Summer Decor: Adding Pops of Color to Your Neutral Room

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Pick the Right Color Scheme

Choosing a color scheme for your neutral interior can be a hard task. To simplify the process, use a color wheel and pick one color scheme: analogous or complementary. While there are many more color schemes out there, these are the most effective. A complementary color scheme is comprised of colors that are across each other on the color wheel like orange and purple, yellow and blue, or green and red. This color scheme gives a room a formal and visually challenging look by providing a clear separation of colors. An analogous color scheme, on the other hand, is comprised of colors that are set next to each other on the color wheel like orange and red, violet and blue, or yellow and green. This scheme gives an interior a restful, casual look that is subdued.

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Get Inspired by Nature

No colorist can compare to Mother Nature. She creates stunning masterpieces without trying too hard. Try to imitate her by bringing outdoor summer colors in. Pick dark hues for the floor (ground colors), lighter colors for the walls (mountain and tree colors) and light colors for the ceiling (sky colors). If you divide your colors by intensity, you’ll create a design that looks great every time.

Pull From a Pattern

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To add color, pick the colors from the biggest pattern in the room. This can be artwork, upholstery fabric, a rug, or drapery. This procedure is easier and less expensive than painting a room a particular color only to find that it looks hideous. If your drapery is red and black, add black and red throws, cushions, rugs, or flower vases. Make sure that the lighter color is the dominant one.

Adding pops of color is the best way to enliven an interior. White, cream, and beige look good, but they look even better when mixed with warm summer colors. Use these summer décor tips to give your home a little cheer.

How do you add pops of color in your home?

Decorating Your Summer Bedroom with Cool Colors

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Burst Your Bedroom with Green

Nothing can be more comfortable than a room bursting with green colors. Different green shades will bring a piece of green nature inside your home. If you want to settle with bright, fresh green hues, tone them down with a neutral color like white or cream. For example, fresh green color on the walls can be complemented with white bed sheet and a white-and-green patterned headboard.

On the other hand, soft green shades are also wonderful choices for a summer bedroom. Surround yourself with creamy green or pale aqua green and feel like enjoying holidays sitting on the shore and watching the waves breaking.

Quiet the Bedroom with Blue

Deep blue colors are soothing and cold. After a full summer day working outside, you will definitely want to relax in a room that will give an ice-cold feel. A deep indigo blue or watery blue in your bedroom will turn it look like a pool of cool water. Immersing the room in this shade will make you feel like taking a skinny-dipping every time you enter the room. Use color in short patches to create a dramatic effect.

On the other hand, soft blue shades in the bedroom will feel like a breeze of fresh air. These shades have a serene, calming presence that is almost ethereal. Give healthy doses of soft blue hues on furniture, oversized accessories, and drapery panels and bring a quieting effect into the bedroom.

Neutral Palette for a Restful Bedroom

Neutral colors like white, pink, and cream can also create a clean, cool, and calm atmosphere. A butter cream bedroom filled with other light colors like pale blue and soft yellow can keep the room light and airy. On the other hand, infusing the place with pure white will give it a clean and fresh look, and create a restful retreat. Envelop the entire room in white to create a monochromatic effect. Otherwise, you can create a lighthearted atmosphere by using some different colors like a flirty pink or a purple shade. Use floral fabrics to intensify the playful appeal.

Decorating with these color palettes will add a cool vibe to your summer bedroom and make it ready for the summer feel. Some other colors like chic lime and coral shade can also create your desired effect but playing with too many bold hues will be risky if you are not an expert.

What do you think about these ideas for  Decorating Your Summer Bedroom with Cool Colors?

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Summer Decorating Tips for Your Home

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Bring in the Outdoors

Summer is all about the outdoors. The season brings with it fresh blooms and lovely fruits. These deserve a lovely spot in your living space. Flowers, plants, and fruits not only look beautiful, they give rooms a lovely fragrance. If you prefer a rustic look, add jute and hemp area rugs which bring an exotic, natural feel.

Window Treatments

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To keep out the harsh summer heat and bring in the cool night air, use curtains instead of drapery. Fabrics used to make drapes are mostly heavy and dark and generate a lot of heat. Curtains on the other hand are made from light materials. They provide versatile flexibility in the summer months. If you don’t want to cover up your windows, use valances. Choose those in summer colors to give your windows a finished look.

Furniture

Dark, muted tones may be perfect for autumn and winter, but they look dreary in summer. Add summer accents with decorative throws and removable slipcovers. Choose those in bright hues like lime, pink, orange, sunny yellow, and ocean blue. These bring in plenty of color and brightness. If you prefer white and neutrals, use white or khaki slipcovers and dress them up with informal throw pillows.

You can also usher in summer by arranging your furniture to face the yard, pool, or ocean. This way, you’ll be able to enjoy the lovely weather even when you are indoors. Open windows if that’s what makes you feel good or buy a wall décor whose look and feel you love.

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As you decorate your home this summer, focus on creating a relaxing, livable interior. Use these summer decorating tips to create a gorgeous home you’ll be proud to show your family and friends. Then sit back, relax, and enjoy all the things that the season brings.

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Decorating Ideas – Summer Colors Inspired By Fruit

Sensational Black Accents – Blackberry Inspired Decor

I had just made a foray into a narrow street, where low-height multicolored canopies provided the much required cover from the searing sun. Vendors displayed their exquisite fineries and a small boy sprinkled water on the street to beat the heat. A box of blackberries caught my attention. The beautiful deep purple, almost black, shiny fruit, composed of many drupes looked very attractive and the seaweed colored cardboard that encased it formed an interesting contrast. I immediately knew that this color combination was perfect for my little kitchen table, that I now planned to decorate with black vases and pots holding fresh green foliage. A whiff of cool breeze from somewhere snapped me out of my reverie and I paid the vendor, put the blackberry box into my shopping bag and dwelled in the happiness of experimenting with my fruit inspired summer decor.

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Vibrant Reds – Strawberry Inspired Decor

Just a few steps ahead, lay a vast spread of fresh strawberries sprinkled with water. The garden-fresh fragrance carried me to the stall and the expansive red with bright green interludes, formed a rather spectacular scene. “More decorating ideas!”, I thought. Progressing, from my recent blackberry inspiration, I speculated over what spur could the strawberries bring in? And just as I closed my eyes to take a bite into the savory fruit, offered to me by the vendor, a brilliant idea popped up in my head! A dull green living room with strawberry colored couches, leaf green and off white cushions, all set up besides a cosy fireplace. Throws, Pillows and Shams were an alternate thought stream that gushed along. Mom, was anyways looking to do the mantel in her living room. Probably, strawberries could inspire her living room decor

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Classic Blueberry Notes & Royal Purple Highlights – Blueberry and Plum Inspired Decor

Blueberries stepped in next, inspiring me thoroughly, to paint my grandma’s accent table in its hues. Mulberries, Raspberries and Watermelons participated in the creative feast with the deep purples, vibrant reds and refreshing greens taking charge of my creative energies. Plums, added to the joy. The gorgeous purple was enough to let me relish the fruit without tasting it. I thought it could really become a part of my summer decor in the form of curtains, table runners and suchlike accent upholstery.

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Refreshing Yellows and Fiery Reds

As I wrapped up my little outing, a vendor stood with mangoes and cherries. I must admit that the casual stroll ended on a rather colorful note and I imagined bright yellow and red ceramic pots and cups becoming a part of my teatime routine.

 Mango and Cherry Inspired Decor – Image via: notonthehighstreet

It had been a long time since I had turned to nature, to inspire the designer in me. By the end of the afternoon, I had a stock of fruit to last me the week and of course, brilliant ‘Fruit Inspired Summer Decor Ideas’,enough to last me the season!

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Decorating Ideas: Summer Décor for Cheap

Bringing in the Natural Elements

As you think about the summer, some of the first things that come to mind are the bright colors and natural elements that seem to flourish such as flowers, fruits and vegetables, sand, and even seashells. The list could go on and on. So why not decorate with these items to add as summer décor to your space through utilizing glass vases or mason jars you may have around the house and filling them with flowers or fresh fruits and vegetables to bring in the colors of summer. If you are looking for something a little more earthy, seashells or sand that you can collect from your local beach is another cheap decorating idea for the summer and can be placed in clear glass items to create a visual piece of art for your interior or exterior spaces.

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Paper Creations

Another cheap idea for decorating your space for the summer time is DIY projects with crafting paper. Crafting paper is fairly inexpensive and can be manipulated into mostly anything. Some interesting uses that could bring in summer décor are paper lanterns, paper flowers, easy to create lettering and signs, or even creating paper templates for using outside on your lawn with cooking flour to create a temporary yet fun and festive exterior visual.

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Add Color while Saving Money

Another way to revamp your space for summer in a cheap way is to brighten the space up with color. Bringing in summer décor through application of colors such as vibrant oranges and yellows can really scream summer has arrived! Some cheap and affordable ways of doing this is using fabric scraps you may have around the house to create accessories such as pillows, lamp shades, runners, or rugs for your space. Other ways may be to brighten up the space through candles in summer colors or changing up your table setting with festive tablecloths.

These summer decorating ideas for cheap will keep you in style and on budget leaving you with the rest of your summer season to enjoy!

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