Lighten up Your Interiors for Summer

Summer is officially here!  As the temperature rises and the days are longer, take a moment to think about the ways you can lighten up your interiors for summer.  You can change the color scheme, add color or lighten color for a softer approach.  Create a beach or tropical vibe.  You can even decrease the visual weight of a room by using wicker or Lucite furniture in place of heavier wood pieces.  Give your home a fresh new look for the season.

Lighten Furniture

By replacing heavier pieces of furniture with wicker, you visually alter the weight of the room, making it lighter.  Furniture with open legs also creates a lighter profile in a room.  Bring in a few pieces of your patio wicker to replace heavier upholstered pieces and see the difference instantly.

As with wicker, Lucite also visually lightens the visual weight of a space.  Replace a heavy wood coffee table with a Lucite one.  Switch out an upholstered chair with a Lucite arm chair.  In the dining room, replace heavy wood chairs with Lucite.

Change Color

Adopt an entirely new color scheme for your home for the summer.  Use slipcovers to refresh upholstered pieces and add pillows to accent.  Replace wool rugs with those made of natural fibers, such as sisal or sea grass.  Switch out your decorative accessories and augment them with seashells or other natural pieces.

Summer colors don’t necessarily have to be lighter.  A few bold colors used in a room with neutral walls and key furniture pieces can be lively and fresh.

If you’ve always wanted to venture into a new design scheme for your home, use the summer as an excuse….or inspiration.  Tap into the colors that you have always imagined for your home and create a fresh new look that will transcend the seasons.  If you live in a place that maintains a warm climate, you have an even better reason!

Beach vibe

You don’t have to live on the beach to achieve a costal vibe.  Create a soothing neutral palette with cotton slipcovers and natural fiber rugs.  Add beach finds to remind you of your leisurely days spent at the beach.  Take down heavy drapes completely or replace them with sheers.

Tropical

Infuse a tropical vibe into your home with fresh green fabrics and accents of palms and colorful botanical prints.  Bring in house plants to add some natural elements into the home.

Softer approach

Lighten up your space with softer colors for the summer.  Cool, soothing whites, pinks, blues and greens bring a cool and fresh appeal to interiors.

Splashes of coral and turquoise are an appealing color combination for the summer season.  Against a backdrop of white walls and casual cotton slipcovers, vibrant colors make softer interiors bright and cheerful.

A Burst of Fun

Include a burst of fun in your summer interiors with colorful pillows.  Tropical fish add a light touch to any room.

Whether you are just ready for a change or if you simply want to lighten up your interiors for summer, you can achieve a fresh look with some simple changes.  So, what’s it gonna be?  A fresh new color?  A lighter approach to furnishings?  Or perhaps you want a beach or tropical vibe?  Summer is the time to add some fun to your interiors and lighten things up!