We all strive for coasts and beaches in summer and this is the best season to add a bit of maritime aesthetics to your space or to decorate your coastal house. Let’s start from the easiest: your mantel! A mantel is always a piece to put something on display, celebrate a holiday or embrace a season, and a mantel can also embrace a location with its decor, so let’s take a look at coastal and beach-themed ones.
Colors And Styles
Besides being a coastal or a beach-inspired one, a mantel can also feature some styles, for example, rustic, modern, vintage, contemporary, choose what you like and what matches your home and add such touches or choose pieces according to it. To make mantel decor more elegant, choose a color scheme, rock some sea-inspired colors. These can be turquoise, various shades of blue, grey, green, even red if you like it.
A beach farmhouse mantel with a foliage wreath, turquoise jars, jars with sea glass and some seashells is cool and cozy.
A beachy mantel with a seashell and starfish wreath, a wooden candle lantern and a rope, seashells in a jar.
A beachy mantel with a seaside artwork, driftwood, blue beads, a green bottle, boxwood and a yarn wrapped bottle.
A beachy mantel with a starfish garland, seashells and starfish on it, pretty watercolors and some greenery.
A beautiful coastal mantel covered with net, with corals and starfish, vases with pampas grass and a boat plus a mirror in a light blue frame.
A beautiful coastal mantel with a watercolor artwork, lanterns wrapped with rope, a jar with seahshells, driftwood and a bowl with blue beads.
A bright coastal mantel with a wooden bead garland, a potted plant, some seashells, a buoy and a bright photo of the coast.
A bright coastal mantel with greenery in jars, green bottles and driftwood, a sea gull artwork as a centerpiece is chic.
A coastal and farmhouse mantel with a sea gull, a faux turtle, a coral, some seashells, some blooms and a woven lamp.
A coastal mantel covered with greenery, with blue pumpkins to embrace the fall, a coastal artwork and candles in wooden candleholders.
Decor
A coastal mantel can feature lots of sea creatures like seashells, urchins, starfish, they can be faux or real ones gathered by you on the coast. They can be placed on the mantel, in jars and vases, you can make decor of them or create a garland or a wreath. Think of adding a maritime artwork or your own photo as a backdrop to make the mantel bolder, it will create a mood. Rock blue or green vases and jars, with some blooms or sand and seashells, add rope and candle lanterns of wood. If you don’t have any candle lanterns, use usual blue jars and glasses as candleholders. You may incorporate any kinds of blooms and greenery, even faux ones, especially if you are going for a coastal farmhouse mantel, and if you want a more modern feel, succulents and air plants will highlight a modern coastal mantel, just don’t forget to feed them a bit. Take a look at the ideas below to find more inspiration!
A coastal mantel with a bold sea artwork and several boats doubles as a stand for kids' artworks and crafts and looks cool.
A coastal mantel with a vacation photo as a centerpiece, a wooden sign and wooden decor, a couple of boats and seashells.
A coastal mantel with blue candles, bottles and jars, silver candleholders, a photo on the beach is personalized.
A coastal mantel with driftwood, starfish, candle lanterns, a straw hat, potted greenery and a vintage window frame.
A coastal mantel with starfish and seashells, with black and white artworks and large jars with seashells feels very beachy.
A coastal-inspired mantel with blue vases, jars and bottles and a single leaf in each of them, driftwood and candles is cool.
A creative coastal fall mantel with blue pumpkins featuring an ombre effect, with a color block vase with fall leaves and candle lanterns in woven rope.
A creative coastal mantel with seashells, a boat, carved wooden candle holders and a jar with seashells is very cool.
A cute rustic coastal mantel with a driftwood crab artwork, starfish, blue net, vases wrapped with rope and a candle lantern.
A glam coastal mantel with starfish and faux pearls, a driftwood ball and blue candles plus a shiny round mirror.
A gorgeous coastal mantel with a blue stack of books, a blue watercolor artwork, a navy candle lantern, driftwood and air plants.
A gorgeous coastal mantel with a buoy, an aqua faux seashell, aqua vases with pampas grass, a boat and a family pic plus aqua candles around.
A lovely coastal mantel with a seashell garland, a driftwood piece on a stand, a whale, some sea creatures for decor.
A pretty coastal mantel with a turquoise whale, green vases, a pompom garland in blues and a whitewashed driftwood star.
A simple and chic coastal mantel with corals and seashells, an aqua whale on a stand, an aqua bottle with greenery and a mirror reminding of a porthole.
A simple coastal mantel with a driftwood boat, a mirror, some blue vases and bottles and a bold coast photo.
A simple coastal mantel with blue bottles and vases, with pumpkins in a plate, driftwood and a mirror that reminds of a porthole.
A super cool coastal mantel with starfish, a cloche with one of them, jars and vases, branches and a planked whale.
A super cool seaside mantel with fabulous white artwork with pressed sea creatures, vases and wooden fish.
A vintage coastal mantel with potted greenery, mini boats, starfish, a photo in a whitewashed wooden frame and a rope ball.
Beautiful coastal mantel decor with a mirror in a wooden frame, aqua bottles, blue books, driftwood in a jar, a wooden whale and corals.