Nautical theme decorating is a really fun idea for a teen's room.
There are SO many different ways to decorate this themed room. You can choose one item that the room is built around. For example: oars, lighthouses, sailboats, anchors, the fishing peir, etc... If your teenager loves lighthouses, then look for great ways to accent the room with all kinds of lighthouses. You can use it in the bedding, the curtains, the props,lighthouse prints on the wall and then integrate a few of the other items listed above.
If your teen likes everything about nautical theme decorating, then you can balance the room with a variety of different items.
For this first nautical decorating idea, we are going to approach it from the more masculine side. We will give you some fantastic nautical theme decorating ideas and then links to the best items you can find!
Allright...let's get started!
The Bedding
When it comes to the bedding for nautical theme decorating, there are SO many choices. You can choose a print for the nautical bedding like sailboats,lighthouses
, yachts or bedding with several different items together. Or you can choose to go with solid color bedding
and add more splash to the room on the walls and with the props.
The best way to go about choosing the bedding for your nautical theme decorating is to decide what colors you want to use and what items you would like to highlight in your room. As far as the colors you will obviously find lots and lots of different blues. That is the best base color for this theme. Then decide if you want dark blues or light blues or both. Next choose your accent colors. Some examples of those are reds, tans or yellows.
The Walls
Decorating the walls in any room can be a lot of fun. There are many wonderful ideas for nautical theme decorating and many different ways to decorate the walls.
You can choose to wallpaper all the walls, hang a wallpaper border around the room, paint the walls a solid color or choose nautical prints to go around the room.
Let's start first with the wallpaper. Some wallpaper ideas for nautical theme decorating are the ever-so-popular lighthouses or sailboats
.
If you go to American Blinds, Wallpaper & More and type "nautical" in the search box, you will find pages and pages of some really great wallpaper and wallpaper border.
If you decide to paint the walls, some good colors to consider are blues, tans, off white or just white.
Wall art is a great way to add some pizazz to this room. Anything containing lighthouses, sailboats
, oars or the beach will work. There are some great items like a motif mirror
and a lighthouse tapestry
that will look great in a nautical room. There are so many different items to choose for nautical theme decorating.
As we said up above, the best way to start decorating and creating a room is with a certain item that you love - like sailboats and choose sailboat prints that have the colors you love in them. You can always add different items like a porthole mirror later. Just make it as easy and less overwhelming as possible.
One way to really make a wall stand out is by putting up a wall mural. Imagine lying in your bed looking out over the cove at your lighthouse. Sounds relaxing doesn't it!?!
Another great wall idea is to decorate with posters, especially if you are on a tight budget. Posters can look very nice in a room when they are framed. Any posters containing
lighthouses
or
sailboats
will look really great.
Have fun with the walls and let your imagination sail (excuse the pun)! Taking your decorating project and breaking it down step by step is the easiest way to go. So we have discussed the bedding and the walls. Let's talk about the furniture to use in nautical theme decorating.
The Furniture
As far as the furniture goes for nautical theme decorating, you can actually go two extremes with this. If you are going with the colors blue and white, white furniture would look great. It really gives the room that beach feel, like you are right on the ocean or in your very own lighthouse!
On the other hand if you are going with tans, deep reds, deep blues etc...then the natural wood colors would go very nicely.
Go to our
and our
Teens' Room
pages to read about what pieces of furniture you should consider for the bedroom.
The Lighting
Good lighting is an essential part of a bedroom, especially if your teen is doing their homework in there or likes to read books. All rooms have the basic light fixture on the ceiling either by itself or with a fan. Lighting does NOT have to be boring! There are some lighting fixtures that will go perfectly in a nautical theme bedroom.
Some ideas are an oar floor lamp,a lighthouse lamp
or a row boat lamp.
You can also go to Bellacor and type "nautical" in the search box. You will find some great light fixtures and lamps. Also check out the ceiling fans.
The Accessories
Now for the accessories! Accessories are the last thing you want to add to the room. Take a look at what bedding you have chosen, how you have done the walls, what furniture you are using and the lighting fixtures you have added.
What kind of items could you add to really give the room some more character? Does it need some props to make you feel that you are in a lighthouse? Or maybe you are on a ship sailing the high seas. Or you are on a fishing pier reeling in that big catch. A person's room should make them feel good and comfortable. It's our sanctuary where we come to rest.
The one thing you will want to be careful of is cluttering up a room with too many accessories. Keep it simple and only choose those items that you really like.
Here are a list of some accessory ideas for you:
*Fishing Pier Display
*Lighthouse rug: Hattaras Lighthouse Rug, Nautical Rug
, RugsUSA.com
(search for nautical rugs)
*Red anchor, rowboat and sailboat sconces at PoshTots.com
*Find ALL kinds of nautical props at Shindigz.com. Search under the Luau and Nautical themes and you will find everything from a captain's wheel, shells, anchor, fish netting, a dock, lighthouse and the list goes on and on!
*Lighthouse Throw
*Nautical ship clock, wood anchor table, life preserver mirror and more at Terry's Village Country Decor & Gifts Search under the nautical theme.
That should get you started in the right direction pulling together a fantastic room using nautical theme decorating!
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