4 Creative Ways To Decorate Your Home Interiors This Summer
(3 min read) The summer months are upon us, and the warm weather is an excellent time to relax and laze indoors. With the change in season comes the need for a bit of a change in home accents. We’re big fans of mixing things up, and transitioning from one season to the next is a great way to do that.
Seeking inspiration from interior design elements, here are a few great ways to decorate your home. Your summer will be even more enjoyable with these home interior ideas.
Color
One of the most effective ways to add summer style to your home is to coordinate the colors you’ve chosen for your decor. Choose shades that work together. Take a color palette from a vibrant print design and match the colors. Whatever color scheme you choose for the rest of your home is alright, as long as it complements your wall colors.
Color ideas
Earth tones, ocean hues, yellows, and pops of cheerful color
Light
Summer is also all about the opportunity to create space and light in your home. Now is the time to swap heavy drapes for airy and breezy curtains. Scented candles also work wonders — stick to natural waxes and look for scents that match the casual feel you’re trying to achieve.
Lighting ideas
Candles, patio string lights, pathway and landscape lamps, and lots of natural sunlight
Patterns
Another way to take your interiors up a notch is through patterns. Prints such as sailor stripes, lush leaves, quirky sea creatures, or luscious fruit are excellent choices. They add a bit of fun and playfulness to your home.
Pattern ideas
Beach-themed accents, nautical décor, ethnic accents, and bold and vibrant throw pillows
Textures
The warm weather lends itself to the softness of interior design, of being surrounded in relaxed comfort. Accents in the form of feathery and cool textures add to this sense of comfort. Nothing too rough, heavy, or warm to the touch. The effect that soft surfaces have on your interior design is an easygoing, welcoming, and soothing atmosphere.
Texture ideas
Cotton fabric, stone and terracotta, rattan, light woods, airy curtains, woven textiles, plants and flowers, and decorative mosaic art
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19 Comments
As soon as we buy our new home, I’m going to be looking for all of the decorating tips!
In the summer months, I love to take advantage of the extended daylight hours by allowing more natural light into my residence. It brightens the rooms and invokes such an inviting ambiance. The addition of the natural light from outside also provides the illusion that the residence is bigger. Great tips.
Adding colour into the home for the summer can be lovely and make a welcome change. It is so easy to do too which helps.
very beautiful options for rooms! So very stylish and relaxing! love it all
I would like to crawl into the hammock picture and never leave. Perfection.
We have been embracing the natural light, but I fear everything will become too dark when it hits wintertime.
I’ve always been drawn to the bright, white interiors with few statement pieces of color for added pop during the warm weather. It brightens the space and creates a happy environment. Great ideas here!
Colours and patterns are my main go to decoration inspiration for myself but I have also been experimenting on lightings lately
I’ve actually been changing out a few small things… a rug here, a pillow there… to make my house more light and colorful! It’s amazing what a small change can do for a room.
I find that I need more color in my decorating! Need more pops! Thanks for the other suggestions!
I used to be an all white or neutral colors kind of girl. I am now embracing and enjoying colors.
I’ve been trying to add pops of colour to my home to keep it looking fresh and summery. Some great tips here x
I’m back. Just showing my SIL the patterns in that photo towards the end. She has a southwest feel in her design at her home but wants to switch to more reddish brown that what she has now.
What wonderful tips for anyone to decorate their house so easily. I have to try these tips as I need to redecorate!
Adding colors and light definitely helps to improve any home. Makes it more warm and welcoming.
Having a variety of color and lights is one of my favorite ways to decorate. They both can really contribute towards bringing life to the home.
Great ideas in this post. I’ve been saying for years that we should mix things up from one season to the next.
I am loving all of these interior looks. I especially love the light color scheme with some wicker and lots of green plants. That hammock is everything too!
Those are some great points to keep in mind and thanks for the share. Definitely need more color to make things pop and light in my home for sure.