A home that has the feeling of summer to it is always going to be a nice place to live. It’s going to feel warm, even when it’s the midst of winter and the central heating is broken! But how can you bring these sunny rays into your home and make them stay?
After all, you can transform your home for the summer year after year easily enough, but what about popping a few touches of summer throughout your house on a more permanent basis?
Well, if you’d like to live in a more sunny, carefree, and welcoming home, these are the interior design ideas for you! Check them out below, fit them into your space, and watch as your home becomes transformed into something brighter and bolder.
Go For Pops of Natural Life
Natural life and color is key to designing a home that feels like summer no matter what month it really is. That’s why we highly recommend getting some more plants to pop around the place, whether you’re a ‘plant mom’ or not!
Splashes of green in varying shades will add so much life and depth to a room. You can buy standing plants, hanging plants, and even air plants that can be easily attached to walls. If these plants are then of the flowering variety, they’ll pop out buds of yellow, pink, red, orange, purple, and blue whenever the right season rolls around. But even when the heads die off, you’ll still have all that green in your space.
Fit a New Colorful Kitchen Backsplash
The kitchen backsplash is a pretty notable feature of one of the biggest and busiest rooms in your entire home. When you think about it, the backsplash is one of the first things the eyes fall on when walking into that room, and it’s certainly the one thing that’s always going to be in the eyeline when you’re cooking, baking, and cleaning.
That’s why you should rip off the old one, scrape off the old grouting, sand it down, give it a clean, and then invest in some Island Stone Tiles for a new backsplash that has a proper summery feeling to it. More color and texture in the kitchen will make the room feel lighter and brighter!
Switch Your Curtains for Blinds
Curtains can be a little heavy for the summertime. They can make a room more stuffy, rather than that luxurious warm feeling we’re looking for here, and that’s why you should swap them out for blinds. Blinds offer a lighter and brighter feeling, and they’re just as good at keeping that overwhelming amount of sunshine out of the house during July and August.
That will keep your rooms much more temperate during the day, and if you get remote control blinds fitted, you won’t even need to move a muscle to draw them. That ensures you can have lazy summer mornings in bed, and spend more time sipping mocktails on the sofa in the afternoon without needing to keep moving with the sun.
Introduce Coastal Furnishings
The beach always offers a picturesque image of the golden sunshine and the best it has to offer! As such, introduce more coastal furnishings into your home, such as a bit of textured wood side panelling, wicker coffee and side tables, and cushions that bring to mind that feeling of the ocean.
Remember, blue tones are just as important as yellows and light browns in this particular decor palette. Decorating your home with the beach in mind will probably bring more pebbles and shells onto your bookshelves as well, but that’ll just make your rooms all the more interesting to be in!
Turn Your Home into a Year-Long Summer House
Do you fancy living in a literal summer house? Then these are the ideas to put to work within your space. Start with the walls and floors, make sure the windows are dressed right, pop the right soft furnishings around, and never forget to bring natural elements into your rooms either.
Do this and you really can make your home the summer house of your dreams – and with just a few tweaks here and there!
The more you like the sun and miss it when it’s gone, the more you’re going to love living in a home that’s been decorated like this. And remember, you can always add more touches, change them out for others, and celebrate the sunny season even when it’s cold, dark, and wet outside.
