I'm pretty sure an hour or two seated here under the sun's restorative gaze — and with a few cups of tea — would have me ship-shape in no time.

Gazing over the deep blue ripples to watch the boats leave shore would be a nice way to enjoy coffee with a friend on the weekends or hang out for a few minutes while you wait for your work day to start. If you don't have this at your house yet, it may inspire your future vacation plans. Beach house, anyone?

Here is another example of a wooden ceiling done right. The matte finish and deep wood tone are a beautiful complements to the crisp white throughout the rest of the room. Notice a theme?

Style Secret: Abundant LightLight may be the single most important, yet most overlooked, element of coastal style. Think about it: When is the last time you entered a beach house that felt dim and cramped (and if you did, how fast did you want to scoot out of there?). That's one reason white is the hallmark color of coastal interiors: It spreads and amplifies light rather than soaking it up. Coastal interiors blur the line between indoors and out or remove it altogether. Plentiful windows, glass doors and skylights allow sunshine to flood in, so if your home is skimpy on these elements, consider adding them. If that's not an option, at the very least fake it with lamps and sconces. Window treatments should be spare and simple enough not to muffle the glow — and if you're lucky enough to have a home near the water, the last thing you want is to obscure that view. Something different: While coastal interiors aren't known for shine and shimmer, a few carefully chosen accents can help to diffuse light even further. Consider a mirror mounted opposite a window or a glass-topped table in a sunny breakfast nook. Just be sure not to bring in so many high-gloss notes that you lose the cozy ambience.

A Spot That Takes In the ViewThis all-white, side-of-house nook is flooded with light. The result: A cozy space from which to enjoy sea views.

Who needs lots of square footage when you have a view from a sunporch like this?

This looks like the swankiest lifeguard tower ever. A small nook is smartly used as a perching space for people-watching and catching a daily sunset.

10. Make the most of limited space. If you don't have room for a full-size sunroom, create a cute faux version in front of a large window with a simple and comfortable seating area where you can sit back, unwind and indulge in the view. More:Sunrooms Shine in Different WaysThe Sunporch: A Room For All SeasonsLet the Sun Shine In

mixed windows

porch

Everything

simplicity

wood ceiling

Great porch idea

Cool porch

Just love

magic of small spaces

Where's my coffee?

Indoor outdoor

water daylight. white is refreshing

Ledge around windows

i could be here

enclosed patio

white mudroom

Coastal Style

window

Everthing white with brown accents

Sunroom

small table and chairs

ceiling

feel

glass rail

covered front porch

i want this room

Piccola veranda

ample windows, need lots of light

private spaces.

beautiful point of view

Interesting combination of windows...cross pieces and open.

View

Ceiling & windows

Knee wall

No windows boat house deck idea

Wilson walls

Bible study area

white and wood

Ceiling

porch feel, light airy, lots of windows, indoor/outdoor, takes advantage of natural beauty of surroundings

Cottage front indoor porch

sun room with reclaimed wood ceiling

Lakehouse

Love the wood!

beach look

nice safe balcony

ceiling

Coastal

Porch

Ceiling

Cute small lanai

Marco

ceiling

Love this (screened in at times) porch. What a great view of the water.

sit by the big windows and look out at the water

just love the bright feel to this room.

Nice sun pourch

veranda ceiling

wood

Coastal interiors blur the line between indoors and out or remove it altogether. Plentiful windows, glass doors and skylights allow sunshine to flood in, so if your home is skimpy on these elements, consider adding them.

color combination

Ceiling?

Ceiling for cottage in oregon

Ceiling

Coastal

Windows

TR

Wood ceiling

Sunroom

View

so clean, so fresh

Style Secret: Abundant Light Light may be the single most important, yet most overlooked, element of coastal style. Think about it: When is the last time you entered a beach house that felt dim and cramped (and if you did, how fast did you want to scoot out of there?). That's one reason white is the hallmark color of coastal interiors: It spreads and amplifies light rather than soaking it up. Coastal interiors blur the line between indoors and out or remove it altogether. Plentiful windows, glass doors and skylights allow sunshine to flood in, so if your home is skimpy on these elements, consider adding them. If that's not an option, at the very least fake it with lamps and sconces. Window treatments should be spare and simple enough not to muffle the glow — and if you're lucky enough to have a home near the water, the last thing you want is to obscure that view. Something different: While coastal interiors aren't known for shine and shimmer, a few carefully chosen accents can help to diffuse light even further. Consider a mirror mounted opposite a window or a glass-topped table in a sunny breakfast nook. Just be sure not to bring in so many high-gloss notes that you lose the cozy ambience.

plafond en vieux bois ds un environnement tt blanc

Bord de mer

Coastal style

What it is: If you wanted to split hairs, you could argue that coastal style is as individual as its location: a saltbox in New England, a Mediterranean villa, a tropical cottage in Belize. For this guide, though, we'll stick with what's commonly called American coastal — the style that probably springs to mind when you think "beach house." Light and breezy, with a palette drawn from sand and shells as much as sea and sky, it whispers "summer" all year round. Why it works: Coastal style is at its best when it sets a mood rather than hitting people over the head with its beachiness (oars! fish! life preservers!). Although seaside motifs feel apt and appropriate, you don't need to scoop up every piece you spot with a sand dollar on it; a coastal space simply evokes the easy, carefree feel of boating and beachcombing. And the bonus? You can pull off the look even if you're hundreds of miles from a shoreline. You'll love it if... You never miss a Jimmy Buffett show. A pedicure means strolling barefoot in the sand. You chose your silver pattern for its shell motif. In your world, it's always linen season. It's not a question of whether to vacation at the beach, but which beach you haven't explored yet.

White with wood ceiling

Beach porch

Wood floor ceiling

Love the porch

Coast

Morning porch

white, light!

Ok

Light may be the single most important, yet most overlooked, element of coastal style. White is the hallmark color of coastal interiors: It spreads and amplifies light rather than soaking it up.

lots of windows

Ceiling

Sunroom

candles balcon

enclosed deck

Add to back of Garage

This made me think of our trip up the coast:) best trip ever!!!

Very cute

Screen balcony

small sunroom with fixed glass in front and moveable windows on ends

Like the wood above-kitchen?

Style Secret: Abundant Light Light may be the single most important, yet most overlooked, element of coastal style. Think about it: When is the last time you entered a beach house that felt dim and cramped (and if you did, how fast did you want to scoot out of there?). That's one reason white is the hallmark color of coastal interiors: It spreads and amplifies light rather than soaking it up. Coastal interiors blur the line between indoors and out or remove it altogether. Plentiful windows, glass doors and skylights allow sunshine to flood in, so if your home is skimpy on these elements, consider adding them. If that's not an option, at the very least fake it with lamps and sconces. Window treatments should be spare and simple enough not to muffle the glow — and if you're lucky enough to have a home near the water, the last thing you want is to obscure that view. Something different: While coastal interiors aren't known for shine and shimmer, a few carefully chosen accents can help to diffuse light even further. Consider a mirror mounted opposite a window or a glass-topped table in a sunny breakfast nook. Just be sure not to bring in so many high-gloss notes that you lose the cozy ambience.

Beachy

Sunroom

Do you like the aged wood or is it too deteriorated?

Organic materials, paint, ceiling, window seating, entertaining

On a lake?

Balcony

copy of outside porch idea...

it's smaller than mine and looks great!

use of old wood on inside!

sunroom

Windows

small but still cozy space

Love it

darker ceiling. lighter walls/floor

Minimum depth for panoramic view room/deck.

Sunroom ideas - bench under window

Place for am coffee ahhhhh

2 story portal

Light and colour

Love it

Ceiling

woods

Porch for cabin

the separation from the house and the large view

Just to dream

Love the light and the pop of color. I like "coastal" style, but it seems to include too much white to be practical for us.

porch/garage

Another really narrow porch.

Sunroom

2nd storey porch

love this small space and good view

Small 4season room

Like windows

Just wow

White on stain

Little table.

windows!

limited space sunroom upstairs

Minimum space still gives you a porch

exposed roof in porch

notice windows on end

Cute!

Screened in porcj

love the natural wood look, however the room we are doing MAY become a little too dark using this method

Like the wall of windows.

light

sunr 2

Juxtaposition of natural wood with white

Coastal

Porch

Given the six feet or so the roof extends southward, could we just move the south wall out four feet or so (like the roof here) to add more space and be able to put in the windows and slider we want?

veranda extension

Heavenly

narrow space

Nice

발코니

outdoor room

height of wall

Beach house

ceiling

roof

Windows

Style Secret: Abundant Light Light may be the single most important, yet most overlooked, element of coastal style. Think about it: When is the last time you entered a beach house that felt dim and cramped (and if you did, how fast did you want to scoot out of there?). That's one reason white is the hallmark color of coastal interiors: It spreads and amplifies light rather than soaking it up.

Off back kitchen

Would like to add something like this off our master suite.

For my baby

Beach coastal

susnroom

tiny but quaint

sun room

Topocalmz

Looks so relaxing! Want to read here!!!

slighest sunroom

Laci likes

sunroom

Want

sunroom

Nice porch

Verandah space

Simple porch/perch

love the way the did not paint the ceiling boards

little ledge

natural ceiling with white

Cabin

Cabin

Balcony

glassed small porch extension

Sleeping Porch

Side room

Beachy porch!

love glassed in porch

Lu

ceiling