Winter Warm Up - Cozy Beach Bedroom Ideas!

I am staring at my mess of a bedroom.. where to start to create a new cozy, romantic Winter retreat?

I love my white iron bed, but that's about it right now.  Yes, I am in a "January" kind of mood and want to completely start over with a new bedroom!  Always makes me feel better, more rested and  and ready for spring.

(see what I mean??? Time to start over!)

Five Ideas to create the bedroom of your dreams -

1. Start over - declutter your space
Not sure about you, but my bedroom space is critical to the rest of my day. When I don't get enough rest, everything else becomes more labor intensive and stressful. When there is too much "stuff" on my nightstand, on our dresser, or on our floor - it just adds to my stress.

Will need a clean slate to start with, then I can start adding back in the elements to make over our room!

Here are some bedrooms that are beautifully minimal -

The view is enough!  Not sure that I would ever leave this room..... image: Cardello Architechts  Might need a little color though....

Think about skipping nightstands and using wall lighting sconces.  Will feel like more space in your bedroom!  Art can be found here - Silver and Navy Coral Prints


2. Anchor your space with a cozy rug

Love this Surya Chevron rug from designer Jill Rosenfeld - fun, turquoise beach bedroom colors with a modern feel. Image from House of Turquoise and Laura U Interior Design

Aqua and Blue Stripes beside the bed - a soft landing space for chilly winter mornings! (don't forget a rug pad)

The blue modern patterned rug is a fabulous back drop to pulling the interesting elements in this nautical room together. Surya Rug can be found here - Mediterranean Blue Wool Rug 

Love the yellow and turquoise combo!  image: Coastal Living

This yellow coral themed rug at the end of the bed creates a perfect space for that gorgeous small bench.   Image source: Huffington Post

3. Think outside the box for bedside lighting - 

Bedroom lighting doesn't always have be matchy-matchy, or even a table lamp.  

See what I mean? One wall sconce, and one large table lamp - they still "match" with a similar nautical feel and style. 

Why not add cool pendant lighting?  More room for a smaller nightstand, or your favorite family beach photos and books!   (Another beautiful wool rug from Surya!)

Great idea for small space living! Use bookshelves to keep your "stuff" stored and displayed then use pretty beach cottage sconces for your lighting! Image source: Beach Bliss Living 

If your furniture is white or neutral, add dramatic glass lamps to give your room the pop of color and light that it needs!  Blue or Aqua lamps fit perfectly into coastal homes, but don't be afraid to think outside the box with bright orange or coral shades too.

4. You can never have enough beach pillows - feel free to pile them on!
Use pillows to create texture, color and pops of fun to change with your mood or the season. Get creative; check your closet, or think about even switching throw pillows that are currently in your living room.

HGTV Dream Home - the Terrace Bedroom

 image source: Beach Bliss Living

 So many blues!  Love the mix of textures, and blue patterned shades that designer Kim Armstrong has created in this HGTV bedroom.

 Martinique Bedding - Caron's Beach House

Gotta love pretty bolster pillows! image source: House of Turquoise and Hurlbutt Designs

5. The Finishing Touch? Layers of Throws

Add throw blankets for cozy warmth, texture and to add the extra touch of romance in your beach bedroom retreat. This is my favorite trick to making our bedroom feel snug and welcoming! An easy change for seasons; lighten up for summer or use chunky knits for winter.

Aqua Knits! image source - StudioM

Sea Shades Throw - Caron's Beach House

Neutral and calming, the striped throw adds just the right finishing touch.

Coastal Living

Relaxing with a traditional feel.  Love the bed!

Love the idea of a Herringbone knit pattern to bring a sense of "coastal modern"!  

Use a throw to pull all of the other colors in your room together - a great finish! 

Image source: House Beautiful

Flirty and fun! 

Wish me luck!

For more beach bedroom inspiration - try our Pinterest Board too! Creating a Beach Bedroom Retreat

Time for a Coastal Bedroom Redo. How about a Nautical Theme?

What better way to begin a New Year than to change up your very own private retreat?  I need my bedroom space to recharge my batteries.  You know what I mean?  Space to spread out and check out the latest Coastal Living Magazine, or maybe just simply dive into a big juicy novel.

After I get all of the Christmas decorations put away, (our bedroom is the storage area during the holidays) I can finally begin to see the light and am ready to try something new for 2014.  Not sure yet exactly what I want to do, but here's a few ideas that I have been collecting!

How about a nautical theme? Or in my case, it always has to have a little twist....

From Greg Norman's family beach house in Hobe Sound, Florida.  Love this - great "nautical" colors, but not overwhelmed with a marine theme.  I could do this. (featured in Coastal Living Magazine)

Ah...peaceful and fresh feeling with all of the white bedding.  Crazy about the navy blue and white striped headboard and matching bedskirt.  Wonderful use of space with the shelf above the bed too!

Really, really like this!  A slight "British Colonial" feel, with nautical black and white art countered against all of the red and white.  The signal flag pillows add just the right extra nautical punch. Great room from Joy Tribout Interiors!

Almost a little "French" Seaside style with the ticking stripes!  Cute pom-pom throw on the end of the bed too - (TheLetteredCottage.net)

 More of a cottage type of look - but where's the lighting? Cool round window though! Photographed by Andrew Waller, featured in House and Home

Or we could play it safe and go with a Barclay Butera nautical style room....

Love this sophisticated room in the Hampton Showhouse! Don't think that there is any way that Tom would go for the wave canopy bed in our tiny bedroom.  Cool pillows and digging that indigo blue wall.

Sailor Style from Coastal Living.  Love the subtle shades of gray blues and white. Great use of vintage oars on the wall. I do not like the canoe on the ceiling - would lay awake all night waiting for it to fall down.  Nope, would not work for us!

Or how about this idea?  My very own yacht stateroom!  From Coastal Living, this would be great for a small space with the fun brass wall sconces and round porthole like mirror.

Ah.... what to do?  Later this week, maybe I will take another look at some beach cottage 

bedroom ideas.

What do you all think?