Nautical Luxuries Blog

Love the natural look of this new coiled rush entry mat – what a great way to welcome your guests. At over a yard-wide, it’s a real showpiece for any beach cottage or seaside home. Nice sand/dirt trapping capability too.  Now… to find a shipping carton to fit it!

We’re welcoming Spring with beautiful new luxuries for your home and yacht, like this nautical
18/10 stainless pattern from the French artisans at Sabre. The Admiralty Stripe design is
brushed right into the metal, not painted on, which gives it a very sleek, elegant look. 

Spring is the perfect time to get out there and shop around for the boat of your dreams and pick up some great boating accessories and outfitting ideas. Here are a few shows coming soon to a waterfront area near you:

March 21-24
-          Palm Beach Boat Show, West Palm Beach, FL
-          South West International Boat Show, League City, TX

April 4-7
-          Gulfcoast Yacht & Boat Super Show, Gulfport, MS
-          Maine Boat Show, Portland, ME
-          Reno Boat & Recreation Show, (4/5-7), Reno, NV

April 12-14
-          Strictly Sail Pacific, Oakland, CA
-          Southeast US Boat Show, Jacksonville, FL
-          Oriental Boat Show, Oriental, NC

April 18-21
-          Newport Boat Show, Newport Beach, CA
-          Antibes Yacht Show
-          World Royal Luxury & Yacht Show, Barcelona, Spain
-          Boat Asia, Singapore
-          Suncoast Boat Show (19-21), Sarasota, FL
-          Lake Havasu Boat Show, Lake Havasu City, AZ

April 25-27
-          Cancun Boat Show & Salon Nautico 2013, Cancun, Mexico

April 26-28
-          Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show, Annapolis, MD
-          South Shore In-Water Boat Show, Hingham, MA

May 1-4
-          Cabo Marine Show, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

May 4-5
-          Keels & Wheels Concours D’Elegance, Seabrook, TX
-          NC Maritime Museum Wooden Boat show, (5/5), Beaufort, NC

One minute is about all the time you’ll need to transform your front door from plain to extroardinary!

Welcome Spring, and your seaside guests, with one of our preserved floral wreaths, decked with seashells, starfish and sand dollars. Shown here, is our Pawley’s Island wreath; one of eleven beautiful coastal designs.

                               BEFORE…                                                            … 60-SECONDS LATER!

Now, which door would YOU want to walk through!

DJ

Beautiful, elegantly fashionable supermodels aren’t the first images that come to mind when you think of strong, tough foredeck crew. Neither is stylishly designed dinnerware the first thing that comes to mind when you think of sturdy, non-breakable plastic plates.

The new Tuscan Olive and Captain’s Wine Cellar melamine dinnerware will certainly change your thinking about nonbreakables!  Smartly styled square dinner and salad/appetizer plates have a rustic wood, or classic Italian marble look to set a dynamic table onboard, poolside, or anywhere you need the carefree usability of nonbreakables.

Both patterns are available in 8-piece sets to serve a two-course meal for four, or use the dinner plates as serving plates for a wine and cheese get-together.

Pair them with our most popular nonbreakable wine glasses in classic stem shapes and two stemless sizes.

DJ

Don’t miss your chance to grab your favorite luxuries and save!  Shop the Semi-Annual Sale now through January 31st.DJ

Baby, it’s cold outside! The nights are long, and everyone’s spending a lot more time snug and warm inside. It’s a great time to glam things up a bit in the beach house, with a few beautiful touches of silver and gold.

Here are a few coastal themed inspirations for your seaside hideaway decor:

And a few sparkling Silver & Gold looks for your amazing winter table:

And whose evening wouldn’t light up with any of these fabulous nautical and coastal themed Silver & Gold Jewelry pieces!

Here’s to brightening up the long winter nights, and to dreaming of the coming Spring and Summer seasons!

DJ

Each year, when it’s time to put up the Christmas tree, a few of our latest coastal and nautical themed ornaments always find their way there. This year’s ornament selection provided beautiful inspiration. The result will be a sophisticated mix of golden garland, glimmering cloisonne sea creatures, classic nautical icons, vintage decoupage balls and elegant cut-out metal starfish.  Here’s a quick peek, to provide some holiday decorating inspiration!  DJ

Bring on the cooler weather and longer nights. I’ve got the warm glow of a compass rose lamp, the cozy feel of a wool nautical blanket, and a beach cottage full of coastal inspiration for fall.

Shown here, clockwise from top left:

Embroidered Shells Turkish Cotton Towels

Hatteras Stripe Denim Quilted Bedding

Fringed Wool Nautical Throw

Hooked Wool Sand Dollar Pillow

Imperial Naval Officer’s Cabinet and Credenza

Compass Rose Round Accent Rug

Compass Rose Lamp

Antique Silver Finish Shells Centerpiece

Carmel Bay All-Weather Natural Shells Wreath

Hooked Wool Sea Conch Shell Pillow

These and many more inspirational ideas are available in our Home Decor and Bed & Bath sections.

DJ

Like most harbors, Newport Harbor is nearly always bustling; even
more so during the summer months. If you’re lucky enough to live on the water, you have a front row seat for the club races on summer evenings, the massive, slow-moving charter boats, and the endless parade of electric boats and stand-up paddleboarders. If you’re not on the waterfront, well, I’ve always been a fan of web cams as a great substitute for being there - day or night.

Web cams are also a great promotional tool, which is why I was a little surprised to see that Newport Beach doesn’t have a harbor web cam. Balboa and Newport Harbor Yacht Clubs have web cams, and so does the Pavillion/Ferry, but there’s no way to get a panoramic view, say from Hoag Hospital’s amazing hilltop vantage point, or even from the Newport Blvd. Bridge.

Just for fun, here are a few other yacht club and harbor web cams I did find online, both in the US and beyond. Enjoy!

Newport Harbor Yacht Club
Balboa Yacht Club at White’s Cove
Sandy Bay Yacht Club
Minnetonka Yacht Club
Grand Bend Yacht Club
Wayzata Yacht Club
Morro Bay Yacht Club
Santa Barbara Yacht Club
Brockport Yacht Club
Portland (ME) Yacht Club
Annapolis Yacht Club
Annapolis Yacht Club web cam #2
Whitstable Yacht Club in the UK
Royal Brighton Yacht Club in Australia
Canberra Yacht Club in Australia
Sandringham Yacht Club in Australia
Britannia Yacht Club in Canada
Chester Yacht Club in Canada
Puerto Galera Yacht Club in the Philippines

And here’s a link to 18 different web cams around San Francisco Bay.

DJ