Go for beach-house style

• Coastal style
• Eat in the open air
• Go for beach-house style
• Make a display table
• Create a comfy corner
• Keep memories fresh
• Get retro style

Breezy blue and white stripes, neutral flooring and lots of nautical bits and pieces bring to mind a summer bolt hole in a historic harbour town. Mix vintage finds with new pieces to create a comfortable, timeworn feel, pile up the cushions on the sofa, then lie back and unwind

Walls painted in Brilliant White, £23.99 for 2.5ltr, Farrow & Ball
Mountain Grass Panama carpet, £21.30 per sq m, Kersaint Cobb
Blind, made in Cove Hollow, £9.60 per m, Robert Allen; lined in Candy Stripe Indigo, £14.50 per m, Ian Mankin
Sofa, £270, Ikea
Bookcase, £348, New England Lifestyle

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