Pirate Themed Bedrooms — Junior Rooms

Shiver ‘me timbers – Pirates have been around since as long as there have been ships to carry them, and that’s a long time. Recent events may have done their legendary status some harm but the theme is still a popular one with young boys. Treasure Island, Captain Hook and the Pirates of the Caribbean are all great sources of inspiration and the iconic ‘skull and cross-bones’ symbol is one which you can implement to good effect.

Nautical themes are all well and good but with a pirate themed bedroom you really are limited only by your imagination. A successful pirate theme need not necessarily cost a King’s ransom and can be as simple or as elaborate as you wish.

Pirate Accessories

There are an amazing number of pirate themed bedroom decorations and accessories available these days, from door name signs to boookends. They make a great gift idea and because a lot of the items can be personalised they are a perfect and inexpensive way to make an individual mark on a young lads bedroom decorating theme. Here is just a small selection:

The first thing a young pirate needs to do is to make sure his territory is clearly marked out with warning signs. This rustic style door name plaque from Giddy Kipper is just perfect for the job. Ignore this warning at your peril!

As a mere landlubber you probably don’t appreciate some of the everyday problems that pirates have to contend with and keeping your book collection upright and tidy is just one of them. Thankfully our those Giddy Kipper maties have come up trumps again with these cute bookends shaped like little pirate boats and bearing a skull and crossbones motif. Not only practical but a great decorating accessory to boot!

So that’s the books taken care of – what about all those photo’s and party invitations? This magnetic noticeboard from those sea dogs at GLTC looks like it might just do the job.

Them cabin walls can look a bit bare at times so what about this personalised print by Lizajdesign as a piece of booty? You can get it framed or just mounted on card and there’s even a version for girly pirates too!

This pirate themed height chart by them swabbies at cherrygorgeous will help keep a track of his stature as a swashbuckler.

Pirate Themed Bedding

OK, so that’s the accessories taken care of – now what about some bedding for the sprogs?

Them there scallywags at GLTC have done it again with this Jolly Roger themed duvet cover set. Made from 100% cotton this matching duvet cover and pillowcase will keep him warm in his quarters while you sail through icy waters.

This cute Peppa George the Pirate bedding set from amazon will appeal to the young ‘uns with its ‘pirates life for me’ and skulls print.

This skull and cross bones print duvet set from Amazon is a real classic. Best plunder yourself one before they’re all gone!

Pirate Wallpaper & Wall Stickers

If you want to go one better than the average pirate theme decorating ideas why not get some themed wallpaper or stickers?

This pirate themed wallpaper by Hibou Home is inspired by old fashioned sea charts with a classic treasure island, sea monsters, ship wrecks and galleons.

This wall-panel from Nono depicts a coastal invasion by intrepid pirates and will cover an entire bedroom wall.

Create your own pirate scenes with this set of 50 stickers from amazon ..

This sea scene wall mural by Spin Collective will transform a plain bedroom wall into a maritime adventure with a pirate ship approaching a tropical island.