Summer rooms and three simple design solutions!

House of Turquoise

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“I  think of  summers of the past, adjust the base and let the alpine blast. Pop in my cd and let me run a rhyme.

And put your car on cruise and lay back cause this is summertime”

 –DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

Are you feelin’ the summer vibe here?

How can you make your home feel more “summery”?

Try adding more bright white, crisp navy and soft colors throughout your home.

Here’s a few summer must-haves:

Furbish

 Art

Joy & Revelry

Peeps you have to join 

Joy and Revelry

 flash sale website!!

These designers/bloggers know their stuff and sell the best items for your home:).

Serena & Lily

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High Street Market

West Elm

Serena & Lily

Lulu & Georgia

 pouf

Anthropologie

 book

Lulu & Georgia

 rug

Lulu & Georgia

 rug

Potterybarn

Okay today I’m spilling the beans…

Guess what three items I will not and can not live without?

3M Command Strips

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Are you still hanging art with a hammer and nails?

That’s just crazy talk. You need to try command strips they securely hold large pictures, lightweight mirrors, art canvases and pretty much anything you need to hang on the wall.

I LOVE them. Let me say that again. I LOVE them.

No stress or pressure about hanging something and damaging a wall or changing my mind a week later … just pull off the velcro strips no problem. But please read the directions and I wouldn’t hang anything crazy heavy with  them either. You can read more about them

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Crazy Awesome Rug Pad

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In my opinion,  this is the perfect rug pad. Not too thick not too thin, holds onto that rug like it’s his job. Perfect and reasonably priced.

And for the Outdoor Room?

Six plants that repel mosquitoes

Oh yeah ….  it’s summer.  I don’t know about you but mosquitoes love me. I can’t go outside without coming back in with at least ten new bites. The solution? Plant flowers that mosquitoes hate!

So I’ll be planting these babies this summer on my deck and I’ll let you know if it works:)

Lavender

Lemon Balm

Marigolds

Basil

Catnip

Citronella Grass

You can read the article

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. I found it on my local gardening supply website

Keystone Gardens.

How do you get your house summer-ready? I’d love to know!

Want to make your house feel more summer-like? contact me at

kraussteph@yahoo.com