Preparing your home for summer
After a long and gloomy winter, it is time to welcome summers with open arms and a happy spirit. And summers, as we all know, is a time to brighten up your wardrobe, furniture, home decor, and bring the freshness of the outside world into your homes to better enjoy the season. Here are some tips to beat the heat this summer and prepare your home for summer this season.
Add and remove
Decorating your house according to the season is easier if you are focused and know what to save, what to throw away and what to save for the next year. Put away all heavy furniture, wool rugs, rugs or anything that would give your home a warm feeling and bring out all the durries, soft cotton rugs with floral prints and sheer white curtains, pastel shades like baby roses, dusty blues as you prepare your home for the summers.
Charisma cushions, curtains
Put away all dark colored heavy fabric cushions and curtains. Instead, highlight lace trim, sheers, and soft cottons in shades of fresh fruits like watermelon, musk melon, mangoes, or fresh floral prints to bring summer freshness to your home décor. Remove the heavy drapes and choose cotton curtains available in shades such as fresh lemon, green apple, watermelon red, cotton candy pink to get in the spirit of summer this season.
Summer means cutting down on your wardrobe, your food, and similarly your home decor. So put away all the heavy furniture if you can and take out the lightweight cane furniture instead. If storing is not possible, use cushions in summer tones to prepare your home for summer this season.
Think citrus think summer
As you use the furniture carefully and take out your cane furniture or even light wrought iron furniture, don’t forget to add color to the furniture by using cushions of various sizes and shapes. Citrus colors are summery, so go for shades of orange and lemon not only to add color to your décor, but also to give it a warm summery feel.
Various shades and hues of reds, blues and greens will not only add color to your home, but will also bring joy with their different variants. Similarly, opt for lightweight summer curtains in shades like citrus lemon or grass green. Do you want to bring the clear skies of summer into your home? Then opt for shades in shades like light blue or sky blue on flowy fabrics. Lace, ornaments and transparencies are the order of the season. So go ahead, splurge and enjoy.
Think fresh, think summer
Summer is the season of cool everywhere. The fragrance of fresh flowers, blades of fresh grass that sprout from the ground is a spectacle to enjoy and summer is also the season to bring all this freshness to your homes and also to your lives. So open your doors and windows and let the dampness of the cold and cold winters be a thing of the past and let the fresh air flow through your home for a summery fragrance. Bring fresh plants and flowers into your home and place them in the hallway or living room. In case you cannot find fresh flowers, opt for cushions, curtains, bedspreads with large and striking floral prints to bring the freshness of summer to your home.
Think of color, think of summer
Are you the artistic type? If so, get your creative juices flowing with some paints, ceramic vases, and flower pots this season. Use vibrant summer colors like red, blue, white, lemon, and green to create your own vase and pots and keep fresh flowers in them. Your home will be ready to welcome summer with all its fresh summers fragrance. If art isn’t your thing, don’t worry! As the markets are filled with colorful ceramic vases and pots that will add color to your home.
Since summer is the season when water becomes an essential ingredient to keep heat at bay, use it in your décor. The markets are filled with man-made fountains of various shapes, sizes, and colors to cut down on the heat and welcome summer this season. You can also add summer shades by changing the colors of your furniture and making it summer-friendly.
Playing with nature
Summer is the time when you can bring outdoor freshness into your home. So take out the wicker baskets and fill them with randomly cut fresh flowers from your garden and store them on your dining room table or coffee table. It will not only add color to your home, but it will also add freshness. If you don’t have a garden, don’t worry. You can add your touch and bring nature into your home by painting your furniture or your walls in summer tones.
Bring in the fresh fragrance of summer by keeping flower arrangements dry where anyone who walks into your home can smell it. You can also opt for khus sheets instead of curtains to protect yourself from the heat.
With these decorating tips, you’ll be ready to welcome summer.