All things Nautical

Since I was little I have had an undying love for all things Nautical. I really don't know why but I do know that I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Throughout my teenage years I adorned my bedroom with decor such as lighthouses, sailboats, and whatever else I could find. To this day I just can't shake that feeling.
I dream of someday living at a place like this. Maybe on a beach in New England, or Maine, or even Georgia. I have no idea how it would fit in with our future plans...but someday.

We found a boat book shelf a year and a half ago on Craigslist.com and there was no way I was going to let it go. We recently moved the book shelf into our living room and since then I have wanted to continue that theme throughout the room.
I got this image off of the Pottery Barn website (I am in love with that store by the way). I find the images very inspiring!


These images below are some of our own photos we've taken that I would like to incorporate into the room somehow.
I love the sailboat in this (and I try to pretend that the island is not Alcatraz).

Boats in the San Francisco bay.
Ships in the bay.

Another boat in the bay. (I just love this one!)

And I love him. :) (Taken in Carmel two years ago for our anniversary). We also took our Engagement photos on the beach in Carmel.A lighthouse in Carmel.

This was taken by my mom at a Utah Lake dock in Provo. See? I even did my bridals at a place like this.
I took this picture in Hawaii when I went with my family about 4 and a half years ago. When we saw it from the highway down below I made my parents pull over and my brother Jordan and I went on a hike to get to it. (It ended up taking longer than we thought and my family had to wait forever but I thought it was so worth it).

Here are a few of the things I'm doing/have done to the room. Keep in mind it's a work in progress.
The boat book shelf I love! And the backwards books-trying something new.
This pillow started out blank. One night on a whim I added the starfish. Still not too sure about it though.
A frame idea I got from online.
More frames. I'm tempted to put things on the mini framed canvases in the top frame but Taylor thinks they look awesome blank. Now I don't know what I want to do.
And here are some fun little decorative accents.

Here is one side of the room,
and here is the other. (The empty white frames will have some pictures in them soon).

Anyway, that's about it for the nautical things for now. It's definitely been fun!

Another recent craft I did was this group of fabric flowers. My kitchen table was looking so bare and so I made these out of wire hangers and fabric.
I added a few darker ones but I'm still not sure how I feel about the two kinds together. It's always a work in progress I guess.

Here's just some mommy/baby weirdness:



Have a good day!