Summer Decorating Ideas From My 2015 Tour

With this weekend being the unofficial kickoff to summer I thought I would share my summer open house tour from last year for those of you who are new here and for those who may find some inspiration for your summer decor this year. You will notice that there have been a few changes in my home since last summer, but hey, what else is new? I'm always refreshing things around here and especially seasonally.
Enjoy and have a fabulous holiday weekend!
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For a little background info my husband and I designed and built this house twenty years ago doing much of the work ourselves to save money and there has been much updating over the past ten or more years.  Of course there are a few more things that still need updating. My style has certainly changed since 1995 and I have been updating to the look I like now.

Summer brings back memories of the beach with a bit of Americana thrown in since we usually go on beach vacations in the summer and celebrate July 4th. Even though my home is French country style with some farmhouse style thrown in it is easy to mix in some coastal decor for summer.

Well, don't just stand there. Come on in.
Oh, and if you can see the mess through the windows in the back just ignore it. That is the deck makeover in progress. (Finished and the first reveal is here)

Some coral and flowers were added on top of the large French chest in the foyer. I just recently shared my summer foyer.

This is the sitting room on the left. This room is filled with a mix of new, old and collected.

Straight across is the dining room. This light filled room is filled with many pieces of furniture that I have transformed with paint.

I'm loving these stock flowers.

The dough bowl has been filled with the large fishing float I recently found in an antique mall and some smaller floats purchased on ebay.

I also added many shells collected over the years along with a couple sea fans.

I even tucked in a piece of coral in one of the ironstone dishes in the hutch.

Where are my manners? I haven't offered you anything to drink. I have some refreshments set up in the breakfast room on my antique French farm table.

Have you tried these French lemonades? I like the Lorina one the best, but it isn't lemony enough.

I even have lemon slice glasses, that I bought at The Dollar Store a few years ago, to drink it in.

You can grab a straw if you like. I prefer to drink without one.

We'll just go through the kitchen and I'll show you to your room.

I just can't get enough of these stock flowers. I have to drive 45 minutes one way to Trader Joe's to get them, but they are so worth it. They are cheap, smell great and last a long time.

You are probably tired after your long trip and you may want to rest a bit.

I hope you like hydrangeas. I clipped these and thought they would look nice in this blue ticking striped bucket.

I had put this sea gull picture that I shot on Martha's Vineyard away, but had to pull it back out for summer. It reminds me of the super foggy day there. I took that picture through a restaurant window while enjoying lunch and then had it made into a canvas.

I added some shells and sea glass so you will feel like you are away at the beach instead of outside Hotlanta.

Don't you love these pillows I found at HomeGoods? They have some great ones this year and you can't beat the prices. I do have a bit of a pillow addiction.

I found the octopus pillow first and then found the colorful shams in another HomeGoods store.

Great colors and they are quilted. These are by Tommy Bahama. Can you believe they were just $16 for the pair? Now, that's my kind of decorating.

I brought the Ikea duvet cover back out. Nothing like blue ticking for summer.

I changed out the heavy lined drapes to these linen ones from H&M.
Linen and summer just go together and I am wearing linen a lot this year.

This is another cute pillow from HomeGoods.

Cute details on it.

I sure hope your stay is comfortable.

Summer Master 2015

All American Summer Guest Room