8 Ways to Summer-ify Your Home!

    If you want to fully embrace the warm weather around your home, we’ve got some killer ideas for exactly how to do it. So, if you’re just as excited about the summer as we are, you’re going to love these 8 seasonal design ideas that you can easily steal for your own home — both inside and out!

Spruce Up Your Outdoor Space

If you’ve been slacking behind in updating your outdoor space, now is the time to get it in tip-top shape. Find some great outdoor pillows you can use around your patio, put up some string lights and add a pouf. Turn your porch or patio into a little oasis that you and your family will be excited to lounge on this summer.

Swap in Lighter Throws

Just like the pillows, now is a great time to switch in summer throws. Throws for summer should be lighter, breathable and made of summer-friendly fabrics such as cotton or linen. 

Lighten up Your Pillows

  

One easy summer fix is to switch out throw pillows for lighter and brighter colors. Just as you swap out your wardrobe each year, you can easily do the same for your pillows. Store away winter/fall pillows in a storage bin, and bring out all your summer pillows for a refreshing touch.

Add Some Greenery

If you’ve been dying to add some more plants to your home, summer is a great time to up your green game. Try bringing some new plants into your home or creating your own indoor herb garden. Outside you can tackle any landscaping projects you’ve been avoiding, add some hanging plants or finally try creating a vertical garden.

Embrace Summer Scents

Another great idea for the summer months is to incorporate summer scents around your house as much as you can. You can switch out candles, room spray, hand soaps and even body washes. Try fresh scents such as coconut, cucumber or lavender for the summer months.

BRING IN GARDEN FLOWERS

Here’s the easiest way to bring summer into your home! How about picking (or buying) a fresh bunch of summer blooms! Summer flowers are a must at! They make us smile!

GO FOR BREEZY CURTAINS OR ORGANIC SHADES

One of the best ways to bring a summery look to your home is choosing light, sheer curtains or organic looking shades! What a difference they make. If you like the look of sheer curtains you can get them so so inexpensively! Diffused summer light through sheer curtains is a gorgeous look! If sheers aren’t your thing go with a lightweight cotton. Look at the light coming through these summery cotton curtains. Such a pretty look! So take down heavy window treatments and let some pretty sheer light into your rooms this summer! 

Tiki-Torch Anchors

  

Decking your yard with tiki torches is an inexpensive, festive way to bring island style home—and to light up the night without electricity. Use them to line a path or surround a patio. If the ground is paved or rocky, you may not be able to find places to poke the torches into the soil. Instead, anchor them in gravel-filled, galvanized-steel flower buckets, and have yourself a tropical night. To anchor the torches, position flower buckets on level ground for stability. Hold one torch upright in each bucket, and fill the bucket with garden gravel to about three inches from the rim. The containers are then heavy enough to support the lit torches safely as they burn.

 

By Erica Reitman