A nautical area rug makes you feel like you're at the beach. The sun, the sand, the waves, the gentle breeze...Ahhhh.
Just imagine, wicker chairs, a Shabby Chic(R) sofa, beautiful nautically themed accents, and hardwood floors combined with a big nautical area rug tying it all together. Now that's a look!
We're not going to limit ourselves to boats, anchors, and nautical flags here. We'd be out of options fairly quickly and not using our creativity.
Think of how you use a nautical themed living room. You're probably in a warm climate, with an open floor plan, and maybe near the beach. Maybe this is a sunroom that you enter directly from outdoors. What would you expect to see?
- Lighter colors?
- Lighter textures?
- Easy to care for?
Absolutely! Let's see what we're talking about. Here are our picks...our favorite nautical area rugs.
Home Decorators Collection Lighthouse Rug
Let's start with something traditional. This is the Lighthouse Rug from Home Decorators Collection. Peaceful, serene, and definitely one to put you in that nautical mood.
Simply Home Borderline Banana Indoor/Outdoor Braided Rug
Here's something a bit more versatile from CSN Rugs. The Simply Home Borderline Banana Indoor/Outdoor Braided Rug has great nautical colors and a great feel. If you're creating that sunroom, but you're not doing the full flag, boat, lighthouse theme, this rug is a great option.
Target is the source for this fine area rug. The Stripe Blue Area Rug also has great nautical colors and gives a bright feel. Use this rug to complement a lighter colored living room with lighter hardwood floors.
Homefires Coastal Living Nautical Flags Rug - CSN Rugs
CSN Rugs also brings us this great traditional nautical selection. The Homefires Coastal Living Nautical Flags Rug is perfect for that seaside feel.
Beige Panama Sisal Rug - Target
The Panama Sisal Rug is from Target and it's wonderful because its subtle. It's light and airy, a perfect color and a great style for a nautical living room.
Classic Home Herringbone Seagrass San Juan Rug
This is the Classic Home Herringone Seagrass San Juan Rug from CSN Rugs. Seagrass rugs are beautiful and made from natural fiber. This one is great for high-traffic areas and easy to care for.
We hope it’s plain to sea how a nautical area rug can be many things besides your typical flags, boats and lighthouses. Those designs are very nice and work well, but why limit yourself? Use nautical colors, natural light fibers, and textures to accent your nautical themed living room.
All this talk about nautical rugs can gotten us into the vacation mood. That's reminds us of a site we recently learned about that can help you decorate your vacation home. It's called Decorating Vacation Property for Profit and we are big fans. Check it out!
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