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

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

Yellow painted front door
Small summer cottage with stone patio

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

Wooden walls and floor, decorating with bright paint colors
Red wall paint, cottage hammock

3. Get rid of clutter, organize all small spaces

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

4. Cut the grass and trim your shrubs

Cutting grass, summer yard landscaping
Decorative shrubs and summer flowers, garden design

5. Consider repairing or recycling old wood furniture

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

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

White kitchen with open shelves
White shelves for kitchen storage, cottage decorating ideas

7. Change cabinet handles and door knobs

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

8. Clean the windows and add light white curtains

Light summer decorating ideas, white window curtains, tablecloth with blue flowers
Colorful butterflies, light curtains for summer decorating

9. Decorate your patio

Wood garden furniture with colorful cushions

10. Add an umbrella, build a sunshade

Rustic wood bench

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

Outdoor lighting design
Contemporary outdoor lights, large ball on the ground illuminating the tree

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

Beautiful yard decorations, watering can with LED lights
Wooden wheels, garden decorations

  by Ena Russ   
   13.06.2019

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