Nautical Decor & Coastal Ornaments

Forty-six pieces to rummage through. Nautical Decor is our deepest well of coastal ornaments, and the first place we send anyone who wants a room to feel like the sea is just outside. Rope garlands, decorative fishing nets dressed with cork floats, ceramic starfish, the odd glass lobster glinting on a windowsill. It's the broad ornaments hub of our coastal home decor collection, so once you've sorted the hanging pieces you can pair them with prints, tableware or jewellery from the sibling edits.

A safe bet for a new bolthole

These give as well as they decorate. A gift-boxed starfish bundle, a wooden beach sign or a soft Bottlenose Dolphin Cushion lands beautifully as a house-warming for a friend with a place near the water, or as a thank-you for anyone with a soft spot for the seaside. They feel personal without you having to know somebody's exact taste, which is what you want when you're buying for the sea-lover who seems to have everything. If they're forever chasing the next swim, the empty beaches around Sennen are the sort of place these ornaments quietly conjure.

Hinting at the tide, not shouting it

Less really is more here. Choose two or three pieces in natural materials and let them sit among everyday things rather than crowding a shelf. A single starfish garland along a mantel, or a fishing net draped over the stairs, suggests the tide far more elegantly than a wall of anchors. For a lighter, more pared-back take on the same idea, the contemporary coastal hanging decorations make an easy companion edit.