The walls of one room are decorated with wooden ducks and geese, but downstairs, in the cinema room, we’ve steered away from a strict nautical theme by hanging a painting ... it’s set behind an ...

Large beams in the living room evoke steel trusses, while the louvered doors “are the kind you would have found in the 19th century on one of these vessels,” said Mr. Floyd, a 73-year-old ...

The first rule of decorating with a theme ... room, she says she’d steer them away from a palette of purples, greens, and golds, and instead bring in “the feeling of Mardi Gras opulence ...

[[nid:410524]] “The idea was to have a nautical theme, but one that isn’t so literal ... bay window seats that “outline” the living room, helping to zone the open layout.