A house on the ocean waves

Nautical is more than nice, says Kya de Longchamps who outlines how wave-washed blues and maritime-greens chime with summer’s freshness.

Think of the expanse of sky and sea at a beach, cliff or rocky coast. It’s wide-open, fresh, full of shifting light and the soul-pounding alchemy of nature’s very best. Call it coastal chic, the nautical look, the beach house — the beautiful briny keeps us coming back to this interior style, season after season. The look should draw on inspiring colour, materials, and signature elements in a restrained, comfortable way. Coax the imagination, rather than clobbering the senses with crowded, Bray beach memoirs. If you set sail with wall-to-wall framed seascapes, beach trinkets, striped fabric and nautical everything, the results will wash up as ‘Carry On Captain’.

COASTAL COLOUR