Love it or hate it, the nautical trend doesn’t seem to be drifting away anytime soon. But one deep-sea design that will always have a place in the home is the porthole.
Here's a look at some inspirational porthole pics as well as a few resources where you can find them.
• 1 Perry Anderson Architecture
• 2 Bathroom Design
• 3 Terrys Fabrics
• 5 Porthole Mirror from Nautical Antiques - $68
• 6 Set of 5 porthole style mirrors from Viva Terra - $369
• 7 Porthole inspired wine rack from Crate&Barrel - $30
• 8 Doggy Porthole from Hammacher Schlemmer - $30
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Comments (3)
I love Nautical-themed items - My den is filled with ship prints and ocean liner parapharnalia...
...the round windows in the bathrooms reminds me of the guest rooms at the Maritime Hotel in Manhattan:
http://www.themaritimehotel.com/
But those circular mirrors (#6) and wine rack (#7)?
IMO, considering them Nautical is quite a s-t-r-e-t-c-h...
Although I agree with the idea of nautical themes, i don't always think of circular windows as being literally nautical port holes.
Instead, circular windows (at least for me) invoke a childish recollection of peeking through a hole in the wall to see the world that exists on the other side. That is the allure of the circular window and less the novelty of it belonging on a boat.
I must agree is with bepsf: round mirrors and wine racks? Not really nautical either, just a different shape.
I dislike nautical themes even on boats, but round mirrors are pretty nice and not innately enmeshed with themes rotating around lighthouse decor and starfishes and so on.