Coastal Bedding

Color is a great way to make your room feel like you're on a Caribbean vacation. Solid colors can be combined with prints and other decorations to add the most effective look. If you want to go a little more extreme, find solid colors in tropical hues of bright orange, brilliant lime green and hot pink to add a touch of the abundant fruits you find in the islands.

Tropical flowers or the birds are another way to get the tropics captured in your bedding. Go with bright colors and look for hummingbirds, parrots or flamingos. The colors of bird of paradise flowers or hibiscus will bring back memories of your last vacation in Hawaii. You can pair the prints with solid colors in the pillows, comforters and curtains in order to get the most out of your theme.

Tropical fish combined with blues and greens is another way to get a tropical theme in your bedroom. Add your own touches to carry the theme even further. The nice thing about themed decor is that it means different things to different people. You can pick and choose the things that make you think of a brilliant tropical sunset, or jungle foliage, or the blue of a perfect August day on a sailboat.

A lighthouse sitting on a sandy coastline with the ocean in the background brings up visions of a seaside getaway. The soothing colors of sea blues and sandy browns with a touch of white caps are perfect for beach theme bedding. You can even add a palm tree or two to bring the tropical theme into focus.

Sailboats moving across tropical waters with sails billowing in the wind is another great coastal image for your bedroom. The brilliant blues and whites of the water and foam combined with bright red can lend a real nautical feel. You can also pick up on the yellow of the sun and the bright colors of a tropical sunset to add spice to the image you are creating. Mix and match colors and images to get the right feel. Because the tropics have more than one type of atmosphere, your room can reflect more than one image and still be considered tropical.

For a little milder tropical representation, look for bedding that uses seashells as its central motif. They can be the elaborate coiled shells or a simple scallop design in color or in an embroidery type edging. Decorative shell edging to sheets and pillowcases can provide a hint of tropical seas.

If you want to really have unusual coastal bedding, think about finding fun bedding with seahorses, crabs and lobsters as a theme. Have fun with it. Add your own imaginative accessories to accentuate your beach home decor.