Coastal Vampire
Hey y’all,
Welcome back the blog. A fun one today: Coastal Vampire! ✨
Coastal Vampire
Let’s talk about our two vibes:
Coastal
Coastal uses lots of sea blues, light/white woven elements (a liiiiiiittle boho, but not too much!), and some ocean/beachy/nautical elements. Coastal can sometimes be a little tricky because it can get mermaidy, or too boat-y, or too tropical, or too ocean-y. It’s sometimes hard to find the right balance, but I usually go for a Nancy Meyers-esque, “Grace and Frankie”, blue-and-neutral based cottage energy. Does that help? Good luck trying to make this happen. 😂
Vampire
Very opposite energy — for vampire, I was seeing your standard dark, Victorian/Gothic, spooky, manor energy. 🌙
So how did I mix them? 🖌️ My solution was a sort of Beetlejuice on the Beach, Sweeney Todd “by the sea”, version of a coastal grandmother cottage. Check out my tips below!
Tips
Nautical/coastal vibes love a stripe, usually white and blue. I went black and blue instead to bring the Nightmare Before Christmas energy. Playing with typically “coastal” or “nautical” pieces but giving them a sort of silly, spooky, whimsical twist, a la Tim Burton, blends these two vibe togther. Exhibit B: the skeleton-fish!
Use both thick, metal, iron decor pieces for vampire energy, plus light coastal-boho decor pieces. This could look like white washed wood, woven pieces, or even shells, bones and stone (these give both spooky and beachy!)
Use beachy grasses or driftwood to give a seaside energy. Anything too planty will swing this vibe too boho/tropical/jungle.
With your artwork, look for pieces that are right in the middle of the Venn diagram of seaside and spooky.
For your soft goods, try to find pieces that are striped, ornamental or boho (but not too much!).
Colors
Like I mentioned before, just keep your Beetlejuice by the Sea movie in your head when shopping for this aesthetic: mostly black and white, with light neutral pieces, and pops of blues and reds (if you want reds, but mostly blues!).
Work with me!
If you’d prefer to have someone just pick the pieces for you, I work with clients in a variety of ways! I offer a sixty minute virtual consultation if you just want to pick my brain a little, a full month design service if you are ready to fully makeover a space and get it decorated within a month, or a custom moodboard if you want me to create a specific visual direction just for you! Feel free to reach out if any of these services could assist you in your home decorating journey! ✨
Links
Here are the products I included in the board:
This one was fun! Let me know if you guys have any other fun aesthetics to try! 🩷
