Hamptons & Coastal

I paint for calm, light-filled rooms, and few interior styles suit watercolor as well as the Hamptons look. On this page I share how I would choose Hamptons wall art for a living room or bedroom, and which of my hand-painted motifs fit the style best.

What makes the Hamptons style

The style comes from the Hamptons, the seaside towns at the eastern end of Long Island near New York. It feels relaxed but elegant: white walls, soft sandy neutrals, many shades of blue and natural materials such as linen, light wood, rattan and jute. You don't need a big beach house for it – the light colour palette makes small rooms and city apartments feel more open, too.

How to choose Hamptons wall art

• Colours: blue and white work best – from pale sky blue to deep navy – with sandy beige as a softer accent.
• Motifs: everything the coast offers – corals and seaweed, herons and other shore birds, fish, crabs, and garden flowers such as blue hydrangeas.
• Sets instead of one small picture: a set of 2 or 3 matching wall art prints fills the wall above a sofa or bed and looks calm and planned.
• Quality: the Hamptons look is about understated elegance, so the paper matters. My prints are giclée fine art prints on heavy fine art paper, not thin glossy posters.

Hamptons style living room

Above the sofa, a set of three is the easiest choice. My Set of 3 Blue Corals brings in the typical blue and white; for a quieter wall, the blue herons on white feel light and airy. If you like more pattern, the coral wall art set of 6 in navy and beige makes a full gallery wall. As a rule of thumb, the whole group should be about two thirds of the sofa's width.

Hamptons style bedroom

In the bedroom I would keep it softer: light blue hydrangeas above the bed, or the vintage blue herons on a warm background. Fish, like my minimalist blue fish set of 2, also look lovely on a smaller wall or above a dresser.

From Hamptons to coastal farmhouse

Many homes mix the Hamptons look with a more rustic coastal farmhouse style: oak instead of white furniture, jute rugs, linen in sand and stone. Here, neutral motifs fit best – for example my beige coral prints – framed in natural oak or birch.

My Hamptons and coastal wall art

You will find all my motifs for this style in the Hamptons & Coastal collection, and more sea-inspired pieces under Coastal Art Prints. Every design is hand-painted in watercolor in my studio in Austria and printed as a fine art print; frames are not included, and the size guide helps you pick the right format. Shipping is free and insured.