There are a number of key ways to create stunning Hamptons style interiors for your home, even if you don’t live on the shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean. It is up to your budget and your existing home design as to what extent you bring in Hamptons style interiors into your home, but here are some core principles to follow once you start the design process.
Hamptons style interiors
Embracing the natural world
Hamptons homes are all about the beach and being close to the beach. If your home doesn’t happen to be situated right on the shoreline, and fair enough, you can still work on the principle of blurring the lines between nature and the home.
There is a strong interplay between natural light, decking that blurs with the interior flooring of a home, indoor plants, open-plan living spaces and floor-to-ceiling glass doors and windows that invite the outside world into the home. You won’t find many Hamptons style interiors that don’t make the most of most if not all of these design principles.
Uncomplicated design: views are paramount
Views are everything when it comes to Hamptons style interiors, as the simplicity of a Hamptons home is built around an appreciation for these views. Even if you don’t have the sort of views that only hedge fund managers can afford, think about how you can either make the most of the views you have or invest in ways to create views.
A view doesn’t have to necessarily be of rolling hills or breaking waves, but can be of a jungle garden that you have spent years cultivating. This is a longterm project that can be beneficial to the worth of your home as well as your experience of it.
Homes without views don’t have to stay that way, you just have to be creative about what your windows look out to. If you live close to your neighbours and it happens to be a fence that your kitchen looks out to, that’s just an easy opportunity to hang plants and create a new experience within your home.
A love for wood
Wood panelling is synonymous with Hamptons home design, whether it be untreated, aged wood creating grey exteriors or wood exteriors and interiors painted overwhelmingly in white.
Bring in this love for wood with an interplay of textures (sanded vs rough woods and wood varieties) as well as colours and varnishes without going over the top to make it feel like there might just possibly be an ocean lapping outside.
The Hamptons colour palette
The colour palette of the classic Hamptons home is as famous as the celebrities who own the houses and is key to creating Hamptons style interiors. This can be done without making it too obvious that you are leaning heavily on any one design ethos, especially if you live 16,000km away from the Hamptons.
White is the key player here, but to create that Hamptons look, there is a strong use of stone/slate-blue on exterior wood panelling or decking, as well as other subdued natural tones.
Comfortable living
Those who go to the Hamptons are going on holiday. So, the furniture has to reflect that. Comfortable and traditional furniture choices underpin most Hamptons style interiors, especially the use of wicker and deep-set couches.
Bringing the light in + a view
Hamptons style interiors rely on natural light to emphasise the materials, textures and colour palettes that are synonymous with traditional Hamptons designs. Consider the use of skylights while monopolising on any natural light you have in the home by orienting your home design so as to focus living areas within these areas.
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