Beach Themed Dish Sets

Beach - Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The beach brings many things to mind, tranquility, relaxation, and peace. This has a lot to do with the colors that can be found there. The shades of blue of the water and sky, the color of sand and the color of grasses and seashells that can be found all blend together to create that holiday feel. This may be why beach themes are popular in bedrooms and other places in the home. We often don't think of a beach theme in the kitchen, but here is another area of the home we can use beach accessories to create a relaxing beach feel. And that can be as easy as setting the table in beach inspired tableware.

Thomas Pottery Cape Code in Aqua Blue. Available:  Here

 Soft aqua blue makes a subtle statement. This pottery set has a raised seashell design along the edges of the plates, bowls and cups.

Thomas Pottery White, Available: Here

 Soft white matches any type of decor and colors you may have playing in your home. A white table setting leaves open the option of adding any color you like while keeping with a relaxing beach theme.

Florida Style Available: Here

Soft blue with raised sea shells in the color of beach sand edge this charming square shape dish set.

Florida Sandy Shores Dinnerware, Available: Here

 Soft neutral colors bring in the feel of a day of at the beach spent relaxing. Shades of beige the color of the sand, soft green and coral provide the perfect accent for this dinnerware.

Palm Tree Dinnerware, Available: Here

Nothing says beach holiday like palm trees. No matter what your style or taste, beach themed dinnerware can add a touch of the exotic to any dinner table. 

Picking Your Decorating Colors with Chip It!

Have you ever felt stumped when it comes to knowing what colors to use or what colors will match when decorating your home? I know I have. But, thanks to a site called Chip It! you can find the perfect accent colors in a matter of minutes. I love this site, it makes decorating easy and opens up a world of possibility to your home decor.

I will use throw pillows as an example to show you how it works. Say you find the perfect throw pillow and want to incorporate the colors you find in the pillows in your home decor. Go to Chip It! and upload a photo of the pillows you have picked. Within a few minutes Chip It! will churn out a color chart of colors that will go with what you have chosen. While it's meant to find paint colors to match your decor it works perfectly as a color decorating tool.

Pillows Available: Here

Pillows Available: Here

As you can see the Chip It! generator chooses colors that best match each of the toss pillows shown here. What I find so fabulous about this generator is that it often pulls up colors I would never have thought of on my own.

Pillow Available: Here

Pillow Available: Here

You can use any photo that you would like to see the matching colors of. Take a photo of your sofa and upload it to see what colors would go with it, or what color of wall paint will match your existing decor. However you choose to use this tool is up to you. It opens up a whole new world of color when it comes to home design.