You can see more of the gory details from when the room was completely gutted in this room.
I always used to read suggestions like “Take down all of the curtains in your house and switch them out for flowy white cotton ones instead.” Or “Switch out your large area rugs for something more natural and beachy-feeling.” Or “Bring the outdoors in!Simply have your personal carpenter knock a hole in your living room wall and install 6-8 french doors, then install a patio made of imported limestone and create a second living room outside to create a flow between the two spaces.”.
OK, I made that last one up, but still.None of those things are happening for normal people with normal busy lives and normal budgets.I always hate advice like that because it kind of suggests that if you can’t do it right, don’t even bother.
And of course, there are so many, even better things that you can do to make your home feel summery in just a few minutes and without a whole team of stylists and hard-laborers to work for you.. For summer, it MUST be easy.One thing is for sure, no one wants to spend their summer fussing over decorations in their home.
So all the ideas that I’m showing you today are really kind of “set it and forget it” types of ideas.
They’re “do it once and enjoy it all season” kind of things, mostly.I really like that this counter is nice and durable now and really stands up to constant daily use.. One of the things that I insisted on was that the brackets to hold the counter up be really big and chunky and act as a design element in the room.
I didn’t want the whole thing to look flimsy and temporary and be yet another eyesore.I can take no credit for what Chris came up with, but I really love these brackets!.
So simple, but so eye-catching all lined up like that, right?AND super inexpensive too!