It's going to be a whooping 80 degrees in New York this weekend. We thought it might be an appropriate time to take a look at all things nautical. We recognize that unless you own a beach house (and if you do, can we be friends?), a little nautical can go a long way. Do you have a favorite here? We're not usually big Pottery Barn consumers, but we sure love those flags!
FIRST ROW
• 1 fabric marine flags from Pottery Barn, $29
• 2 nautical chart from The New York Public Library's Digital Gallery 14" gallery print, $50; current nautical chart
• 3 nautical signal pillows from Wisteria, $69 each
• 4 Rope Knot Doorstop from Ballard Designs, $39
• 5 nautical round wood mirrors, West Elm, $126 for three
SECOND ROW
• 6 linen towels from Brahms Mount, body towel $120.00, head towel $55.00, hand towel $36.00
• 7 Sailing Clipper Ship Wood Silhouette from etsy seller, mountainbrook, $9.30
• 8 brass lantern from Vermont Lanterns, $89.97
• 9 Maine Isle throw pillows from L.L.Bean, $29.50
• 10 Half-Mile Ray Searchlight Floor Lamp from Restoration Hardware, $695
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Comments (11)
I grew up on the Chesapeake Bay and my father always flew the cocktail flag from the mast on our skipjack!
I like the monkey-fist knot door stop.
Unfortunately, the Pottery Barn flags are not correct, and neither are the Wisteria pillows. As a grad from a Maritime Academy, I think it would be better to display flags that have actual meaning rather than something that "looks" good. There are some good ones on ebay, but they're pricey.
The doorstop is nice, but it's really simple to make once you have the hang of the knot down - my brother made me one out of a ball bearing and a couple bucks worth of rope.
-Ruth
I agree with Ruth. Nonsense nautical flags are cringe-inducing. They're almost as bad as made-up Chinese characters. Don't use them if you don't know what they mean.
I love the Searchlight Floor Lamp :)
Knowing me though I picked without looking at the price first, 695 dollars. Ouch
Is Cape Cod Chic back? Very 1980s retro.
I know ebay has some. I got ones from Land of Nod a while back and they're much cooler. I don't know about them being correct, though...
YAY ruth....i'm glad someone pointed it out, it was bugging me. at least decorate with something that is more authentic: http://seagifts.com/nasifl.html
For a kids room or just to have fun.....this is a cool site to create personalized flag messages.
http://www.soundkeepers.com/kids/alphabet/
If I were going to hang flags, they would actually have to say something or could be interchangeable to give a correct status message....as in a real ship.
I too like the Searchlight Floor Lamp, but it does seem rather expensive. It would be ok it it was truly antique.
Well, ran across some more nautical theme decor, it's not quite like what is posted here but worth a gander. Illuminated Wall Art Nautical Style
I agree with inkstainedwriter that the Land of Nod ones are cooler, especially with the toggles connecting them, but beware of hanging them outside. I hung them outside against a shed wall where sun hit them for one summer and they faded terribly. The colors were barely there. Oh well.