The Digest #1: Get Your Home Ready for Summer

50+ summer decorating ideas for inside and outside your home. Ideas for every room in your home, plus your porch and patio.

With summer almost here, I wanted to do something new, interesting, and fun on the blog. I spent lots of time brainstorming ideas and thinking about what I thought you would like and find helpful. So, I landed on an idea I call The Digest.

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What Is The Decorating Digest?

A digest is a body of information in shortened form. And that is just what the The Digest is. Each Friday this summer, I’ll be sharing a list of information, ideas, and inspiration about one thing. Simple and to the point.

The Decorating Digest’s goal is for you to take away some easy, doable, and motivating things you can do.

What Happened To On The Menu?

It became obvious to me that although a segment of readers enjoys OTM, the great majority of readers pass it by. So, for the summer, I’m replacing OTM with The Digest. Readers who like OTM can still find plenty of weekly menus and recipe roundups at the top of the homepage HERE.

This summer, I’ll create more easy and delicious recipes for you and highlight them as a feature on the blog.

I hope you will enjoy this new summer series!

Get Your Home Ready For Summer

Now is the time to get ready for summer. Here are 50+ easy-to-do tips and ideas for a comfy and charming summer home, inside and out, and some fun things to plan for summer.

It’s fun to read through a list; they can be inspiring. But you might like to actually pick out several ideas that strike your fancy and work on them to create a lovely and unique summer home. Let’s get started…

• Set up a summer coffee bar in your kitchen. Use pretty cups and summery napkins.
• Clean out your closet and make sure your summer clothes are organized.
• For the summer, change your bedding to lighter layers. Swap heavy comforters for this pretty, light quilt.
• Make a wreath or basket and hang it on your front door. This is the first thing I do to welcome a new season. You might like to make one of these…

• Now is the time to dig in the dirt. Plant hydrangeas for beautiful blooms all summer. See how to plant and care for them HERE.
• Create a summer reading list. Reserve your books at the library now.
• Stock up on sunscreen, lip balm, and bug spray for the summer to have it on hand.
• Plan a barbecue to kick off the summer. Try my favorite BBQ rub, Magic Dust.
• Pick flowers and herbs and make pretty little bouquets for your home.

• Add a glass bowl or container with shells to a bookshelf or table.
• Use a large Turkish towel as an outdoor tablecloth.
• Hang sheer curtains to filter the beautiful summer light.
• Organize your garage before the weather gets too hot.
• Make homemade popsicles using these molds.
• Plant herbs in containers. It’s good for your soul.

• Hang string lights or lanterns in your outdoor spaces.
• Hang a mirror. It will reflect the summer light.
• Decorate with textural baskets.
• Update your outdoor furniture.
• Change out your pillows, adding a new complementary color to your decor.
• Display a bowl of lemons or limes on your kitchen counter.

• Visit a farmer’s market.
• Make decoupage pots and planters for summer plants.
• Place a large basket or tote filled with items you need, such as sunscreen and a summer hat, to grab and go.
• Put a basket near your entryway for shoes.
• Create a simple, patriotic vignette for your kitchen table.

• Place pots of herbs outside your back door to create a kitchen herb garden.
• Hang a summer wreath on your back door.
• Swap out an area rug for a light sisal rug.
• Plant annuals in every space around your home. I have raised bed planters at the end of the driveway.
• Plant annuals and perennials in a pedestal bowl and display it on your coffee table.

• Add a small drink and a coaster table next to a chair to serve a summer drink. This one is on sale.
• Take advantage of seasonal fruits and veggies. Try a few new salad recipes…
  • Tomato, Peach, Cherry, And Baratta Salad With Herb Dressing
  • Rolled Zucchini Salad With Balsamic Dressing
  • Watermelon And Feta Salad With Mint And Balsamic Lime Dressing
  • Salad In A Jar Recipes

• Rearrange decor like lamps, small tables, pillows, and decorative throws.
• Hang plates on a wall in summery colors.
• Use a burlap runner on a kitchen or dining room table.
• Best tip: Keep decor simple and fun.
• Use a bench as a coffee table.

• Make shell candles to scatter around a table. A tutorial is coming up in June.
• Add Tiki torches to your outdoor spaces.
• Put vacation pictures in a frame and display them.
• Make a book of pictures of your summer adventures. We like Chatbooks.
• Update your doormat. And add an indoor/outdoor rug under it.
• Learn a few easy summery napkin folds and use cloth napkins.

• Sit under your porch with a pillow and a throw and enjoy summer rain showers.
• Introduce a little blue and white to your decor. It’s a summertime favorite.
• Make adorable Birdseed Lanterns.
• Enjoy seasonal fruit. Try these delicious dessert recipes…
  • Strawberry Lemon Pound Cake With Lemon Glaze
  • Easy Strawberry Cobbler From A Box Mix
  • Summer Rhubarb Galette
  • Easy Blueberry Muffin Recipe
• Make easy Rope Wrapped Candleholders and display them on your dining room or coffee table.

I hope you have enjoyed the first edition of the summer’s The Digest. Let me know what you think in the comments.

Happy almost summer!

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