Unlike Coastal and Beach Decor, Nautical Decor is all about life at sea, making items that are used on ships part of the decor, like in this Entryway where you see brass lighting fixtures, Nautical Cleats, Ropes, and porthole inspired mirrors.
To add real drama to your nautical decor scheme, you could always bring a boat inside, seen here. If this is too extreme for you, you could turn a boat into a Glass Coffee Table or Bring a Boat to your Backyard!
Here part of a boat has been given new life as a side table by Nauticals Of Marblehead.
I love creative recycling!
But it can be subtle like in this Cottage Kitchen. Nautical decor items include a brass lantern and Nantucket Baskets on a shelf, and a clever porthole window in the door.
A large beautiful Model Yacht and Wooden Oars make these windows truly seaworthy. Via Coastal Living.
Nautical charts artfully grouped around an authentic ship wheel are the focal point of this hallway.
If mounting a ship wheel on the wall is too ordinary for you, Here is an idea for a nautical bathroom!
For a party raise some Nautical Signal Flags.
Spy on your neighbors with a nice brass telescope. I am just kidding. They are designed to gaze out to sea!
And no ship or boat can do without a compass, Here as a floor inlay.
And for ideas on how to bring nautical decor to your bedroom click: Chic Bedrooms -15 Nautical Design Ideas.
Related Posts:
Steven Gambrel's Nautical Style.
Nautical Discoveries in a Southampton Home
The Wild Nautical World of Diamond Baratta
11 comments:
LOVE the telescope looking out to sea!!!
I love that inlaid compass!! Check out my post on REALLY nautical decor...a boutique hotel with sails!!
i adore the theme of your blog ! so it's really nice to meet you...
:-)
(and..yes i love starfish and this parquet floor is to die for!)
nummy! all of them.
oooooh, I love it all!!! The staircase is beautiful, and the boat-turned side table is genius!!
I'm so living in the wrong place -- I need to be by the ocean!!!
Kelly @ DesignTies
That boat-to-table is very interesting! Very unique. Along with the boat on the wall. thanks, -susan
You do know how to weave a story of beautiful photos, how cool to have boat parts in a house.
We have that pillow that says "Don't Give Up the Ship" it was my ancestor Oliver Hazard Perry that said it during the battle of Lake Erie. It is a common theme in my mom's home. Love all the photos you posted! "The nautical signal flags" are great!! I'd love to have those around for a party!
I LOVE the idea of the ship wheel sink. If done correctly, and it certainly is in the picture you show, what a fabulous conversation piece. And, lends perfectly to built-in towel racks!
all these ideas are so amazing ....loved everyone of the pictures posted
Today's updated coastal decorating style is much more sophisticated than the kitschy, nautically-themed rooms that defined this style in the past. Today's coastal decorating is characterized more by a beach-inspired palette than by an over reliance on garish beach-themed knickknacks. Thanks.:)
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