You don’t have to have a house on the beach to create your own oasis where you can escape the chaos of everyday life for something that’s soothing, calm and inviting. The California Coastal interior design style is trending from coast to coast, and it’s easy to see the draw. This contemporary aesthetic combines elements from some of today’s hottest interior trends: modern design, farmhouse style and coastal style. What do you get when you draw from these three different looks? The resulting style is casual. It’s relaxed. It’s sophisticated. And it’s easy to make your own.

We’ve put together design inspiration for a California Coastal living room that will feel at home in any contemporary home. View our full California Coastal mood board for color ideas, furniture inspiration, and California-cool home decor that come together to create a relaxing living room that’s almost as soothing as the sound of the sea.

California Coastal Color Palette

If you need color inspiration for a California Coastal room, look to the Pacific! With beautiful blues, greens, and blue-green hues, as well as sandy neutrals, the California coast has nothing on our living room design. For our mood board, we’ve selected Pure White SW7005, Agreeable Gray SW7029, Delft SW9134 and Debonair SW9139.

California Coastal Furniture Ideas

The light-colored sectional was the perfect choice for our living room design with its clean and crisp fabric color. It’s a timeless classic that has been enhanced with charming style and unparalleled comfort. The styling, featuring beautiful panel rolled arms and the classy bun feet brings a hint of sophistication to your room but, primarily, this piece is all about comfort. The sofa is paired with an accent chair that provides an extra cozy seat, and it brings the farmhouse element to this hybrid style. With lovely tapered legs, flared arms and a great neutral print fabric, the chair is a statement of itself, but blends well with a wide range of furniture and décor.

Completing the main furniture pieces and seating area in this room is a sofa table with a striking style with a contemporary look and crisp lines. This table is built around clean simplicity that showcases the true beauty of the split-heart oak veneers. This sofa table has a great natural wood tone that pairs together beautifully with the round woven pouf, which is used as an ottoman. Made of natural woven jute, the pouf gives the space a relaxed and casual feel.

California Dreaming

Once the main pieces are selected, it’s time to have some fun with accents. From throw pillows to an area rug, most of our décor pieces focus on bringing in lots of texture into the room, with an emphasis on materials and pieces that pay homage to nature’s beauty. A rustic-style floor lamp features natural ash wood grain legs, fitting right in with the style and brightening up the design.

Finally, every living space needs wall art to add color, personality and a finishing touch. Two framed abstract pieces illustrate neutral coloration in shades of charcoal, gray, gold and white. Framed with narrow and multi-colored frames, reflecting similar colors of the subject matter, the wall art is contemporary in style and suits the easy-breezy coastal style. A wall mirror also features a wood frame, and the circular shape echoes the other round pieces in the space. Plus, it brings the spatial benefits of mirrors to the room, reflecting light which can help brighten the space and even make it feel bigger.

Looking to create your own California Coastal design style?

Start out by selecting a light-colored sofa to create a light and airy feeling. Then add texture to the space by bringing in some natural wood elements and woven accents. Finish this look off by layering in shades of beige and blue accents in your throw pillows and accessories. And lastly, no coastal space is complete without fresh greenery. You don’t need to stick with palm trees from the beach or seaweed from the ocean. Any of your favorite plants, real or even quality faux plants, can offer the same benefits, which may include improving your mood, reducing stress and anxiety, and adding a finishing touch to your design.

Similar Design Styles

If you love the California Coastal design style, but want to explore some more ideas, these mood boards with similar elements might be right up your alley. Check out:

Design Trend: Coastal

Design Trend: Farmhouse

Design Trend: Modern