Coastal homes tend to have soft, natural colour palettes with plenty of sandy, white, and ivory neutrals, as well as a mix of blues. You can also weave in other earthy tones of greens, pinks, and yellows.

I quite like a sophisticated and elegant look for the art in a beach house.

With the images in the gallery below, I have tried to show you how you can use a variety of options to brighten a room and sometimes “soften” an area.

Because we all love the blues in beach homes, I have included some of my favourite blue graffiti images, specifically the never seen before – “little graffiti man” – taken in New York City in 2016.