Very cute. Do you have a favorite color? Any pictures of furniture that be coming with you?

Have fun with the new place!! A woman on a blog I read recently decorated her parents Florida place. Lots of good inspiration here. https://www.thelilypadcottage.com/2018/03/coastal-paint-colors.html

I likely will bring very little of my own furnishings as this is a second place for us. That's what makes it a bit tricky… I have a clean slate to work with here!

What's your favorite color? Personally, I'd go with the lighter blues/turquoise, like BM Palladium Blue, Healing Aloe, Quiet Moments, but you could go with anything, e.g. a lighter gold, like BM Windham Cream or Philadelphia Cream.

Congratulations on your new space. I would take down the wallpaper border and change the dated light fixtures. Then pick a color you love for the walls. I agree with nosoccermom that lighter blues/turquoise would look lovely in your space.

The flooring is a nice blank slate. Almost any color scheme will work, what colors do you like? If this is a second home you can go a little outside your comfort zone if it’s not something you’re living in 100% of the time. That’s what I did in a vacation condo of mine ... made it feel like I was on vacation every time I entered. I decorated it a style the complete opposite of my full time residence.

https://www.hgtv.com/shows/beach-flip/bright-and-modern-beach-house-renovation-pictures

Have you decided how sleek or casual, serene colorful, you would like the space? Is this a family space or a couple's retreat?

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are you going to rent this on airbnb etc, or is it just for your personal use? if you are renting it, folks sort of hope for FL looking colors. if its just for your own vacation use, you might like the decorating to be more subtle.

we have a coastal vacation home, and while the decorating feels like fresh air, its not exactly awash (ha!) with sea shells and light houses.

I laugh when I hear people saying white kitchens might go out of style. Every house I grew up in from the 1960’s on... had white kitchen cabinets & I’ve continued the family tradition in my homes. A neighbor was in my house the other day

and thought the kitchen had just been remodeled, when I told her that it was done 12 years ago she stated” oh, you were sooo smart to choose white because it’s the trend now!” I’ve always had white but I wouldn’t paint yours especially since you might move in five years.

Three interesting color combos:

https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/3-completely-perfect-color-combinations-we-dont-see-nearly-enough-244390

This is just a get away spot for my hubby and myself. We may house family members here when they visit us from time to time. We live about 6 miles from the Ocean but this little Gem is right on the intracoastal and walking distance to the Ocean. Nosoccermom - I love the teal & citron combination of colors! So vibrant and fun! Thanks for all your suggestions. :)

This color palette from Sherwin Williams was my decorating bible when I was decorating my coastal home. I used it as a guide for paint colors and when looking for rugs, patterns, accessories, curtains, etc.

Coastal Cool

Congrats. What furnishings will you be bringing with you?

This really cute condo is small enough that a room rug is unnecessary -- a room sized rug would even visually shrink and warm/heat the space. That doesn't mean you couldn't put a 3'x5' rug beneath a chair and ottoman.

I grew up in a kitchen with walls and (metal) cabinets painted pale yellow, with only slightly darker yellow window trim and recently have been seriously considering repainting my own kitchen two shades of the same color ... perhaps blue; perhaps yellow. Perhaps you could use two shades of your own favorite color for your kitchen.

Are you planning to leave the wallpaper trim tape atop the wall? If so, you might take that color into consideration as you choose your paint colors.

Is that the back of a microwave I see at the peninsula? If you're not going to use that bar as a bar (wouldn't), consider removing it and perhaps adding a rectangle box shelf (with a back to it) the top of that pony wall so you'll have a shelf for your microwave and/or toaster oven without them sitting on your countertop. You'd probably have room to set S&P and sugar bowl and napkin holder on the countertop beneath the overhang of a box shelf and still be able to use the countertop space in front of that for meal prep.

Instead of just a sideboard w/art beside the kitchen, consider a full 6' high china cabinet -- saving your kitchen cabinet space for other items. Having solid doors below give you storage for things you don't want to display; having glass doors above enables you to display some of your dishes. The open shelves in the middle enable you to place items there you need to access regularly such as decorative canisters. If your china cabinet and dining table/chairs are wood with a medium finish, that will visually warm your space.

For end tables and bed side tables, consider 2drawer filing cabinets made of the same wood as your dining set. Not only will your "tables" do double duty as storage for documents you need to keep, the drawers are deep enough for purses and/or camera equipment and/or other hobby items. Some have a third shallow drawer above the two file drawers and some even have locks.

https://www.google.com/search?q=two+drawer+wood+file+cabinets&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjbupSi_7PaAhWLVN8KHfHRBxQQ_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=650

I have to say that I, too, love the teal/turquoise/citron combination. It's fresh and cheerful and more sophisticated than the usual beachy theme.

You could go a bit lighter in the bedroom, like this but with the citron instead of olive.

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