Types

• Department stores and online retailers offer all sorts of options for those wanting to use a nautical theme within their home. Some items to consider include wallpaper, wallpaper borders, murals, painted canvases, framed photos, and metal replicas of boats or fish. Also, consider using actual nautical artifacts such as steering wheels, anchors, oars, compasses and flags to decorate walls.
  
  

Features

• Wall art may feature beach scenes, ocean scenes, boats, fish, lighthouses or seashells. Some wall decor may also mimic beach signs or nautical symbols such as anchors and buoys. Display personal seashell collections or boat models on wall shelves.
  
  

Considerations

• Before decorating your walls, decide whether your paint color works well with a nautical theme. Typically, walls should be white, sand-colored or blue for the best nautical results. Paint walls accordingly prior to decorating.