It’s summer and that means time to freshen, brighten & lighten up our homes! Toscana girl Megan is having an “in love moment” with green, hmm better yet lets call it Chartreuse. The shop is decked out in lush hues of green!
Top 5 Hot Summer Ideas:
One: Dress your deck up with a formal white table cloth and use planters for center pieces. Got an old table? Throw a formal white table cloth over it and cover the top with assorted clear juice glasses filled with tea-lights! Ta da! Gorgeous! Try tying inexpensive light weight white drapes to your arbor outside… Another fabulous white fabric moment, we promise!Two: Tis the season for Lemons & Limes. Forget flowers! Fill your favorite large glass vases and bowls with lemons and limes! Use just one, or mix them up!
Three: Utilize your Garden! Use Hosta leaves as coasters or underneath food when serving on platters. Fill multiple vases/juice glasses with garden greens and any garden flowers for wild country bouquets. Group them together on your mantel, coffee table or dining table. They will be lovely!Four: Colour Surge! Pick one colour, any colour. Take that colour and mix it with white. Start placing it throughout your home. Green is simple and works well with any décor. Follow the next steps with your chosen colour. Try fresh white flowers, our faves are Casablanca lilies or cannas lilies in the dining room and on the coffee table. Splurge on green cushion covers to go you’re your existing pillows. Change all candles to bright white. Place our some strategic white porcelain/ceramic accessories. Fluff out the white towels in the bathrooms. Wow… Summer Fresh…Did we mention… Megan is loving green right now?
Five: The box & bucket run! Where did we get that name from? Well… as the sun streams in Megan’s dirty windows (side note: in the entire time Megan has known Ulli, she has never seen a dirty window or surface at her house) she runs around with the bucket full of dish soap/squeegee & a box. Windows are washed and all knickknacks/cushions are stored in the box (let’s be honest…then transferred to the dining room table, Megan has a lot of knickknacksJ). At the end only a few are put out in new spots. Invigorated and soul satisfied Megan is surrounded by clean lines and sparkling windows. Aahhhh!
Pictures are from Martha Stewart http://www.marthastewart.com/ .... of course!! :)
