Designers are playing with the concept of nautical decor in new methods, with furnishings and style notes that say “conventional modern” rather than “kitschy lovable.” There might be life preservers on the wall. However, they’re in all likelihood antique and paired with current chairs. There is probably art; however, as opposed to the usual beachy tableaux, there are near-up wave prints or oversized pix of sea creatures. It’s a look that also can pay homage to a home’s waterside region, real or aspirational, but in a stylish way.
New York dressmaker Ghislaine Vinas lately did a task out inside the sandy seashore enclave of Montauk, New York. A fresh palette of white and blue becomes accented with Vinas’ signature punches of vibrant orange, inexperienced, ed and yellow. Beach-chair-style stripes of coloration decorate furniture pieces and shower tile. Porthole-style mirrors in various iterations anchor restroom vanities. And scattered throughout the house are nautical references given a playful spin.
For example, in the open-plan dwelling place, Vinas hung a set of white sphere mild furniture suspended in blue netting; they appear to be boat buoys. Blues ranging in intensity from sky to pool to navy had been used in textiles and rugs at some stage in the house.
And there are hundreds of lively artworks, from photo prints of giant waves to San Francisco artist Rex Ray’s groovy surfboard wallpaper, in addition to a set of whimsical, painted shark heads from California ceramicist Lorien Stern.
“For this Montauk undertaking, the purchaser’s roots are sturdy in Florida, and she or he has fond recollections of time spent on the seashore within the 1970s,” Vinas says. “So we adopted an incredible tongue-in-cheek aesthetic and combined it with a classic but cool Hamptons beach vibe.”
