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Recreate the Hamptons at home with these simple design ideas

Get the contemporary casual look of Hamptons style décor with these five key elements.

20 June 2024

AI summary

Achieve the sophisticated, casual Hamptons style with five key design elements. This look combines a timeless seaside vibe with elegant, comfortable details.

Key features include:

- Wall detailing like shiplap or wainscoting in bright white.

- Muted stripes and a coastal palette of dusty blues and soft greens.

- Shaker-style cabinetry for kitchens and bathrooms.

- Iconic furniture such as cross-backed chairs and overstuffed armchairs.

The key is to keep nautical references subtle for an authentic, high-end aesthetic.

Detailing on walls and ceilings

Integrate stripes

Shaker-style cabinetry

Use a coastal palette

Hamptons style furniture

This white-on-white interior provided a blank canvas for Lynette Lochhead of Design on James to create the texture, colour and sense of luxury for a Hamptons-style home on Takapuna Beach. Image: Samuel Hartnett

A restrained palette and timber wall panelling provides the perfect elements to create an elegant Hamptons style. Pictured here is the 2021 City Home of the Year by CAAHT Studio and Design on James.

Carefully chosen materials in this dining area in a Takapuna home by CAAHT Studio lend themselves to an elegant Hamptons style. Here, the home opens onto the beachfront, allowing the coastal environs to be drawn into the interiors. Image: Samuel Hartnett