Bright and Breezy Summer Decor
When I think of summer I think of water, sand and sun. These are great inspirations for summer decorations. Are you looking for cool breezes when the summer days have been hot and muggy? Isn’t that the feeling you want in your home this summer? Here are some cool ideas that will give your home for a lovely summer feel.
Put cotton or linen slipcovers over your sofa and toss pillows. I stash my cashmere and chenille throws and bring 
out lightweight cotton throws. Not only do these fabrics feel cooler, they look cooler as well. Choose lighter colors for slipcovers than you would choose in winter. Light blues, greens, and yellows are perfect for Summer. Remove those heavy area rugs and bare the floors for the summer. If you must have rugs or if you have carpet, try a natural sisal for a lighter touch. Pack away all of those heavy and dark accessories for the season. Replace them with baskets, white or neutral candles, and lacy linens. Along with the dark accessories, pack away artwork that is dark and “heavy.” It’s time to bring out artwork in lighter tones and themes, if practical. Get the picture? Bring in the light and pack away those dark and warm winter accessories. You can bring them back out in the fall. Meanwhile, enjoy your new fresh decor for the summer. You can easily and inexpensively update your décor to reflect the new colors for summer throughout your home with items you already have or by picking up a few affordable new things that have the simple touch of summer.
If your existing palette is dark green, consider incorporating a light sage green into your room to create a fresh, summery feel. My first suggestion is to comb your house for items that match your room’s palette. Can any of these items work as accents with your existing style? For instance, a sage vase hiding under the kitchen sink might look great on the table next to your dark green couch.
Soft, pale blues offer a soothing look for any room. It’s a color that works well with white, cream, tan, black, and brown, as well as sparkling accents of silver, glass, and white ironstone. Straight from fashion runways to your home, pink continues to be popular in shades of lightest sunrise to brightest watermelon. A secondary hue in deep brown gives pink new sophistication and sets it off with style. Wake yourself up in a bathroom or kitchen done in a sunny golden yellow liberally matched with loads of white. A few darker accents in aged bronze, dark wood, or even a bit of black add a note of elegance. Neutral colors are a complimentary background for trendy black furnishings. Lighten things up with creamy ivory trim and lots of gleaming accents in ivory, silver or gold. Soft blues can range from dusty to violet based to a bit on the blue-green side. Choose your favorite and pair it with furnishings in deep walnut brown. Crisp white walls and accents of a soft blue will be all you need to create a restful retreat.
Classically nautical, blue and white schemes can work with nearly any theme or style of furniture. Try the color pair with red on a porch, with zesty orange in a contemporary living room, with yellow in a kitchen, or with soft green in a bedroom. Punch up your interiors with shots of summer color: kiwi green, ocean aqua, hot pink, and fresh-squeezed orange. Homes in warm climes may want to use these colors all over the house, though you’ll need to love the excitement such hot colors will arouse. Start with your favorite pastel (light pink, peach, butter, blue, or green) and accent with doses of light camel tan and whites. This scheme can be a good compromise when she wants color and he wants neutrals. Do you long for warm, welcoming color in your home? This may be the scheme for you. Pretty yellow walls bring sunshine to any room, while reds contribute a strong punch of color in fabrics, rugs, and furnishings. Keep the fresh look by painting trim a bright white.
Any color is elevated to new radiance when done in a tone-on-tone scheme. It could be wall stripes 
in identical colors but in 2 paint finishes (matte vs. satin), or a fabric or wallpaper that shows off a damask pattern over a similarly-colored background. The effect is soothing, elegant, and versatile.
Do you long for warm, welcoming color in your home? This may be the scheme for you. Pretty yellow walls bring sunshine to any room, while reds contribute a strong punch of color in fabrics, rugs, and furnishings. Keep the fresh look by painting trim a bright white.
Start with your favorite pastel (light pink, peach, butter, blue, or green) and accent with doses of light camel tan and whites. This scheme can be a good compromise when you want color and neutrals.
Cover accent tables with ivory linen tablecloths and put blue hydrangeas in white porcelain vases in the center of each table. I like the clean aromatic scent of garden tomatoes in the kitchen. Pick a portion of the vine and place it in a simple white bowl on the kitchen counter. The deep cardinal red of the tomato against the fern green vines adds an amazing contrast in the white bowl. It not only smells fragrant but looks divine and then you can eat it. Plant fragrant things near your door like lavender, gardenias, jasmine, so the scent comes in the open doors and windows. Plants fill my window boxes with bright 
flowers and fragrant herbs . When the breeze blows over them, the house is filled with scent. I also load up bowls on my kitchen counter with fresh produce from the farmer’s market, so I can just grab something fresh to eat and it looks wonderful, too.
The fresh air, so I leave the windows open and put screens on the doors. Then I rearrange the furniture so when summer comes, we look out onto a brick terrace with a fountain where I set four iron lounge chairs. I look forward to seeing them every summer after they’ve been hibernating in storage.
I always have more flowers in the summer. Make sure you cut some fresh flowers regularly to bring in. They have an impact that can’t be beat for a real summer flare. Bring out different linens for entertaining, and stock the wine fridge with your favorite white wines and rose champagnes. Even the music you play can be a little more up beat. Summer is a playful season, and it’s fun for a home to reflect that spirit. Sweep out the fireplace, and store the fireplace screen, and stack driftwood in a fan shape on the grate inside the firebox along with large sea shells. It has a subtle, sculptural look and brings a little bit of the beach inside. For casual entertaining on the patio, bring out the large tumblers, the rattan furniture and lacquered trays, grandmother’s glass iced tea dispenser, and lemon yellow linen napkins. And when it’s really hot and the air conditioning is in full force, spray the sheets with lilac-scented linen spray. It’s refreshing and keeps that vital connection to the outdoors that’s such a big part of summer.
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