If you still want to make something like this, you could even do a 12 days of Christmas thing and have plenty of time left this year to get it together.

After that, I just like to have a damp soapy cloth with me so I can wipe surfaces down as I put out my new decor.It makes all the difference!.

When it comes down to it, the real joy of summer is being able to enjoy as much of the outdoors as we can possibly handle.That’s why everything that we do.to help us bring that summertime feeling to our homes is really stuff that reminds us of the great parts about being outdoors during this season.

I find that the more time we spend outside, the more the inside of my home starts to feel like summer too.The feeling of coming inside into the cool house when you’ve been outside in the sun all day?

That’s a big part of our impression of home during the summer too!

Your home becomes a bit of a cool and shady oasis at times on really hot days..One of the things I’d really like to have in this room one day is some nice built in cabinetry to hold dishes, but since we can’t do that right now, a plate rack gives that “built-in storage” feel.

It was cheap and quick too!.Define the space with an area rug.

If your dining room is really just a corner of a living room or a kitchen, adding in an area rug that you love can really help to define the space and give it its own identity.I like the rug to have something in common with other rugs that are nearby, like our grey living room rug, but not to match exactly.