5 Ways to Add Summer Decor to Your Home

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Simple tips for adding summer decor to your home without redecorating your whole house! I love sharing my budget-friendly, simple, doable tips for injecting some fun into your “summer home”

I love, love, love summer and all that it entails. Trips to the beach and the lake, wearing out our welcome at the neighborhood pool. Pretty much spending as much time outside near cool(ish) bodies of water trying to get relief from the hot southern sun. That’s where you’ll find me in the summer time.

Did you know that the ocean is the inspiration for my blog name and signature colors? Some might think I was inspired by a turquoise stone, but no, it’s the beautiful ocean. When we were on vacation a couple of years ago, I was mesmerized by the gorgeous blue waters. And I kept thinking – these are my blog colors! Ha!

I would walk up the beach access every morning and as I got closer to the water, I was met with this view…

ocean

 Breathtaking!

Side note: I ended up turning this photo into a beautiful piece of art. You can purchase the photo here to make your own!

And as I sat in my chair (for 2.5 seconds before I had to chase a kid), I would look out at this view …

Relax at the beach this summer!

Yep! Those are my most favorite colors and that’s why I incorporate blues and greens throughout my home. Adding them throughout the house, whether it’s summer or not, brings me so much joy! So my home reminds me of the coast all year round.

But even if you’re not headed on vacation to the beach or a vacation home or adding coastal colors year ’round, you can bring summer into your home right now.

And you don’t have to overhaul your house to do that. Yes, you’ll want to change out any heavy draperies for sheers or change out dark throw pillows for pretty florals, but you don’t have to change it all.

5 Ways to add Summer Decor to your Home

Over the years I have learned how to not completely redecorate every season, and instead just add and subtract a little here and there with each season. While I do have a closet in my home dedicated to my decor stash, I don’t want to be a decor hoarder and just have piles of unused decorations laying around waiting 9 months until they can come out and play again.

LOVE these tips! 5 simple ways to add summer decor to your home!

DIY Weathered Rope Sign tutorial

With the exception of my mantel, I just like to add little touches of changes to my home and keep most of it the same throughout the year.

I am always game for a little craft to celebrate the new season, usually in the form of a wooden sign. My fave!! I’m a sucker for decorating with typography. It’s my go-to budget-friendly decorating fix. Well, that and clearance throw pillows.

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LOVE these tips! 5 simple ways to add summer decor to your home!

DIY farmhouse shelves tutorial // DIY throw pillows tutorial

1. Bright colors.

Summer is the perfect time to add a pop of color to your decor. You may love color already, then do it up! Or if you love the neutral look, inject a vibrant boost into the room that steals the show.

Spring sofa with pink windowpane throw blanket

I personally love turquoise (obvs) and pink and a few touches of yellow or pink. I smile every time I walk into the color-filled rooms and am reminded to relax and enjoy this season with my family.

2. Add White.

Lots and lots of light and bright just screams summer to me. It’s like bringing in the bright sandy beaches or the white sea shells along the shoreline into your home.

Faux dogwood stems in spring vase
Add white dogwood branches to turquoise vases for a simple summer touch!

Play up the items in your home that you already have that are white and maybe even paint some furniture white, like I did with my kitchen cabinets!

3. Fresh greenery and flowers.

This is the perfect time to bring the outdoors in, because so much of our time in the summer is spent outdoors. Our home has some beautiful hydrangea bushes that have gorgeous white flowers in the beginning of summer and I love to clip them and bring them inside for decorations. There’s just something about fresh blooms that make your home feel bright and cheery!

LOVE these tips! 5 simple ways to add summer decor to your home!

I also like to stop at my Fresh Market any chance I can because their arrangements are gorgeous, last forever and are easy on my wallet. My green thumb is starting to blossom, so I’m excited to add more and more real greenery into our home.

4. Fill a vase with decor.

Glass vases are beautiful in any decor or season, but I especially love glass in summer. So, fill a vase with shells from a recent vacation or matchbooks from your favorite summer eateries. This is a great way to decorate with little things to remind you of a special memory!

LOVE these tips! 5 simple ways to add summer decor to your home!

5. Outdoor Art

Bring the outdoors in with beautiful art depicting the great outdoors. Maybe it’s an abstract painting of the ocean, or a beautiful outdoor walking trail. All of it is a way to bring summer into your home.

Solid Blue Linen Duvet Cover
My bedroom with coastal art for the summer. I change it out for the winter with a pine tree abstract art.

Another thing I love is citrus art in the summer. I made some free lemon tree printable art a few years ago. And I have some beautiful citrus watercolor prints in the frames in my kitchen that I love every spring and summer!

Lemon Tree in Blue & White Ginger Jar Free Printable

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Those are my favorite ways to celebrate summer. I hope you are inspired to add a few summer touches to your home as well!

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11 Comments

  1. Hello, I love your blog and look forward to each new one! I’m especially fond of the subtle paint color in your kitchen area in this post. Can you please share the name/brand of it? We’re in the process of redecorating our bedroom and I think it would be perfect. Thanks in advance!

    1. Hi Carla! That color is Sea Salt by Sherwin Williams. It’s a beautiful color. I currently have it in my master bathroom!

  2. Hi Laura,
    I had left you a comment last year about your beautiful ocean picture. I would love to have it framed in our house. Would it be possible to get a JPEG or a PDF of it?
    Last years comment:
    I love your blog. It has given much needed inspiration for our home. My husband and I both love anything with the colors of the ocean as well. Would it be possible for you to email your beautiful ocean picture. It was the one after your beach access picture. We would love to put it up in our home. Thank you for all of your creativity and inspiration.
    God bless you.
    Doreen

    1. OOOOOHHHH I wondered the same thing!!!!!!!! Wow, that’s so gorgeous and serene but the real ocean at the same time!!

  3. Wow, amazing. I love your tips and your fabulous creativity. You nailed this project. Thanks for sharing.

  4. Hi Laura,

    I love your blog. It has given much needed inspiration for our home. My husband and I both love anything with the colors of the ocean as well. Would it be possible for you to email your beautiful ocean picture. It was the one after your beach access picture. We would love to put it up in our home. Thank you for all of your creativity and inspiration.
    God bless you.
    Doreen

  5. Your summer home looks so clean and fresh, Laura! Love all the coastal colors! It really does scream summer! Love your sunshine & summer pillow! Is it from Kirklands? Let me guess, Target right? I need (want) one! Love the table under the no picture gallery wall. Would you mine telling me where you bought it? I need a table in my great room. I’m still painting and in between shopping for coastal decor. I decided to take the plunge from all your inspiration!

    1. Hi Nancie! Thank you so much! It’s my favorite season for decorating. 🙂 It would be a smart gues that I bought that pillow from Target, but it’s actually a DIY project I did last year! Here’s the tutorial if you’re interested. Super easy to do! https://theturquoisehome.com/2015/06/sunshine-and-summertime-a-diy-stenciled-drop-cloth-throw-pillow/

      And the console table under the no picture wall is the Everett Table from World Market. I wanted to for a long time before I bought it and I ADORE it! So glad I got it! Here’s the link: http://rstyle.me/n/bsxddix85w

      Have fun painting and re-decorating!

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