Sand-coloured walls serve as a backdrop to the linen, cane and teak wood furnishings inside this beachside restaurant and bar near Amsterdam, designed by Anne Claus Interiors.
De Republiek is set along a stretch of beach in Bloemendaal aan Zee, a seaside neighbourhood just an hour's train ride from central Amsterdam.
For the past 17 years, the restaurant and bar was just a temporary pavilion that was erected and dismantled each summer.

Keen to have a year-round space for De Republiek, its owners asked Dutch architect Heiko Hulsker to design and build a permanent beachside structure.
Anne Claus Interiors was brought on board to develop the aesthetic of the internal spaces.

"The architecture of the building with its high ceilings and steel is impressive, but I wanted to create a warm and very welcoming atmosphere," the studio's eponymous founder told Dezeen. "I decided to create this with all-natural materials and earth-tone colours."

Walls throughout the 600 square-metre room are covered with a bespoke, sand-coloured plaster that's mixed with epoxy resin.
Living room-style seating areas feature oversized sofas upholstered in taupe or ochre-yellow linen. Woven floor rugs, cane armchairs and timber coffee tables have been used as practical decorations.

A more formal dining setting is provided by a series of teak-wood tables, each one accompanied by a rich-brown seating banquette.

Tucked away at the rear of the room is a relaxed lounge area that's centr...