Lets go back in time and take a look at last years HGTV Green Homes (2008) sweepstakes. We have already seen this years (2009) prize home here on theLennoxx. Al though I was absolutely blown away by this years entry, the 2008 house was super cute too:

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Red, white and beige living room. Okay, this looks real good. The sofa is lovely, as is the cushions, carpet and well.. everything else.

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The living room, dining room and kitchen are all part of an open plan solution.

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A beach theme dining room. The details are cute, including that ceiling lamp.

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The green and white (chaotic?) kitchen.

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Bringing the beach-theme into the choral- red and white hall.

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A daybed in mimosa and white.

Lets take a look at some pics from beachy- and nautical style homes in beige, white and mahogany:

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I think this room is really harmonic. The floor and most furniture is kept light (white), while the walls are beige. This simple color palette divides the room beautifully into two color zones, which are then pulled together again by accents of the opposite color, like a wooden (beige) chair in the ‘white zone’.

Pic from this site.

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A lovely dining room with a great ocean view. Classic furniture.

More info on this pic on this site.

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A beautiful bathroom.

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As there is a sailboat in bith the living room and dining room above, we include one here! You can get yourself a nice rustic sailboat here.

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You can get these decorative shells from here.

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There seems to be  a lot of fans of the nautical style interior, and why not, when it reminds about breeze flowing trough your hair and the seagulls laughing… at you, and then pooping in your hair.. LOL!!

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Navy blue, white and sometimes red, or beige and dark wood. stripes, sea stars, sea shells, anchors, seagulls, lifesavers, sail boats, rope knots and old boating artifacts. These are the things that comes to mind when I think of nautical interior. Ohh, I forgot the little round windows, and compasses. Just don’t overdo it, or it’ll look childish, no? First pic is from this site.