Modern coastal style is a great way to add a contemporary and cohesive look to the living room. Its lighter color palette, breezy aesthetic, and comfortable, relaxed attitude makes coastal style the perfect choice for living rooms and family rooms — in fact, it’s the style I chose for all the living spaces in our home.
With that in mind, in today’s post I’m sharing some simple tips on how to bring a touch of modern coastal style to your home in 2025, including coastal modern living room ideas, images of spaces featuring modern coastal style, places to shop for coastal furniture and decor, and much more.
Since modern coastal is the design style I’ve incorporated in our home, I’ve spent years gathering ideas and inspiration on this topic — and today I’m sharing everything I’ve learned so far.
Whether you’re thinking of adding modern coastal style to your home, making choices regarding furniture or decor, or simply looking for tips for adding a light touch of coastal modern style to your living room, I hope you’ll find all sorts of great ideas in this post!
Pure Salt Interiors – similar console table
What makes a living room coastal?
A coastal living room typically incorporates the colors and textures of nature, including lighter-toned woods, baskets, natural fiber rugs, woven elements, and easy-care textiles like cotton and linen.
In a coastal living space, you’ll often see white slipcovered furniture, a color palette inspired by the sand and sea, and natural and organic elements – all of which convey a relaxed way of living.
Although there are many takes on coastal style, my favorite version is modern coastal design (also called coastal modern design), which is light, minimal, and fresh, incorporating a mix of relaxed beach house and classic Hamptons styles.
For more on modern coastal style, you might be interested in my post, Modern Coastal Decorating Ideas for Your Home.
How to design a modern coastal living room
For a coastal look in the living room, I suggest beginning with a background of white walls and adding in furniture and window coverings in casual fabrics like cotton and linen and soft neutral hues of the sand and sky.
Then layer in some natural materials, including lots of baskets, light woods, and lovely textures through rugs, throw pillows, and throw blankets.
For ideas and inspiration, you might want to take a look at sites like Serena and Lily, Dear Keaton, Crate and Barrel, or Pottery Barn, all of which beautifully convey what modern coastal style is looking like in 2025.
Elevated coastal modern design is all about mastering the mix of timeless and modern styles.
Since coastal or beach house style is essentially carefree and relaxed, it’s easy to go overboard, so to create an elevated look in a beach-themed living room, I recommend using a light touch.
The beautiful space below is a great example of a pared-back, elegant modern coastal living room.
Some things to avoid overdoing in a coastal or beach-themed living room include signs, ropes, anchors, nautical themes, and lobster, crab, sea urchin, and starfish motifs. Nautical elements are fine in small doses but can easily overwhelm a space when overdone.
For more on beach house style, you might be interested in my post, Modern Beach House Style Decorating Ideas.
Is coastal decor in style?
Coastal style is a timeless look that continues to evolve, expand, and grow in popularity each year. And because coastal decor is based on natural elements and a relaxed aesthetic, it will never go out of style.
In fact, Arhaus recently released an expansive new coastal furniture collection, joining Crate & Barrel and Pottery Barn, both of which feature modern coastal home collections.
As interior design trends change, coastal style continues to evolve and adapt with the times. For example, warm wood tones and neutral colors are currently on trend for 2025, and modern coastal style is now reflecting those elements, as well.
Modern Coastal Living Room Ideas for 2025
Below, you’ll find several spaces filled with ideas and inspiration for adding a touch of coastal style to your living room, family room, and/or TV room in 2025.
This chic, light-filled coastal living room features an abundance of interesting textures, warm wood elements, and neutral tones — all hallmarks of a modern coastal space.
This beautiful family room, with its soft neutral tones and an abundance of textures, is a great example of relaxed coastal style:
This beautiful living room exudes chic coastal style, via a soft blue and white color palette:
This light and airy living room relies on soft neutral colors and artwork to convey a modern coastal aesthetic:
A large sectional, jute or sisal rug, and a round ottoman create a warm and inviting space to relax in this open-concept kitchen and family room.
Here’s another view of this beautiful modern coastal home:
Pure Salt Interiors – similar sectionals here, here and here
I love the elevated yet relaxed feeling of this stylish living room. The woven coffee table, textured rug, and unique floor lamp bring a contemporary coastal aesthetic to this space.
Studio McGee – similar coffee table
Soft colors, a woven coffee table, and striped round ottomans lend a modern coastal feel to this contemporary coastal family room:
This beautiful open-concept living room and kitchen features two stylish arm chairs. We have the same chairs in our hearth room.
A cozy keeping room conversation area, complete with four blue striped swivel chairs, a fireplace, and a round coffee table.
Eye for Pretty – Photo by Amy Bartlam
Soft, neutral tones and a round coffee table create a warm and inviting space to relax.
Pure Salt Interiors – similar coffee tables here and here
Here’s another view of this beautiful space:
Here’s another beautiful living room design with a modern take on coastal style. The statement chandelier adds a chic and cohesive look to this space.
I love all the chic coastal grandmother touches in this small living room, which is actually part of a charming coastal casita:
Pure Salt Interiors – coffee tables here and here
I love the laidback, almost boho coastal feeling of this stylish South Carolina living room design:
I love the relaxed feeling of this light-filled coastal modern style living room:
A beautiful coastal themed keeping room with a round woven ottoman and four light gray swivel chairs.
Here’s a beautiful modern coastal family room featuring a wooden coffee table, round woven pendant light, and soft coastal palette.
Hanging rattan chairs, white slipcovered furniture, blue-gray French doors (Benjamin Moore James River Gray), and a natural sisal rug add contemporary take on beach cottage style to the living room, as shown in this beautiful coastal home:
Julie Howard for Timber Trails Development Company
This chic living room design features comfortable seating, plenty of natural elements, and contemporary coastal style:
A white sectional, rustic woods, warm woven elements, and a unique beaded chandelier are the perfect additions to this stylish beach themed living room:
Designed for Katrina Scott by Pure Salt Interiors
Here’s another view of this beautiful coastal modern living room:
Designed for Katrina Scott by Pure Salt Interiors
This beautiful, light and airy living room features a large cozy sectional, two modern chairs, and a chic light wood coffee table.
The black and white stripes on the side chairs, natural fiber rug, and light wood mantel and shelves add the perfect touch of modern coastal style to this chic living room.
Wooden beams and accent pieces, ceiling windows, natural fibers in the jute rug, and a soft blue color scheme bring a serene coastal feel to this stylish living room:
This living space is actually a sitting area adjacent to a master bedroom and offers a great example of how to decorate a small living room with modern coastal style.
In this beautiful living room, the wooden beams, neutral color palette, striped pillows, shelf styling, and touch of classic blue on the cabinetry and in the rug, add a fresh coastal feeling:
A large sectional and round wood coffee table create a warm and inviting space to relax in this open-concept kitchen, dining, and living room.
Here’s a closer look at this beautiful modern coastal space:
Pure Salt Interiors – similar sectionals here, here and here – similar coffee tables here and here
Such a beautiful small living room idea. I love the cohesive look the grouping of woven lounge chairs, tiered chandelier, wood coffee table, round rug, and dreamy artwork bring to this space:
Courtney Egli – chandelier – rug
This open-concept living room, kitchen, and dining area is filled with chic modern coastal style.
Here’s another view of this lovely family room:
Neutral tones and textures, combined with a subtly-patterned rug, a raffia-covered coffee table, high ceilings, and large windows, bring a touch of boho coastal style to this living room.
I love this light and airy coastal style living room, with its round coffee table, white chaise sofa, and gorgeous chandelier.
From Alaina Kaz, via The Everymom
This beautiful small space near the kitchen, called a keeping room, incorporates soft neutrals, wood beams, and a gorgeous grouping of chairs around a striking coffee table to create a luxurious, yet approachable, coastal living room design.
Here’s another view of this small sitting area looking in to the kitchen:
When designing a coastal modern living room, it’s important to create a harmonious balance between different elements and ensure that the furniture, lighting, and accessories complement each other in color, material, and scale.
Here’s a chic California coastal living room featuring wooden beams and an interesting mix of textures.
Where to shop for coastal living room furniture and decor
Investing in modern coastal living room furniture and decor doesn’t have to break the bank.
Below are a few of my favorite places to shop for coastal modern rugs, lighting, pillows, decor, coffee tables, sofas, chairs, sectionals, and more:
coastal sofas, sectionals, and chairs:
coastal coffee tables:
coastal living room rugs:
coastal modern artwork:
modern coastal decor and pillows:
modern coastal lighting ideas:
Coastal decor is a timeless look that continues to evolve, expand, and grow in popularity with each passing year.
And, as long as people continue to love the feeling of living near the ocean and want to capture that relaxed coastal feeling in their homes, coastal decor will be in style.
Looking for more coastal living room ideas? Here are a few related posts from Jane at Home:
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I hope you found this post informative and helpful. Please let me know if you have any questions about decorating with modern coastal style in your living room and home. Have a wonderful day! xo Jane
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