Easy ways to decorate your home this summer
Summer season has arrived and along with it comes the time of vacation, sunshine and music and light. Summer is all about brightness and leisure; about cool indoors and relaxing enjoying the lively outdoor colours. It is the time to bring in the vibrant summer sun into your home. The key is to make the house look bright and colourful, shedding off the dark and drab, donning a casual look over the formal touch.
Here are some easy ideas to decorate your home during summer.
Replace the dark accessories
If you have dark, drab and heavy curtains on your windows, then change them to bright and light coloured ones. The light curtains would allow light into your home. For your bedroom, let the light come in through the curtains, so that it creates a beautiful mixture of colours inside – sunlight pouring in mixed with the hues of walls, pictures and furniture inside. For the living room, go for cotton or linen covers for your sofa and pillows. Cream, light blue and yellow would be the most suitable colours for summer.
Fresh flowers for your home
Nothing else brightens up a space like flowers. Flowers break the news of coming of summer. It is being delineated as ‘laughter of lilacs; rainbows of roses’. A bunch of beautiful flowers can bring in the joy and cheers instantly – be it the living room or dining room or even a corner in the porch. Place your priced possession like orchids inside your home and keep them fresh by watering them regularly.
Add light touch
Add a light touch to the interiors. If you have dark coloured walls, then paint them afresh with light colours like off-white, sky blue or light green. You do not necessarily have to paint the house; painting a single wall with light colours in a room would do the trick. Also, avoid stuffing the room with plenty of furniture as it would hamper the flow of light into the room. De-clutter the rooms and keep decorating accessories like art works to a minimum. Replace heavy draperies with light curtains to allow more light inside.
Open up to outdoors
Summer beauty is all about bright, sunny outdoors. Add a flavour of attractive outdoors in your home. Let the centerpieces be made of flowers, fruits and plants. They would enhance the richness and also infuse aroma into home interiors. Eco-friendly materials like jute rugs and bamboo chairs would make the home ready to embrace vibrant nature of summertime. If your home has a great view such as facing lake, sea or hills or even a park, then maximize the home decor to enhance the view. Place your furniture facing then towards the view. You can have a beautiful view of indoors as well by hanging a bright artwork or picture.
