Bring the beach look indoors whether you're decorating your waterfront home or just want to create a breezy, summery feel.

Nautical-themed decor is making waves this season at stores such as Wisteria and Pottery Barn and in magazines such as the June issue of Martha Stewart Living.

``Anything with an octopus is big right now,'' says Anthony Jacobus of Domain XCIV. Also popular are colorful buoys, collections of oars and dramatic pieces of coral, but any item that calls to mind the sea will work, including that collection of seashells hiding up in your attic.

Here are some breezy picks:

• Time to take a new tack with your great-room decor? A set of three paddles, hung on a wall or over a mantel, is a quick way to freshen up a room. Longest paddle is 61 inches. Set is available for $199 at www.wisteria.com.

• Add some color to your decor with a wall platter painted with bright rowboats. Made in Italy by Vietri, the La Fenice Bianco Wall Plates are available for $184 at www.vietri.com.

• Want to bring the sea theme to your dining room? Get your tentacles on these octopus-shaped napkin rings, $117 for four at www.tableelegance.com.

• A collection of buoys adds instant imagery -- smell that sea breeze! -- to a sunroom or a covered porch. Red and blue distressed-wood buoys are $19 to $55 at Pottery Barn, www.potterybarn.com.

• Create nautical nuance by filling a glass urn with seashells or piling pretty shells in front of a weathered buoy. Shells are variously priced, from $38 for a 10-inch ``yellow helmet'' down to 25 cents for white scallops at C.C.'s Touch of Nature in Fort Worth, Texas (817-732-0942). Weathered cork buoy is $35 at C.C.'s Touch of Nature.

• Nature provides its own beauty in the form of a 12-inch-high white coral ``sculpture'' mounted on a heavy glass base. Decorative coral is $130 at dh Collection in Fort Worth, Texas, www.dhcollection.com or 817-877-1994.