How to Extend your Summer into Fall
As summer is coming to an end, we are going to miss our warm weather while entertaining friends and family outside. But come fall time, we really don’t have to switch out the summer vibes in our home just yet. We have come up with a few ways to extend your summer days by changing out current furniture, bringing in more natural light, and switching out accessories.
The first way you can extend your summer is by creating a new layout of your current furniture. Rather than having your fireplace as the main focal point in your living room, try moving your indoor furniture to face your windows or French doors. This will open your living spaces to the outdoors and entice you to want to go outside more. Stretching indoor and outdoor spaces together combines indoor comforts with outdoor serenity. Summer is all about having fun, so why not have fun with changing fabrics on a few of your furniture pieces. Reupholstering a chair or ottoman in a fun color can give it new life and make you fall in love with your space all over again.
Please don’t forget about those outdoor spaces as well. Outfit your space with comfy cushions, cozy throws, and earth-tone hues. Try changing out your outdoor cushions and adding some whimsical colorful pillows. Having cozy outdoor throws on hand will encourage you to go outside more in the evenings. Keeping the same color palette as you have indoors will seamlessly extend your living space from inside to outside. Looking out your windows will make you smile again knowing you haven’t given up on the season. These tricks work year-round and eventually will evoke the feeling of fall.
Painting your indoor and outdoor furniture pieces can also give you the same effect of seamlessly extending your living spaces. Customize them with a coat of primer and add a glossy, colorful finish in green or blue. But if you’d rather start fresh, we carry hundreds of furniture lines and accessory vendors to fit everyone’s needs and price points. For example, some furniture companies we carry are Lexington, Sherrill Furniture, Hooker Furniture, Century Furniture, Tropitone, Bernhardt, Kravet, and many more. Get your home accessorized with vendors like Uttermost, John Richard, and Global Views. Whichever your interior design style is, we can help you figure out which furniture pieces are the right ones for you.
Another way to extend your summer is to change out the lighting in your home. When you think of the winter months you probably think of dim and amber lighting. Try LED bulbs, available in a variety of colors from classic warm white to cool blueish white that mimics natural daylight. For some reason if your home still feels dark, move your large furniture pieces away from covering your windows. If you don’t have a lot of natural light in your space try bringing in mirrors. Unique mirrors will bring interest to the space while also bringing in more light. Placing a mirror on an opposite wall as a window will increase the amount of light there is in a room.
Removing heavy window treatments and redressing those windows with Hunter Douglas shades can also let the light in and make your rooms appear larger and brighter. Hunter Douglas shades are available in lighter weight fabrics for a brighter space or room darkening fabrics for sun control or a day sleeper. You can even control the light, make your windows more energy efficient, and use their superior remote control PowerView system to operate them. Letting the natural light shine through is a great way to keep your home bright like summer time.
Lastly, accessories can make all the difference in your home. Bringing in natural materials like rattan, wicker, wood, linen, along with light fabrics will help make your home feel bright and airy. Switching out your decorative pillows for each season is a great way to keep things looking fresh. Here at Dorene Gomez Interiors we carry several fabric vendors to help you create your own custom pillows. Try adding pops of color with new pillows to match the season. Beautiful sunflower pillows are perfect for transitioning from summer to early fall. Take cues from nature and mix summer greens and early autumn yellows, golds, coral, rose, and burgundy colors for accents. Add more color by swapping out your art and accessories to bring more personality to your space. Fresh flowers and plants will bring the outdoors in and improve your homes air quality as well. Extending summer in your home is always a good idea in our eyes.
Keep us in mind to help you extend summer in your home. Contact us at 925-889-9424 or email us at info@dorenegomezinteriors.com. To keep up to date with Dorene Gomez Interiors check out our blog on our website for more content!
