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Summer is here and for many, this means it is time to redecorate and prepare our homes for these months!

When getting your home ready for summer, the main objective is to clear out the clutter and bring the light and life that the warmer months provide. So let’s take a look to these 8 interior design tips on how you can capture the look of summer and make your home shine!

1. Keep only what you need

This is the most important tip to consider since summer is about space, light and air, not about clutter. Once you leave only the relevant objects in your room, you can also rearrange the furniture to maximize space. You can start adding other elements that we will suggest on the following tips, but remember to keep it simple 🙂

Just like this simple dining area we found on Pinterest!

2. Natural Lighting

With longer days, inviting natural light into your property will result in a brighter home! Big windows, strategically placed mirrors, and any opportunity your house has to add natural light into the interior, will help you bring the summer sun into your house. Additionally, rearrange your space to maximize flow, take-out items and move items around to allow for the best access to natural light and movement within the space.

We found very inspiring this beautiful natural light coming from the celling on Pinterest!

Isn’t this nautical theme mirror from New England Magazine amazing?

Here one of our designs showing how important is natural light for an interior!

3. Vintage Accents

If you have furniture or ornaments that you consider old, take those opportunities to explore your creativity! Creating a timeless interior can add a lot of life to your house! Specially if you use nautical themes! After all, what is summer decor without a little sea inspiration?

Our design shows how blue can highlight the space and give it a fresh summer touch!

4. Bring the outside in!

Summer is the perfect excuse to garnish your home with flowers and plants because they can bring real life into any interior! Placed them near windows, on the top of the coffee table, in the middle of the dinning table, and so on… Summer is the perfect season to use flowers because they can flourish in the summer sun creating a real summer aroma and a beautiful setting.

We love this flowers arrangement we found on Pinterest!

Flowers everywhere! Take in mind that you can used real flowers but also applied a beautiful pattern for your curtains!

5. Add light to your nights

If you want to create the best summer night ambience and add an additional touch to your summer nights, you can place lanterns inside your house and outside. The backyard is a great idea! You can find lanterns everywhere, they come in affordable prices and you can customized your designs.

We found on Sackcloth & Ashes how just by placing lanterns you can create a cozy atmosphere perfect for summer nights!

You can find this inspiring setup just by checking this DIY website!

6. Embellishments

Take this season as the perfect opportunity to use cushions, wall hangings, and accessories! This trend will add a wonderful handmade quality to each room.

Place a few pillows on a sofa to add a more inviting look!

7. Play with colors!

Ice Cream Colors are going to be a huge trend this year! Try to choose your colors based on your favorite ice cream color. Introduce your selection of color on a single wall and used accessories with pastel hued vases, dining chairs and tableware can take you there too!

Color inspiration can come from anything! Like we did in this project, incorporating the client’s collection of colorful crosses and suzani blankets.

8. Pile on Pillows

Add pillows with different patterns and textures to bring back to life your sofa! This will transform your space into a bohemian interior or a cozy welcoming space. It depends on what kind of pillows you put together and what is the atmosphere you want to create!

Our #bossbabe loves pillows and comfortable fabrics in her designs!

BONUS TIP

Recycling

Not only it is good for the planet, it’s trendy! Anything from repurposing disposable items to resurrecting forgotten items, recycling and DIY decor are here to stay! Take the risk to paint, create and transform items such as cans, plastic bottles and glass containers. You will be amazed with how these items will bring life into your space!

This creative idea on Pinterest shows there is no limit for your creativity!

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Bring in summer scents!

Our brains are stimulated with colors, smells and textures, so create a multi-sensory environment that you enjoy. A good way to do this is by adding candles, scents to air conditioning, and oil diffusers. There is nothing better than walking into a fresh smelling home at the end of a hot summer day!

Welcome this new season with these summer decorating ideas to freshen up your home decor! After these tips, you can design your interior space and discover that it can be transformed into something unique, where you can relax and enjoy summer!

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Recently, our wonderful owner, Amber Clore, went on Fox 35 to do one of her segments. This time she had picked to show the viewers how to decorate your home like a celebrity. So which two celebrities did she pick to show off their wonderful sense of style? Jennifer Lopez and Jessica Alba! Two very hip and trendy ladies today. Two very great picks! (See the video here.)

You can see Amber’s variations of their designs on the right and the pictures of their actual homes on the left.

Jennifer Lopez’s Home

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Just like J-Lo everything in her home is glamorous and displays modern elegance. She uses neutral tones all throughout her home, which keeps it looking sleek and gives a touch of simplicity. This allows the sunlight to bounce off the walls and create a fresh, natural ambiance. She incorporates different textures, specifically velvet and fur, and using layers to create an even more texturized look. Another fun thing to bring to your home is her use of mixed metals. It is trending and keeps everything from looking too matchy-matchy. Clearly J-Lo knows when it comes to all the natural light in the homes, using glass and crystal is a great idea because it just makes the light jump more and really helps the light to reach the whole area.

Jessica Alba’s Home

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Jess likes all the rooms in her home to really show off the outdoors if not to actually be outdoors. Yes, she has her kitchen and living room outdoors with a large succulent garden going up her wall. She likes to keep everything organic and sustainable, which is a great way to keep the air fresh and continually getting refreshed from all the plants and natural décor. To keep the home fun and playful, she uses bold patterns and colors. She emphasizes on red and blue either with paint or large scaled décor pieces. By using less but bigger items, you can fill the room and keep it from looking cluttered. Most of her décor items have a rustic look and feel such as the trunks we have here. This style tends to complement natural wooded elements such as the items she has in her home. Last but not least, this tile wall is absolutely gorgeous. It adds a really cool texture, if you will, instead of paint or wallpaper. It’s a very creative take on wallcoverings.

Amber had so much fun on set. See the video clip here!