How to Quickly Refresh Your Cottage, Simple Summer Decorating Tips

wateringcan and LED lights
Beautiful yard decorations, watering can with LED lights

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Summer decorating is about simplicity and brightness. Here are useful tips for your cottage staging for the summer. Save time and money on redecorating your summer home and spend more time outdoors. Try to save furnishings you have, rearrange them, and give a fresh coat of paint to the walls. Simplified summer decorating ideas bring freshness into your living spaces and turn your cottage into a beautiful retreat.

DIY summer decorating ideas, recycling, and upcycling allow to save you money and spend more time outdoors with family members and friends. Follow these home staging tips and prepare your cottage for fun-filled summer.

Coastal cottage decorating ideas, beautiful outdoor living spaces

Colorful small cottage decor, bright wall painting ideas

Recycling and creative cottage decorating ideas

Cottage decorating ideas for summer

yard decorations plants
Summer decorating ideas, flowering plants, wall decor, birdhouses, butterfly decorations

1. Repair and paint the exterior walls and brighten up your front door with color

wooden walls
Yellow painted front door
fresh painted door
Small summer cottage with stone patio

2. Repair interior walls and floors, then paint the walls or decorate them with modern wallpapers

blue and red paints for wooden walls
Wooden walls and floor, decorating with bright paint colors
painting ideas for wall
Red wall paint, cottage hammock

3. Get rid of clutter, organize all small spaces

storage baskets
Shelves with storage baskets, organizing tips for small spaces
garden furniture
Organizing gardening tools and planters

4. Cut the grass and trim your shrubs

grass cutting with scissors
Cutting grass, summer yard landscaping
shrubs flowering plants
Decorative shrubs and summer flowers, garden design

5. Consider repairing or recycling old wood furniture

poolside patio with wood furniture
Wood furniture, poolside patio
mid century modern furniture
Storage furniture, mid-century modern style

6. Get rid of upper kitchen cabinets. Buy or build open shelves for your cottage kitchen

white kitchen furniture
White kitchen with open shelves
white painted shelves for kitchen storage
White shelves for kitchen storage, cottage decorating ideas

7. Change cabinet handles and door knobs

clear door knobs
New door knob
red cabinet
Painted red cabinet with pull handles, easy summer decorating ideas

8. Clean the windows and add light white curtains

round table wood chairs
Light summer decorating ideas, white window curtains, tablecloth with blue flowers
white window curtains with colorful butterflies
Colorful butterflies, light curtains for summer decorating

9. Decorate your patio

wood chair table garden furniture
Wood garden furniture with colorful cushions

10. Add an umbrella, build a sunshade

salvaged wood bench
Rustic wood bench

11. Bring beautiful string lights, lanterns, and DIY lamps

string lights clear bulbs
Outdoor lighting design
contemporary ball light
Contemporary outdoor lights, large ball on the ground illuminating the tree

12. Reuse and recycle old and broken items for unique yard decorations

wateringcan and LED lights
Beautiful yard decorations, watering can with LED lights
old wheel yard decorations
Wooden wheels, garden decorations

  by Ena Russ   
   13.06.2019

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