When staging your house, embracing the beach lifestyle is all about optimizing an amazing asset that is all around you – the ocean. People come to the beach to relax, to kick off their shoes, and feel the salty breeze in their hair.
Potential home buyers in a beach town are hoping to find a bit of that fabulous ocean-side vacation to call their own. Whether your home is oceanfront or miles from the sea, it’s easy to integrate the style and beauty of the beach when staging your house. Here are a few tips to make your home stand out from the crowd.
Let in the light
Sunshine is a major component of a beach lifestyle. Your home should feel bright, airy, and connected to the outdoors. An easy way to do this is to change out your heavy blinds and drapes for sheer, wispy curtains that dance in the breeze. If possible, keep the windows open when showing the house; it will emphasize your proximity to the surf, sand, and sun.
Display your beach-style collections
Pile an array of colorful flip-flops in a basket by your back door, lean a few vintage surfboards against the garage, and tastefully arrange your driftwood collection in your garden.
Keep interior hues light and bright
While there’s a place for color in every house, the best way to play up your home’s features and proximity to the ocean is with a neutral, beach-inspired color palette. White, cream, pale-blue, and yellow are great summer colors that brighten up dark spaces.
Bring the outside in
Elements from the natural world can make any house feel cozy and personal. A creative display of bird feathers, seashells, or plantings may be the perfect window or mantle display.
Add whimsical art that emphasizes your local environment
Beach towns and artists go hand-in-hand. It shouldn’t be too hard to find artwork of your favorite sunset, shorebird, or town landmark. Local artwork can be a focal point of your living-space, and really help bring the community to life for potential clients.
Don’t forget about the garden
Your beach style garden should consist of simple landscaping; after all, you can’t take care of a garden and relax on the beach at the same time. Opt for plants with a tropical feel – grasses, flowering perennials, and trees and shrubs with large leaves.
Outside style
Emphasize your house as a relaxing destination by keeping a few beach-cruising bicycles near your entryway, and hanging a hammock in the back yard.
A home that is welcoming, relaxing, and cozy is hard to resist. Combining these elements with a classic, beach style will entice potential buyers like a warm, salty breeze blowing in from the sea.
