It retains issues feeling recent, and permits me that ‘newness’ excessive with out altering issues round an excessive amount of!
Beneath are 5 tremendous easy residence updates for summer time. I hope you take pleasure in having a peruse, and I’d love to listen to of any shifts you’re making in your house too!
5 Residence Updates for Summer season
1 ~ Pure Textures
Pure textures like rattan, jute, seagrass and linen are a few of my favorite methods to lend just a little Mediterranean allure to an area.
Only recently Oli and I added our largest textured piece into our residence: A jute rug for the kitchen.
Jute rugs are comparatively cheap, final ages and work in high-traffic areas just like the kitchen.
I’m additionally bringing all the little rattan and wicker trinkets we’ve in our residence to the forefront RN.
Once more so as to add some Mediterranean fashion into our residence in lieu of us really going away. I like these rattan desk mats we bought earlier within the 12 months from Anthropologie. I take advantage of them primarily underneath vases.
I’m Carrying
High: Part Eight c/o | Shorts: Subsequent ~ Previous Season
Headband: Primark | Earrings: Auree c/o | Necklace: Astley Clarke c/o
2 ~ Up to date Cushion Covers & Throws
Sure, sure, I’ve an obsession with cushions. I THINK my cousin-in-law as soon as counted 20 in a single room.
No disgrace, ha!
Cushions add a lot color, texture and depth to an area. They’re largely cheap and I like how straightforward it’s to vary up the look of a room, by merely altering the cushion covers.
Including in a light-coloured throw can be a straightforward approach to carry an area. We’ve a giant wicker basket we fill with blankets in order that it’s straightforward to seize one when the evenings get chilly.
3 ~ New accents: comfortable pink, neutrals + lemons
In the summertime months I discover myself drawn to 2 distinct types, each at residence, and in my wardrobe:
Impartial and/or high-colour. Beneath I’ve popped notes on a number of new accents I’ve added into our residence.
COLOUR: SOFT PINK
As a part of my easy residence updates for summer time I needed to deliver considered one of my favorite colors — comfortable pink — to the forefront. I did this by re-arranging a number of styling bits to deliver comfortable pink objects into focus.
I additionally purchased a recent bunch of pink hydrangeas from the flower wholesaler, and used clippings of pink hydrangeas from our backyard dotted across the flat too.
The great thing about hydrangeas is that they appear wonderful proper the way in which by means of their life cycle.
I maintain them recent for so long as attainable after which allow them to dry out. As soon as they’re dried, in the event that they’re in good situation, I’ll maintain utilizing them for so long as I can!
ACCENTS: CITRUS FRUIT
I like the look of a giant bowl of lemons, they make for an excellent decor accent AND you all the time have them handy for salad dressings and drink garnishes.
I have a tendency to purchase recent lemons repeatedly, however you would additionally spend money on some fake fruit which might final you all 12 months spherical.
TEXTURE: NEUTRALS
I don’t know if it’s due to the hotter months, or if it’s only a common shift in my fashion, however I’ve been in search of extra impartial residence items of late.
I’m drawn to texture over color RN, which you’ll be able to see within the picture above. A lot of woven objects, attention-grabbing embroidery, and pure fibres.
I like Swedish model Himla for excellent linen items, and the tall vase you may see is considered one of my new objects from La Redoute. I’ve rounded up another nice impartial vase choices beneath.
4 ~ Vegetation
I can’t imagine it’s taken us so lengthy to get houseplants for the flat! Now we’ve them, they really feel like they’ve been right here endlessly.
In our lounge we now have a Fowl of Paradise plant. I like the way it provides life, color and just a little drama to the house. I used to be impressed by Kate’s beautiful plant, since Kate additionally lives in a house with tall ceilings, and her crops add a lot depth to her house too.
For the kitchen we went with a relative of the lemon tree. One other nod to our love of the Mediterranean.
5 ~ A de-clutter + spruce!
There’s a purpose you havn’t seen behind this couch earlier than . . . it’s often cluttered with SO. A lot. Stuff.
One of many completely happy side-effects of lockdown was an urge to de-clutter, and piles of forever-forgotten stuff fell sufferer to stated urge! I’m SO completely happy to have these random areas cleared now!
For behind the couch particularly, it now looks like the proper house for this lovely ‘Jelena’ runner rug, once more from La Redoute, main as much as our new plant child!
Usually I had a extremely good spring (or quite, summer time) clear, and it feels SO good to have issues trying brisker.
I discover that my residence setting has a huge effect on my psychological readability and wellbeing, and so it’s all the time essential for me to maintain mine feeling recent, inspiring and welcoming.
Plus I simply actually love shelfie, ha!
OVERALL
The core objects in my residence — furnishings, art work and wall colors — stay the identical all 12 months spherical, however it’s enjoyable to vary up small parts seasonally. I like specializing in easy residence updates for summer time. They make the house really feel recent! And once you’ve been spending a LOT of time at residence, that’s much more welcome than typical!
