Rethink your current interiors and design a new look-home with the bright, inviting colours of summer. Bring a little sunshine into your rooms with everything from bright furniture to space-saving storage ideas that will open out your home and create a feeling of relaxed and hazy summer days…
You can work a bit of summer colour into almost any room. Whether you are starting from scratch, or just making a few subtle additions, vibrant shades around the home will make you see your house in a whole new light.
Perk up a plain living room with a hit of shocking pink, yellow or sky blue. Give one wall a lick of bright paint, or choose a patterned wallpaper to create a lively feature that will give any decor scheme a modern edge.
Multicoloured furniture will create a fun, retro vibe in your home. Choose mis-matched soft furnishings or chairs and even paint some of your homeware in different, but complementing, colours for a contemporary design look.
Summer decorating doesn’t have to be all about the bright colour. Opt for a largely white scheme and add in small touches of coral on white chiffon curtains and sea blue on cushions for a coastal look that will open up even the smallest room.
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Summer decorating ideas for your house
Don’t forget about your garden. Once summer arrives, there will be nothing better than spending lazy afternoons outside. Add pops of colour to your garden furniture with brightly hued cushions and throws. Don’t forget to add fresh flowers to your table and a string of bunting for a homely touch outdoors.
Bright mid-century style living room
For a modern country look, choose a mid-century style sofa upholstered in a multicoloured fabric. Team with vibrant red and mustard yellow cushions and pretty tableware on a rattan chest.
Similar sofa
Laura Ashley
Similar wallpaper
Little Greene
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Pink and patchwork living room
Love pink? Then perk up your living room with a cheery bubblegum-pink feature wall. Introduce more colour with vintage-style patchwork cushions, which look great against a white sofa.
Similar throw
Debenhams
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White coastal-style living room
You can almost feel the sea breeze drifting into this coastal living room. Here the colour scheme reflect nature’s own corals and sea blues, set against crisp white curtains and sofas.
Similar curtain fabric
Camengo
Similar coffee table
Pine Finders
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Pale blue and orange hallway
Who would have thought that sky blue and orange could work so well? This bright and spacious hallway gives a nod to coastal style, while elements such as a painted orange bench, hat-stand and striped rug add quirky modern design touches.
Similar paint
Gentle Sky by Little Greene
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Red and white retro kitchen
If there’s one room where you can get away with bold splashes of colour, it’s the kitchen. Go to town with a cherry red fridge-freezer and gingham tablecloth and add colourful kitchen accessories for a fun, retro look.
Gingham tablecloth
Marks & Spencer
Fridge-freezer
Smeg
Tiles
Homebase
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Lime green kitchen
It doesn’t get more zesty than this lime-green and yellow kitchen. The glossy cabinets take centre stage in this streamlined modern design.
Similar kitchen cabinetry
Cococucine
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Bright yellow floral bedroom
Wake up, it’s a beautiful morningÂ…! At least it is in this sunny bedroom, decorated in a palette of soft yellows and duck-egg blues. Choose a feature wallpaper and dress the bed with colourful floral bedlinen and a cosy throw.
Similar wallpaper
Cole & Son
Similar bed
Kit Stone
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Red and pink bathroom
Patterned wallpaper makes a bold design statement in this bathroom, creating a striking look alongside fresh white tongue-and-groove panelling.
Wallpaper
Laura Ashley
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Colourful blue and green bathroom
This aqua-blue flamenco curtain will make you feel like dancing into the shower every morning. Choose a few key accessories to add style to a simple white bathroom.
Shower curtain
Anthropologie
Bath and freestanding tap
Colourwash
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Colourful garden terrace
Add pops of colour to garden furniture with colourful cushions and throws in deckchair stripes. Fresh flowers on the table and a string of bunting make this a perfectly designed summer retreat.
Cushions
Colefax and Fowler
Bunting
Deckchair Stripes
Table
Lisbeth Dahl
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