TRICKS OF THE TRADE | BRING SUMMER INSIDE
After a busy spring, are you ready for the long, relaxed days of June, July and August?
Here at FrenchGardenHouse, the garden is in full bloom, and the little school across the street from our house is almost out for summer.
As days get warmer I'm ready for a long Sunday afternoon reading a great book on our back garden deck, iced tea at hand. Or for summer fun as guests start to arrive to our home. with evenings filled with family and friends, gathered around our fire bowl after a delicious meal.
Bringing the garden indoors always amps up the impact of your decorating! Soothing green plants bring in summer's energy.
Just a few touches of green liven up this table setting. The green antique French glass jars each hold a few stems of hydrangea clipped from the garden. What bring this table to real life though, is the French ironstone tureen filled with ferns.
One of my all time favorites, a maidenhair fern has such fresh, beautiful color. For this display, above, I didn't even add moss...I just placed a potted Maidenhair in the tureen, and layered the bottom with a few fern fronds cut from my garden to hide the small area of plastic pot that stuck out a little!
Decorating with houseplants is an easy way to bring the freshness of summer inside. Green plants refresh each room, and bring in new energy.
Vintage Green Tray | Blue Opaline Vase | Opal Carnelian Necklace | Antique French Mother-of-Pearl Opera Glasses
You only have to look outdoors to find some pieces with just the right texture and feeling to create an interesting display.
Antique Rare Mannequin | Architectural Salvage Baluster
The season to slow down and take time to d r e a m is summer! Create a quiet, beautiful spot somewhere in your home or garden where you can dream big. Summer has a slower pace, so enjoy those days when time seems to stand still to dream up new plans.
All you need is a place to sit, a garden bench, a chair. Sooth your senses with beauty, and add a plump pillow to your seat to create a little oasis. This will be the perfect spot to drink a cup of morning coffee, and to relax in the evening and watch the starts if outdoors!
I'm sure that this will become one of your favorite special places at home.
I added this {new!} Linen BEE PILLOW to our little seating area just outside our kitchen door. It's my favorite spot for a little reading break!
It's so easy to add a few fresh touches to your regular decor. Here, a French painted garden tool tote serves drinks during gatherings.
These old totes are so handy, often they come with a handle, and divisions, so that you can stack a few glasses, straws, a bottle of your drink of choice, straws and garnishes all inside.
Drinks are served! With a decorative nod to the outdoors.
Echo the riot of color just outside your doors by infusing your decor with flowers. Fresh flowers are a given! But floral patterns are abundant and breathtaking on antique porcelains, and capture the essence of summer.
These antique figures, dressed in French Blue with hand painted summer flowers strewn all over their clothing embody a carefree summer, don't they?
Made in the 1800's, can't you just imagine the meadows and gardens they walked by before they sat down, to savor a little sun and rest before going back home?
Of course, setting your summer tables with antique dishes in floral patterns is a sure fire way to bring the garden to your table. These spectacular bloom covered bowls are from 1891, and portray summer just as beautifully as they did over one hundred years ago.
Display a beautiful French country ironstone platter behind a stack of antique French plates, topped with an ironstone compote. They brighten up a corner with the beauty of a summer garden, butterflies, birds and garden flowers included!
There are so many ways to style your home for summer. Gather a few pieces from different rooms, and splurge on the things you love this season to liven up your home and help you savor the beauty of summer! I've got just the right pieces to introduce a bit of whimsy and summer to your home. Pieces that you will love, and keep forever.
Create rooms filled with all the things you find beautiful in life. Surrounding yourself with the things that are meaningful to you is the best way to live a beautiful life, and to express yourself.
coming next..... lots of summer entertaining, summer recipes, a collaboration with Brian Hoffman from Hoffman Media's gorgeous Baking One Layer Cakes issue, and of course, all the latest antiques.
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WHAT DO YOU CHANGE TO LIGHTEN UP YOUR HOME FOR SUMMER?
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Lidy
June 06, 2017
Thank you Kathleen! I am sure that anything you put together will be beautiful. Blessings, beauty and love (so sweet!) to you too, friend.