Shabby Chic Ireland: 2013

Decorating a Beach Hut

1. Start by asking what would you like your Beach Hut to be?
a kitchen,
bedroom,
office,
artist retreat,
entertainment area,
guest bedroom,
laundry room
or maybe more than one of these.
(Remember your beach hut does not have to at the beach and can even be in your garden)

2. Then decide on a theme for your Beach Hut.
In this blog I looked at the following Beach Hut Decor Design Themes:
Nautical Beach Hut,
Vintage Beach Hut,
Romantic Neutral Beach Hut,
Retro Girl Beach Hut
and Surf Shack.

3. Once you have chosen your theme and got some inspiration you can start to look
at furniture and accessories for the Beach Hut.

Step 3.1: Draw a basic floor plan of the hut /shed and plan your space and what furniture you want and were you will place furniture .

Step 3.2: When choosing furniture for your beach hut think...

Fold able (fold able chairs and tables can be stored against the walls)
Flexible (multi-functional - a coffee table that is also storage)
Stack able (stack able stools, can be footstool's,chairs and side table)
On-top-able (go vertical and use space up to ceiling)
Convert able (place wheels on the bottom of furniture)

Basic furniture (from Ikea, also consider second hand painted furniture) that can go with any theme: white kitchen dresser, shelves, storage seats and fold able table. Then add accent coloured decor to complete your look.

Nautical Style - Beach Hut

Ever dreamed of the place by the sea. Nautical theme decor is fresh, colourful and crisp.

The Nautical Style Beach Hut

Tips for Nautical Style Beach Hut Decor:

Decor ideas: Here are some Nautical Beach Hut ideas .

Colours: A classic palette of red,white and blue. Keep to white as a basic colour and add red and or navy as accent colours. If you want to soften the nautical look add a touch of turquoise or light blue to your decor.

Nautical decor items: Stripes and decorative life rings (ideal to decorate the outside of the beach hut)

Add Patriotic flags in the Nautical colours. (some will say beware of clutter- but this is your space away from home, to do with as you like and look how well it worked here)

White walls and white furniture works well with this theme

White and pale blue with some red and navy is very classic and will not be overwhelming.

White walls and ceiling.

Boats and flags stripes and the rustic colour washed cupboard.

Buntings add colour and work well with the nautical theme

Tongue-and-groove panelling painted white

White painted floor boards

Ship wheel, shelves and tins -for extra storage

writers retreat

guest bedroom

Nordic signs, lanterns, fishing nets, tongue and groove and striped material cushions add to the theme.

Rope

Accessories that you can choose for your Nautical Style Beach Hut:

Buntings, mirrors, lanterns, cushions, rug, curtains/blinds ,hooks (for towels,swimming trunks or mugs),chest (also a coffee table and storage), decorative shoe bags (can help with extra storage)screen, deck chairs, umbrella's, towels, kettle, storage tins, primes, cups/mugs, flask, storage containers, and nautical signs.

Outside your Nautical Theme Beach Hut:

If you are privileged to have your beach hut on the sand you may decide to have a decking area outside. If not you can opt for decking or gravel area with large pieces of driftwood and grasses (also easy to maintain)

Vintage Style- Beach Hut

Tips for Vintage Style - Beach hut

Decor Colours: White as basic colour and pastel colours: light blue, pink, light yellow, light green

Decor ideas: Here are some ideas for this theme. Look at the combination of flower patterns, stripes, check and even spots in the vintage colours.

Oil cloth table covers

Pastel colours

Rose motifs

romantic touches

old books, lace, painted furniture

tins,old bottles

Chandeliers

hearts

aprons

quilted covers

pastel buntings

vintage sea side signs

flea market finds

Collect ables

Antiques

Accessories you can choose for your Vintage Style Beach Hut :

Start with basic painted furniture then add Shabby Chic Vintage inspired accessories in pastel colours: buntings, mirror, antique photo frames,cushions, rugs, curtains, hooks, umbrella, towls, storage containers, vintage signs or paintings, old trunks, wall paper, small chandelier, vintage styles screen, tea cups, flask, french style wrought iron garden chairs.

Screen

Chandelier

French style furniture

Rose motive

Romantic Rustic Neutral - Beach Hut

Tips for Romantic Rustic Neutral Decor:

Decor Colour Palette:When choosing this theme keep to neutral colours: white, soft beige's and soft greys (turquoise can be used as an accent colour)

Decor Items: Look at the following to get some ideas from beach huts done in this theme.

Neutral colours

white washed furniture

wood, rope, bird cage

clear glass

all white with wood

natural wood,drift wood

sea shells

drift wood hanging

baskets, white lanterns

all white

lace and wood

white with a some wood

sea shells

wooden crates

old suitcases

grey painted ladder

Accessories you can choose for your Romantic Neutral Style Beach Hut :

Start with basic white painted furniture (or use white wash technique) then add Neutral accessories in natural colours (you can add a small amount of turquoise or light blue coloured accessories): All natural items such as shells, stones, rope, leather, driftwood, linen, glass items and baskets work well with this look.

Here are some more ideas: Shell garlands, driftwood mirror, linen cushions, lanterns, white washed crates, rugs, curtains made with strings of shells, hooks in driftwood, umbrella, towls, storage containers in natural colours.

Retro Girl Style -Beach Hut

Retro Girly Style Beach hut decor I have divided it into three sections according to the colours used: 1. Shades of Pink

2. Pink and Blue

3. Bright and bold

1. Retro Girly Style Beach Hut: Shades of pink

Decor Colour Pallet: shades of pink from white to dark pink

Tips for Decor Items: Make use of white as a base colour and add items in shades of pink. Look at the examples below for some ideas of this theme.

Girly signs in bright pink

Shades of pink even a touch of red

Shades of pink

ice-cream parlor style Beach Hut

This theme can look very playful and girly and reminds me of ice cream parlors.

2. Retro Girly Beach Hut: Pink & Blue

Decor Colour Pallet: Pink and Blue

Tips for Decor Items: Make use of white as a base colour and add items in shades of pink and light Blue. Look at the examples below for some ideas of this theme.