Coastal Living

Coastal Living brings you the best seaside spots to shop, eat, and adventure. Enjoy endless inspiration for getaways and family travel traditions, beachy decor trends, and must-try seafood recipes. Whether you’re looking for the perfect cruise, coast, or cuisine, Coastal Living delivers you all the best.

Coastal Living

Editor’s Letter

Greetings From…The Maldives • Photojournalist and diver Gérard Soury captures the brilliant display of yellowback fusiliers schooling in the azure waters of the Indian Ocean

Vitamin Sea • Accent your home and table this season with the jewel-tone colors of the ocean and fish motifs that channel a Mediterranean vibe

What’s in Your Beach Bag? • Erin Crandall, Laguna Beach–based towel designer and founder of Ruby Mint, shares her beach-day essentials

Beach House Refresh • Stretch your vacation vibes all year long with these pieces from our Coastal Living furniture collection in crisp white, rattan, and a classic color palette that welcomes sunny days

The Perfect Pawleys Perch

Time for Tinned Fish • These beautiful packages of preserved seafood look like frameable art, but they’re a coastal cook’s secret weapon for delicious soups and sandwiches

Most Stylish Beach Hotels 2025 • It’s hard to compete with a gorgeous beach, but these 18 beauties pull it off. Discover your next ultra-photogenic getaway—from the Bahamas, Mexico, and the Caribbean to the islands of Italy and Greece, from the shores of California and Florida to the coast of Maine and beyond. Time to pack your bags

Nantucket Mod • With art-infused flair, a West Coast family proves contemporary floats just fine on a historic New England island

Style Destination: Mustique • Nestled in the Caribbean archipelago of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the island is best known for its high-profile habitués, from royalty to rock stars. But theatrical set designer Oliver Messel is the man behind Mustique’s real magic

Pride of Place • Design duo Tate Casper and Jordan Winston bring a quirky seaside cottage back to its Old Florida roots, one pattern at a time

Bayside Beauty • Designer Peter Dunham brings his singular brand of eclectic sophistication to a Southern California home, where a couple of new empty nesters can start fresh

Permanent Vacation • A designer reimagined a “blank canvas” townhome in Southern Florida as a colorful retreat, where every space stays on the sunny side

Surf’s Up • A photographer sojourns to surf camp in El Salvador, catching waves and capturing the beauty of this laid-back stretch of the Pacific coast

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