Preparing your house for the summer
After a long and dreary winter, it’s time to welcome the summers with open arms and joyous spirits. And summers, as we all know, is a time to relax: 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 home according to the season is easier if you are focused and know what to keep, what to throw away and what to save for next year. Put away all the heavy furniture, wool rugs, rugs or anything that would give a warm feeling to your home and take out all the durries, soft cotton rugs with floral prints and sheer curtains in whites, pastel shades like baby pinks, light blues as you prepare your house for the summers.
Cushions, curtains charisma
Put away all thick, dark-colored cushions and curtains. Instead, highlight lace trims, sheers, and soft cottons in shades of fresh fruits like watermelon, musk melon, mangoes, or in fresh floral prints to bring the freshness of summer into your home decor. Throw away the heavy curtains and opt for cotton curtains available in shades like fresh lemon, green apple, watermelon red, cotton candy pinks to get into the summer spirit this season.
Summer means being light on your wardrobe, your food, and similarly your home décor. So put away all the heavy furniture if you can, and bring out the light cane furniture instead. If storage isn’t possible, use cushions in summer tones to prepare your home for summer this season.
Think citrus, think summer
As you go easy on the furniture and highlight 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 orange and lemon tones to not only add color to your decor, but also to give it a warm, summery feel.
Various shades and shades of reds, blues and greens will not only add color to your home but also bring joy with their different variants. Similarly, opt for light summer shades in shades like citrus lemon or grass green. Do you want to bring the clear skies of summer into your home? Then choose curtains in shades like light blue or sky blue in flowing 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 freshness everywhere. The fragrance of fresh flowers, fresh blades of grass springing up from the ground is a sight to enjoy and summer is also the season to bring all this freshness into your homes and also into your lives. So open the doors and windows and let the dampness of cold and cold winters be a thing of the past and let the fresh air flow through your home to give you a summery fragrance. Bring fresh plants and flowers into your home and place them in the hallway or living room. In case you can’t find fresh flowers, choose cushions, curtains, bedspreads with big and bold floral prints to bring the freshness of summer into your home.
think of color think of summer
Are you the artistic type? If so, let your creativity flow 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 planters and keep fresh flowers in them. Your home will be ready to receive the summer with all its fresh summer fragrance. If art isn’t your thing, don’t worry! As the markets fill up with colorful ceramic vases and pots that will add color to your home.
Since summer is the season in which water becomes an essential ingredient to keep the heat at bay, use it in your decoration. The markets are filled with artificial fountains of various shapes, sizes and colors to cut down on the heat and welcome summer this season. You can also add summer tones by changing the colors of your furniture and making it summer-friendly.
playing with nature
Summer is the time when you can bring the freshness of the outdoors into your home. So pull out the wicker baskets and fill them with random fresh cut 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 also give it 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 walls in summer tones.
Incorporate the fresh fragrance of summer by keeping dried flower arrangements where anyone who comes into your home can smell them. You can also opt for khus sheets instead of curtains to protect yourself from the heat.
With these decoration tips you will be ready to receive the summer.
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