Home Decorating Kitchen Decorating 'Coastal Grandmother' Style Goes Contemporary in This Kitchen Design Plan by Gina Gutierrez The kitchen in the 2022 REAL SIMPLE Home will have subtle beach house vibes. By Leslie Corona Leslie Corona Instagram Website Leslie Corona is the Senior Home Editor at REAL SIMPLE magazine. She has been styling, organizing, writing, and reporting on all things in the home space for a decade. She was previously at Good Housekeeping, HGTV Magazine, and Parents. She has shared her expertise on the TODAY show, Cheddar, and local television news outlets. Real Simple's Editorial Guidelines and Erica Finamore Erica Finamore Erica Finamore is Real Simple's home director, sharing her knowledge on decorating, organizing, cleaning and DIYing. She has over 10 years' experience and favors statement sofas, gallery walls and organizing books in rainbow order. Real Simple's Editorial Guidelines Published on May 19, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Gina Gutierrez For the 2022 REAL SIMPLE Home, we're taking over a house in Florida's Rosemary Beach community, a relaxed beach community in Northwest Florida. Designer Gina Gutierrez, based in Sebastopol, Calif., is making over the kitchen to give it a low-key beach house look. A color palette that references nautical style (without going overboard) mixes with modern materials to create a kitchen everyone will want to hang out in. Here's how to get the look in your own home. About the Designer Gina began designing in 2012, after 15 years as a trainer and gym business partner. Her style is traditional with a twist: She mixes sleek contemporary decor with vintage pieces and gravitates toward bright colors. The Goal: A Relaxing Kitchen and Dining Area The challenge, Gina says, is to embrace the home's beach vibes—it's a few minutes' walk from the stove to the sand—without creating a coastal cliché. So she's going with subtle references and a calm palette of mint and navy, evoking the ocean. Gina's Plan: 01 of 06 Take a Seat rejuvenation.com $389, rejuvenation.com No Nancy Meyers-inspired kitchen set would be complete without some elegant stools tucked next to the spacious island. A wooden seat warms up the white metal base of these counter-height stools. 02 of 06 Island Life anthropologie.com $3,498, anthropologie.com A Carrara marble top above, tempered glass cabinets below, this kitchen island combines style with storage. 03 of 06 Blue Wave lowes.com From $26 per gallon, lowes.com Valspar's Pitch Cobalt, a deep, moody blue reminiscent of a stormy sea, will serve as an accent color in the kitchen. 04 of 06 Splashy Tile tesstile.com $57 per sq. ft., tesstile.com Gina would like the kitchen's white subway tile replaced with handmade clay pieces. "The tile reminds me of a crane. It nods to the beach but isn't too on the nose," says Gutierrez. 05 of 06 Multitasking Sink elkay.com $1,643, elkay.com A customizable workstation sink will simplify meal prep—chop veggies on the board, then swoosh stems, peels, and pits into the sink. 06 of 06 Light House schoolhouse.com From $368, schoolhouse.com Gina plans to add nautical-inspired brass fixtures over the island and swing-arm sconces by the stove. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit