Do you yearn for the feel of the waves beneath your feet and the sun upon your brow? If so, you may want to decorate your home’s interior with nautical themed framed art. At the very least, it may prove comforting to look at during those periods when work and weather conspire to keep your boat dry docked. With that said, here are some boating themed decorating ideas to consider:

Suzanne Lestage

Artist Suzanne Lestage’s Plenitude I and Plenitude II would look wonderful on a rustic cabin’s display wall or over a fireplace. Each one features a canoe and a wooden dock. One of the pictures' most striking aspects is the haunting stillness that they subtly convey. Lestage's work looks great framed or on canvas so your piece of artwork can be customized to fit you and your decor.

Ray Ellis

Are you more enamored with cat boats than canoes? If so, a piece of framed art from Ray Ellis’ collection may just upend your anchor. Three pieces of Ellis’ framed artwork that would pair well together are Coming Home, Henry’s Walk and Moored Cat Boats. They would look nice hanging above a table centerpiece made with an assortment of sea glass, shells and driftwood. 

Michael Kahn

Would you prefer decorating your home’s interior with striking photographs instead? Well then, take a look at our collection of framed art by Michael Kahn. His Headsails Series would look great hanging in a hallway or alongside of a staircase. Each of the photos features an interesting close-up of sails. You may also want to place his framed South Beach photo on top of a driftwood table or in the bathroom near a decorative bowl full of seashell shaped soaps. 

Those are only three of the artists included within our vast collection of framed art. For suggestions on additional artwork that would look lovely as part of a nautical theme, contact us at 1-800-644-1278.

How long has it been since you’ve thought of a city as beautiful? So often these days we end up focusing on what’s wrong with our cities, in terms of crime rate, overcrowding, unemployment, or trash. Yet cities have transformed our lives in many positive ways, and can transform our outlook on things as well, if we just give them a chance. Take the city skyline, for example. We suggest that hanging our skyline photography on your walls might just transform your thoughts and assumptions about cities.

For example, we have a number of absolutely stunning sunset and night time photographs of city skylines. When high rise buildings light up the night sky, we can imagine each of those lights representing a family sitting down to dinner together, or a group of colleagues staying late at work to finish an important project that will transform our lives in ways we cannot yet imagine. All those lights represent people just like us, living and working in community, and remind us that without each other, we really cannot thrive as a society.

Daytime skyline photographs can be just as powerful, especially when they include bridges or other, older architectural elements to provide scale for our eyes. It’s hard sometimes to remember that the modern skyscraper is pretty young, since the structural innovations needed to build them were not invented until the late 1800s. Not only were stronger steel and reinforced concrete needed to build tall buildings, but also elevators, central heating and plumbing pumps. So city skylines are inspiring reminders of all the inventions that have transformed our lives in the past 150 years. If you hang a cityscape in your office, perhaps it will inspire the next great invention!

A particular city skyline can also be inspirational for your personal journey. Are you hoping to work your way up the ladder to your company’s corporate office in Chicago? Hang a Chicago skyline in your home or office for inspiration. Are you planning that trip of a lifetime to another continent? Hang a London or Sydney skyline in your home to encourage you to keep saving toward that goal.

Skyline photography can lift your eyes, your heart and your spirit, so check out our stunning cityscapes today.