Decorating Your Boat’s Interior

Your boat is your home away from home when you’re on the water, and it should reflect that to some degree. Maybe you’ve given your boat a name that reflects a beloved friend or relative. But that might not be enough to truly make it feel like your own. Fortunately, it’s not too hard to decorate your boat’s interior to your liking. You can easily and affordably change up the standard cabin interior into something that reflects who you are and what you love.

Rockingham Boat in Hampstead is your New Hampshire boat dealer. As such, we’ve provided some decorating tips below to help you spruce up and personalize the cabin of your boat!

Hang Up Art & Photographs

One easy way to customize your boat is to hang up some photographs and art that you like. You can take some items from your home or apartment, or you can print out and frame photos of places you’ve gone with your boat. Maybe you have a talented friend who paints or does macrame who can create a wall hanging of some kind for you. Just make sure that all art items are firmly secured to the wall so they don’t fall down in choppy waters.

Add Mood Lighting

Lighting is an easy way to change the entire feel of a space. You could invest in some decorative string lights (or just take some from your Christmas decorations), tube lights or LED candles that will dazzle up your boat’s cabin and make it more warm and inviting. There are also inexpensive battery-operated plastic lamps at places like IKEA that you can use for affordable and durable lighting options.

Try Textiles

Blankets and pillows create an atmosphere of coziness and warmth. A nice set of curtains can also enhance a window and play off a color scheme in your cabin. Try getting some plush throw pillows and colorful blankets to toss over your boat’s seating so that your passengers have something to curl up with when the wind picks up. Try mixing and matching patterns and colors or stick with a nautical motif theme, such as blue-and-white stripes, mermaids, lighthouses, beaches or anchors. The choice is yours! Just make sure you launder your blankets regularly and keep them stored somewhere dry so they don’t grow mold or mildew.

Select Decorations Wisely

Finally, we’d like to address a few caveats when it comes to boat decoration. Because of the unique environment of a boat, not every type of decoration is going to be practical. Humidity can cause paper decorations to sag and wither. It can also saturate fabrics and cause them to grow mold or mildew. Glass and ceramic materials are an obvious no-go because of the inherent instability of boats; you don’t want to be cleaning up broken glass while you’re tossed about on the waves!

Wooden and plastic decorations tend to be your best bet on a boat, because they’re not likely to break or shatter. Select your ornaments and dishware accordingly. You’ll also want to avoid actual candles due to the fire risk of an open flame. Try to ensure that none of your decorations will present a safety hazard that could trip up a passenger, like low-hanging items they could hit their heads on.

We hope this guide to decorating your boat proves useful to you in customizing your craft’s interior to your liking. Still in search of the perfect boat? Come to our Hampstead, New Hampshire, dealership today to take a look at our great stock of new and used boats for sale. Rockingham Boat proudly serves the cities of Manchester and Nashua, NH.