your space is one that invokes a feeling of constantly being by the seaside.
You can do this through installing large windows, placing beautiful plants around the kitchen ad use those natural materials that will complete your elegant coastal kitchen design!
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