Carissa K
Well, I have four walls, one is covered with a window, i have a ceiling, a floor, and a loft. I don't know what I should put in my new Beach Room. :(
Answer
Ahh, my favorite design... a beach cottage!
Light, airy cool blue paint colors... distressed 'white' beadboard from the floor to the chair rail, cool blue paint above the chair rail.
Aged/faded denim blue and/or chambray and/or oxford cloth quilt & shams with crisp white high quality cotton bedding.
A large rattan basket or a wicker chair in natural rattan color, or an wicker chair/basket in an aged (scruffy, chipped, dark in the nooks & crannies, not a high gloss finish) white with thick down cushions.
Crisp white cottom curtains at the windows; don't make 'em floor length, you want curtains that'll be stirred by the beach breezes. :-)
In front of the window, think about a large pot w/ tall (like 5' or 6' tall) dried reeds or fluffy grasses to evoke the feel of tall grasses growing on a wind-swept dune (see link, below).
A very, very plain sisal or other fiber rug in the pale, cool tan of beach sand at dawn.
Whatever woods you put in the room in the way of furnishings (bed, end table, dresser, chairs, etc.), consider distressing them first and applying a simple white-wash to 'em.
Regardless of your end-table size, type, etc., consider covering it in a floor length tablecloth (made w/ a sheet, perhaps?) with a second (shorter) cloth over the first one to create that layered, slightly soft & diffused look.
Consider buying at least one, if not a pair, of clear glass lamps (see link, below) and building you own sea scape in 'em... sand, shells, grasses. If you don't have enough stuff of your own, maybe a trip to a local aquarium's gift shop will help you augment the sea scape.
Hope this helps,
   TX Griff
Ahh, my favorite design... a beach cottage!
Light, airy cool blue paint colors... distressed 'white' beadboard from the floor to the chair rail, cool blue paint above the chair rail.
Aged/faded denim blue and/or chambray and/or oxford cloth quilt & shams with crisp white high quality cotton bedding.
A large rattan basket or a wicker chair in natural rattan color, or an wicker chair/basket in an aged (scruffy, chipped, dark in the nooks & crannies, not a high gloss finish) white with thick down cushions.
Crisp white cottom curtains at the windows; don't make 'em floor length, you want curtains that'll be stirred by the beach breezes. :-)
In front of the window, think about a large pot w/ tall (like 5' or 6' tall) dried reeds or fluffy grasses to evoke the feel of tall grasses growing on a wind-swept dune (see link, below).
A very, very plain sisal or other fiber rug in the pale, cool tan of beach sand at dawn.
Whatever woods you put in the room in the way of furnishings (bed, end table, dresser, chairs, etc.), consider distressing them first and applying a simple white-wash to 'em.
Regardless of your end-table size, type, etc., consider covering it in a floor length tablecloth (made w/ a sheet, perhaps?) with a second (shorter) cloth over the first one to create that layered, slightly soft & diffused look.
Consider buying at least one, if not a pair, of clear glass lamps (see link, below) and building you own sea scape in 'em... sand, shells, grasses. If you don't have enough stuff of your own, maybe a trip to a local aquarium's gift shop will help you augment the sea scape.
Hope this helps,
   TX Griff
I need help! I am doing my room beach themed!?
beach babe
Hi! I am doing my room beach themed and I don't know
what to do. I have a pink room. I love:
hollister, blue, to surf, and polka dots. If you have Ideas PLEASE tell me! thanks so much!
Answer
ROXY has an AWESOME new bedding print, I think it comes out in Spring. It's blue and green and it' is a super cute stripe on one side and a blue and green dot on the other side. It is soooo cute. I can't find any pictures of it online, but i am a buyer for a surf shop and I have the catalog with the bedding in it, it's just not out yet. I think January 11th is the first ship date, but it is sooo cute!
But since your room is pink, this is really cute.
http://www.swell.com/!8FSpo3GLCikVwTM2iotMLg!/ROXY-FLORAL-COMFORTER-SET?ref=shopzilla
I would bring in a lot of white, white furniture, white curtains, to me white and colors is kind of "beach cottage-ish".
Could you mount your surfboard in your room? That's pretty darn beachy! I would mount it over your bed kind of like a headboard. I love paper lanterns lighting also, you could hang a couple over your bedside tables. blue would look cute with your pink walls. And they are like a giant polka dot!
http://www.partyamerica.com/product/shop+by+theme/luau/decorations/tiki+blossoms+lanterns%2C+2pc.do
Here are some racks that will display your board well- you have to scroll down a little bit once the page loads, it's the L-rack.
http://www.lajollasurfshop.com/wall_racks.htm
Maybe get some cool surf posters and frame them and put them on your walls. (framing them makes them look more like art and not like you just threw them up on the walls).
you could use some of your old Hollister t-shirts and cut the shirt in a square with the logo's in the middle and make throw pillows out of them.
Also if you go to a party supply store, there are lots of fun little luau type decorations you could use as accents. These raffia hula skirts would be really REALLY cute cut and opened and used as a bed skirt, you would need quite a few depending on what size bed you have. Just cut the waist and open it up and tuck it under your mattress, and they come in lots of colors.
http://www.orientaltrading.com/ui/browse/processRequest.do?demandPrefix=12&sku=OTCG672&prodCatId=377377&mode=Browsing&erec=7&Ipp=16&No=64&sp=true&Ntk=all&Ntx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&cm_re=PS-_-Luau-_-F3L1&N=377377&requestURI=processProductsCatalog&sd=Dyed+Raffia+Hula+Skirts
This lei garland is cute too, you could drape this over the ends and top of your curtain rod and curtains...
http://www.orientaltrading.com/ui/browse/processRequest.do?demandPrefix=12&sku=34/1238&mode=Searching&erec=12&D=lei&Ntt=lei&Ntk=all&Dx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&Ntx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&N=0&requestURI=processProductsCatalog&sd=Bright+Lei+Garland
don't go too overboard though!! remember, less is more!
Also, surf companies give us tons of stuff to decorate the store with, and they give it to us EVERY season, you may want to go by your local surf shop and see if they have any stuff from last season that you could take off their hands for them! we've had some really cool big Hurley cardboard logos and Billabong vinyl wall hangings, and Volcom sent us a whole shelving thing once that we never used. Ask around, you never know what people are willing to GIVE you!
Good Luck, Happy Decorating and Happy Holidays!
ROXY has an AWESOME new bedding print, I think it comes out in Spring. It's blue and green and it' is a super cute stripe on one side and a blue and green dot on the other side. It is soooo cute. I can't find any pictures of it online, but i am a buyer for a surf shop and I have the catalog with the bedding in it, it's just not out yet. I think January 11th is the first ship date, but it is sooo cute!
But since your room is pink, this is really cute.
http://www.swell.com/!8FSpo3GLCikVwTM2iotMLg!/ROXY-FLORAL-COMFORTER-SET?ref=shopzilla
I would bring in a lot of white, white furniture, white curtains, to me white and colors is kind of "beach cottage-ish".
Could you mount your surfboard in your room? That's pretty darn beachy! I would mount it over your bed kind of like a headboard. I love paper lanterns lighting also, you could hang a couple over your bedside tables. blue would look cute with your pink walls. And they are like a giant polka dot!
http://www.partyamerica.com/product/shop+by+theme/luau/decorations/tiki+blossoms+lanterns%2C+2pc.do
Here are some racks that will display your board well- you have to scroll down a little bit once the page loads, it's the L-rack.
http://www.lajollasurfshop.com/wall_racks.htm
Maybe get some cool surf posters and frame them and put them on your walls. (framing them makes them look more like art and not like you just threw them up on the walls).
you could use some of your old Hollister t-shirts and cut the shirt in a square with the logo's in the middle and make throw pillows out of them.
Also if you go to a party supply store, there are lots of fun little luau type decorations you could use as accents. These raffia hula skirts would be really REALLY cute cut and opened and used as a bed skirt, you would need quite a few depending on what size bed you have. Just cut the waist and open it up and tuck it under your mattress, and they come in lots of colors.
http://www.orientaltrading.com/ui/browse/processRequest.do?demandPrefix=12&sku=OTCG672&prodCatId=377377&mode=Browsing&erec=7&Ipp=16&No=64&sp=true&Ntk=all&Ntx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&cm_re=PS-_-Luau-_-F3L1&N=377377&requestURI=processProductsCatalog&sd=Dyed+Raffia+Hula+Skirts
This lei garland is cute too, you could drape this over the ends and top of your curtain rod and curtains...
http://www.orientaltrading.com/ui/browse/processRequest.do?demandPrefix=12&sku=34/1238&mode=Searching&erec=12&D=lei&Ntt=lei&Ntk=all&Dx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&Ntx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&N=0&requestURI=processProductsCatalog&sd=Bright+Lei+Garland
don't go too overboard though!! remember, less is more!
Also, surf companies give us tons of stuff to decorate the store with, and they give it to us EVERY season, you may want to go by your local surf shop and see if they have any stuff from last season that you could take off their hands for them! we've had some really cool big Hurley cardboard logos and Billabong vinyl wall hangings, and Volcom sent us a whole shelving thing once that we never used. Ask around, you never know what people are willing to GIVE you!
Good Luck, Happy Decorating and Happy Holidays!
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