Just when the summer heat is starting, that’s the time I look to freshen up and “cool down” our living spaces. One of my favorite ways to do so this summer is to add touches of green. Here are a few easy, summery ways to add some refreshing greens to your home.
1. Start at the beginning. At your front door, add some new flowering or just-so-great-green colored plants in zinc tubs, and whatever else you can find to put plants in. A welcoming entrance, filled with fresh color makes the entry to your home say “I’m so glad you are here!”
2. Group greens together for maximum impact. Here, Fern prints in simple frames make quite a statement when grouped with a clear Green Glass Lamp, and a few Fern fronds in a bottle. A collection of antique Gardening Books with mostly Green covers make this picture complete!
3. Little personal details mean a lot. This sweet shadow box is painted in Mint Green. A favorite family photo, some shells and other little mementos tell their own {your family’s} story! You can make a box like this by adding a simple wooden box to the back of a frame you already have.
4. Freshen up the smallest room in your house. All it takes is a great new Shower Curtain {bought or home made from a sheet} a few Green Towels, and another Fern print to tell your Green story.
5. Use what you have in the garden. How stunning and simple is this? A few bright Green Fern Fronds from the garden in a vase is all it takes to take this work area to WOW. I love this idea, and can be found regularly snipping away at our ferns and other Green plants for just this reason.
6. Anything and everything can be used to tell your color story. Case in point, this fun way to showcase fresh flowers, and your beautiful teapot and cups. Take those wedding and birthday gifts out of your closet that you almost never use. Repurpose them and breathe new life into your home. Love that! It’s so easy and fun to change just a few things in your home seasonally, I hope you will try your hand at some of these ideas. Let me know!
photo credits:BG&H
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7 Comments
Wonderful ideas for greening up your Home for the Summer! I too love to snip ferns, lilacs, and at the moment, peonies from the Garden.
I love Peonies, Camille. I wish we could grow them here in California.
While I’m always raiding the gardens for indoors, it never occured to me to use ferns. I love that! Thanks for the tip.
Lidy,
I Love your thoughts on placing plants at the Front door. I Love adding Fresh White Baby’s Breath with touches of Green during the Summer Months inside my home. I just Love a nice fresh Look in the summer months.
Thanks for sharing a Wonderful Post!
Nancy
These ideas are so great! I love all the greens, especially the flowers and plants. It’s very fresh and welcoming. Thanks for this inspiring post. I will use these ideas.
It’s true , little personal details means a lot.. love your creativity here.
Placing some plants at the front door does not only add charm to the outside of your home, it makes people feel so much more welcome. What a great post!