Nautical Accessories

Whether you live on a beach on the Atlantic or Pacific coasts or the Midwest, nautical decor is a hit to complement your English house decoration style. Having at least one room which is done in nautical fashion is a unique way to get compliments and comments on your style and taste. Nautical decorating is all the rage these days and with good reason to your home improvements.

If you are one of the many people out there looking for fun and creative ways to decorate or redecorate a room of your house, this type of furniture can work in just about any room of the house. In fact, there are people out there who have every single room in their house filled with nautical furniture, paintings and collectibles. The options that you have are really endless so make sure that you are thinking about as many as possible. This will give you the chance to find the perfect pieces of furniture.

One of the main things that people tend to like about this style of decoration is that the room or house suddenly feels like a vacation house. It is no longer the same boring old furniture that everyone else on the street has. There is something light and airy about nautical furniture that will have you feeling as though you are staying in a beach house, rather than in your own house. You can feel as though you are on vacation every day of the year. How great is that? Decorating your home this way will be the home that everyone loves coming over to since it will be an experience that they cannot find anywhere else.

Now, when it comes to purchasing nautical furniture or accessories, it is important to make sure that you are not overdoing it. The room does not have to be filled from the top to the bottom with nautical stuff for people to catch on to the theme of the room. Ever hear of "less is more"? That could not be truer in this case. If you pile too much into one room, it will start to look like it is cluttered and as if the gift shop is using your house as a storage unit. You don't want that. You want to have just enough, without over doing it.
Here are some ideas on how you can design your English house decoration style home in the theme that you love.

1. Nautical or Coastal Themed Fabrics
Fabrics play a very big part in every home and having them themed nautical can not only add accents to plain corners and rooms but can also be the centers of attraction when used as wall hangings, curtains or even pillow covers. If you want to use the theme but have them permanently in a room, then you can make them as the upholstery in your chairs, sofas, ottomans, and love seats. These themed chairs and seats will go well with modern rooms or with the traditional wooden rooms.

2. Miniature Lighthouses
Lighthouses are very popular nautical decors and they come in different shapes, sizes and functions. You can search nautical shops which sell decors and gifts or even find a great lighthouse piece in a garage or antique sale. Lighthouse figurines, statues and ceramics are great to add personality in some corners, shelves or tabletops while lighthouse lamps can create a lovely atmosphere at night. They can also serve as great wall pieces as artwork or tapestries.

3. Model Ships
Model ships are not only great accent pieces but they can also be a great theme for a prized collection or a great nautical gift idea. Model ships are created in detail and place them in your home to create interesting nautical decors.
The wall above the sofa is home to your sailboat wall sculpture. A model ship in a bookcase or on the mantle of your fireplace will also bring a lot of nautical appeal to the room, as would a ship's bell clock. Your living room never looked so good!

4. Ships Bells
Bells have always been part of life at sea. Bells on the ships are known to be used to signal for danger, for fog or even to pass on instructions to the boat crew. These nautical decors can add spice and history to a home, an office, a restaurant or even a bar. Use them for specific functions as doorbells or bar calls or simply use them to decorate a part of the home.

5. Nautical or Coastal Furniture
Nautical decors need not only be in small pieces. Big nautical decors which double as furniture are also very in demand these days. Furnish your room with a boat-shaped bookshelf or even have a coffee or dining table themed nautical. Be amazed at how the theme can bring you a ship wheel table or even a table with a ship captain for stand. Add character to your home with any of these great nautical furniture pieces.

6. Nautical Garden Accessories
If you love gardening, the garden is one great place where you can experiment more with your coastal theme. You can have lighthouse replicas custom made for your garden or you can have weathervanes which use coastal themes such as dolphins, marinas and lighthouses.