Modern coastal style is a great way to add a casual yet chic look to the living room. Its lighter color palette, breezy aesthetic, and comfortable, relaxed attitude makes coastal style the perfect aesthetic for living rooms and family rooms — in fact, it’s the decorating style I chose for our entire 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 2026, including coastal modern living room ideas, images of spaces featuring modern coastal style, places to shop for coastal furniture and decor, and much more.
Pure Salt Interiors – console table
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 ideas and inspiration in today’s post.
Pure Salt Interiors – coffee table – similar coffee table here – similar sectional here and here
What makes a living room coastal?
Coastal style brings a beachy, relaxed vibe to interiors, making it one of the most popular design styles for 2026.
Pure Salt Interiors – coffee table
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.
The Cabinet Gallery Utah – Cambridge Home Co. – chandelier
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.
In living room furniture trends for 2026, expect to continue to see plenty of curvy shapes and textured fabrics, as well as the use of rattan and cane, warm woods, and stone finishes.
Pure Salt Interiors – swivel lounge chairs
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 & Lily, Dear Keaton, Crate and Barrel, or Pottery Barn, all of which beautifully convey what modern coastal style is currently looking like.
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.
In a coastal or beach-themed living room, try not to go overboard with kitschy coastal decor and 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.
Modern Coastal Living Room Ideas for 2026
Below, you’ll find several beautiful spaces filled with ideas and inspiration for adding a touch of coastal style to your living room, family room, sitting room, or TV room.
Wood beams and accent pieces, natural fibers in the jute rug, and a soft blue color scheme bring a serene coastal feel to this stylish living room:
This beautiful living room design features a soft neutral color palette, shiplap walls, and a chic modern coastal aesthetic.
Artwork and accent pieces, such as pillows, rugs, and lamps, help create a cohesive and balanced coastal space.
Laidback Living Co. – jute rug
This beautiful open concept living room, kitchen, and dining area reflects a touch of California casual style.
This small yet stylish coastal family room reflects a relaxed beach house aesthetic.
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.
Home Beautiful – Villa Styling
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:
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.
Here’s an elevated coastal living room conversation area, complete with a comfy sectional and tiered coffee table.
Soft, neutral tones and a round coffee table create a warm and inviting space to relax.
Pure Salt Interiors – coffee table
Here’s another view of this 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.
This beautiful West Coast home, belonging to designer Erin Fetherston, is a wonderful example of elevated modern coastal style.
I love the relaxed feeling of this chic organic coastal modern style living room.
Here’s a beautiful coastal themed keeping room with a round woven ottoman and four light gray swivel chairs.
This small coastal living room features 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.
A natural fiber rug, wood coffee table, and slipcovered sectional add the perfect touch of modern coastal style to this chic open concept living room, dining area, and kitchen.
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.
Pure Salt Interiors – coffee table
Such a beautiful small living room idea. I love the coastal chic 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.
Neutral tones and textures, combined with a subtly-patterned rug, a raffia-covered coffee table, high ceilings, and large windows, bring a touch of beachy 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.
Pure Salt Interiors – coffee table
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 casual living room featuring wooden beams and an interesting mix of textures.
Is coastal decor still 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, Pottery Barn released a beautiful new coastal home decor and furniture collection this year, joining Arhaus and Crate & Barrel, both of which launched new contemporary coastal home collections last year.
As interior design trends change, coastal style continues to evolve and adapt with the times.
Brooke Wagner Design – Brandon Architects – Patterson Custom Homes
For example, warm wood tones and neutral colors are currently on trend for 2026, and modern coastal style is now reflecting those elements, as well.
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. xo Jane
Where to shop for coastal living room furniture and decor
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.
However, 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:
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