Discover in this post the best beach house decorating ideas on a budget.
Are you prone to seasonal depression as soon as summer ends? What if I told you that there is a way to keep summer all year long?
If you love summer and hate winter, a beach house decor is the perfect choice for your small house!
It will remind you of the hot days, the sound of the waves, the sand under your feet, the seashells on the ground, the blooming flowers and overall the cheerful spirit of this season.
With these simple and affordable decor hacks, you will create a beautiful coastal home that will bring you peace and joy! Discover 17 stunning beach house decorating ideas on a budget to help you create your dream coastal home.
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Beach house decorating ideas on a budget
Discover 17 exquisite beach house decorating ideas on a budget to give you inspiration.
1 – Wooden furniture
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Wood is the ultimate symbol of nature. It brings life and inner strength to your home. Wood goes really well with beach house items.
By mixing wood with seashells and sea landscape frames, you are going to create a calm and relaxing coastal house decor.
In this picture, blue vases, seashells, and sea landscape frames were combined with a wooden console table, a woven basket and a wooden mirror for a natural and organic look.
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2 – Seashell gallery wall
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Instead of creating a gallery wall made of framed pictures, choose to frame seashells. If you live near a beach, pick up your favorite seashells and proudly display them in your house.
If you don’t live near a beach, you can purchase some inexpensive seashells to create a beautiful gallery wall.
Add a stunning gray sofa with comfortable seashell pillows to make a lovely coastal room.
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3 – Beach painting
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A painting can change the mood of a room in seconds. To create a beach house decor, add a beach painting to any room.
You can decide to create the painting yourself if you creative. If you are not, you can purchase an affordable yet beautiful beach painting for your house.
Place it on top of a woven furniture and add some plants around it for a natural look.
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4 – Seashell wreath
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A wreath is the best way to decorate a front door. If you love summer, make a seashell wreath. This starfish wreath is magnificent. It adds a warm and joyful look to this sky blue door.
5 – Beach themed pillow
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Pillows are great decorating items. To create the perfect beach house decor, purchase some beach themed pillows. They are different pillows that can remind you of the sea.
Seashell and starfish pillows are exquisite and cheap.
Blue pillows are reminders of the sea and the sky. Purchase textured blue pillows if you want to add more depth and creativity to your beach house.
Patterned pillows are also stunning. They usually depict seashells, corals, seahorses, and starfishes.
Place them on your beds, chairs, sofas, and benches.
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6 – Coastal tray
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Trays are another popular decorating items. To create an amazing coastal tray, start by selecting a stunning tray. You can choose a wooden, glass or metal tray.
Then pour sands in it. After that, you are going to place one or two candles. Then, you are going to select your favorite seashells and put them on the sand. You can even add some branches and pearls if you like.
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7 – Seashell candle
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Discover another beach house decorating ideas on a budget. Make some seashell candles to create a cozy and warm coastal home. Start by selecting some seashells on your favorite beach.
Then add a wick in each seashell. After that, you are going to melt your candle wax. If you want to add scent, put 5 drops of essential oils in your melted wax. Pour your wax into each seashell and let it cool.
8 – Wooden table carved as a coral
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This is a magnificent and artistic beach house decor idea for your coastal home. This wooden table was carved as a coral. It is a true work of art.
But this console table is hard to find. So instead, I suggest you to purchase a beautiful wooden table that has cachet and charm. Place a stunning sea painting above it.
And put seashells and vases on top of the wooden table for an exquisite coastal home decor.
9 – Seashell shelf
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Instead of just placing your books next to each other, separate them with beautiful seashells. If you are an organized person, use seashells as dividers for your books’ categories.
Seashells are stunning decoration that you can display on any open shelves.
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10 – Cane door cabinet
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A cane door gives a beautiful organic look to a cabinet. It’s similar to fishing nets in its shape and color.
Place vases, seashells and a sea painting on top of it for a stunning coastal decor. Put your wooden cane door cabinet in front of a blue wall to add depth to the room.
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11 – Beach mantel
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This mantel is a magnificent coastal decor. A ribbon wreath with blue and white ribbons was placed above the mantel. A starfish was put on top. They together create a stunning beach wreath. A garland was made of wood beads and sand dollars.
On top of the mantel, several items were placed. You can get inspiration from these little decorations to create your own coastal mantel decor:
– A white vase filled with stems and blue wood beads;
– a glass vase filled with rope;
– blue little vases;
– some seashells;
– a lantern with a candle inside;
– a lamp with blue glass balls and knotted rope.
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12 – Seashell tray
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Discover more beach house decorating ideas on a budget with this seashell tray. In this living room, seashells are displayed on the coffee table.
A blue tray serves as a base. Then, big beautiful white seashells with their clear square bases was put on it as well as blue books and white vases. They together create a stunning beach tray.
This living room has a white and blue color palette. Blue pillows are placed on the white sofa. And white and blue vases are displayed on white open shelves.
13 – Beach themed centerpiece
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To make a coastal centerpiece for your dining table, select a wooden tray.
Then, add blue jar and chandelier candles. Choose candles with beach scents to remind you of the summer and the ocean. Place seashells and wood beads around them in the wood tray.
14 – Beach themed bedroom
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To create a coastal bedroom, select a beach color palette. To create a beach color palette, you must combine neutral colors with blue shades.
Select colors such as turquoise, sky blue, white, cream, gray, light brown, light gold and so on. In this room, the primary colors are sky blue, white and light brown. Some silver and golden accents were added too.
Woven storage bins and lamp are reminders of the trees. While the framed starfish picture and wooden paddles are reminders of the sea.
15 – Beach themed living room
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To make a coastal living room, a beach color palette was picked. A woven coffee table was placed in the middle of the living room. To decorate it, a beach themed tray was put on top of it.
The tray has seashells and vases. White open shelves display seashells, wooden items and blue and white vases. The mantel is simple with three wooden candleholders, a woven sphere and a boat painting.
16 – Beach decor for Easter
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Discover more beach house decorating ideas on a budget for holidays.
To create a coastal decor for Easter, combines beach decoration items (seashells, rope and wooden beads) with Easter decoration items (eggs, spring flowers and rabbits).
In this picture, a big seashell serves as a tray. It is filled with little seashells and Easter eggs.
17 – Beach decor for fall
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To create a coastal decor for fall, combines beach decoration items (seashells, ropes, and blue glass vases) with fall decoration items (pumpkins, leaves and dried plants).
In this picture, a white pumpkin and a dried reed grass pumpkin were added to a coastal shelf filled with seashells and blue glass vases.
Conclusion
They are many ways to create a unique and stunning coastal decor for cheap. These 17 beautiful beach house decorating ideas on a budget will help you to create an exquisite coastal home.
When making a beach house decor, use these ideas as a starting point: choose a coastal color palette, wooden furniture, beach painting and seashell decoration. By combining these ideas, you will create a peaceful and joyful coastal home.
