Casual Summer Home Tour
It’s summer home tour day and I am SO excited to be hosting 30 lovely ladies opening up their summer homes to you this week! This year my tour is appropriately called a casual summer home tour. You will find that I kept it very simple, full of flowers and of course several patriotic pops of color.
If you are coming over from Ann at Dabbling and Decorating’s gorgeous summer home tour, welcome! Her vintage, coastal and collected style always has me swooning! After you tour my home make sure to visit the other tours linked at the end of my post. Six new homes will be added each day this week! I don’t know about you but I love peeking into other peoples’ homes!
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Our Casual Summer Home Tour
Now come take a peek into our casual summer home tour. My name is Kelly and I live in Colorado with my husband, 4 kids and our two dogs. We have lived in our home for 14 years and have had a blast updating it as our time and budget allows. We recently had the roof replaced and the exterior painted thanks to an awful hail storm. (If you live in Colorado you know!) We went with Hale Navy and LOVE it!
I plan to share an outdoor tour very soon…so I hope you will stick around. My blue Endless Summer hydrangeas are currently blooming and my Annabelle hydrangeas are next!
And I thought I would share a picture of me welcoming you into our home. You can see I’m pretty casual too and honestly I just love to share my heart and home with you all. So come on in!
Our Casual Entry
Our casual entry is one of my absolute favorite spots in our home. A few years ago I was blessed to work with Jeffrey Court and use their beautiful tile to create a tiled doormat that says home. It’s a special addition to our home that I adore. It sets the tone and lets visitors feel at home!
Our entry is home to one of my sweet pews and I love to show her off. This summer I used viburnum snowballs from our yard throughout my tour and I love the fresh pop of white and green that they add.
Don’t you just love this red and white checked metal tin I set some it? It’s my mom’s and she let me borrow it just like she did for my Christmas Home Tour too! I have searched high and low for another one but can’t seem to get my hands on one.
The blue and white block print throw you see draped on my pew is actually an old quilt of my mom’s. She has the best style and I have learned everything I know from watching her!
Our pup Zoey wanted to also get in on the action and welcome you in to our home! She is a Carin Terrier and darling, but wild!
As you walk through our entry you are greeted by probably the largest piece of furniture we own. My husband found this gorgeous Restoration Hardware printers cabinet for me at my favorite consignment shop; Curate Consignments here in Northern Colorado. I love filling her and decorating her. This summer I added pops of green.
Did you see my hat wall? Have you noticed the decor trend of using hats to decorate your walls? I love the casual feel and felt my straw hat collection should be put to good use! Of course a few are my mom’s as well. My kids and husband thought it was a bit crazy but I love it.
Our Dining Room
From the entry, and past the cabinet, you walk directly into the dining room. See that huge gorgeous jute rug under our table? I just scored it off of Facebook Marketplace for $100. Amazing right?! I am obsessed with it! The wing back chairs at the end of the table were also Facebook Marketplace finds from last summer. Our home has a collected feel that I love!
The vintage quilt shown below adds just the right amount of red, white and blue as a nod to summer. It is casually draped over an old shutter.
This is another view of the printers cabinet that sits across from our dining room table. Just beyond it you can see my favorite boxwood green dresser.
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Casual Family Room
Our family room is bright and open and I love how it is connected to our kitchen. The blue plaid chair was a recent Wayfair purchase that we love. The texture and color it adds to this space is just right. It compliments the curtains from Amazon as well as the painted boxwood green dresser.
Can you spot our other pup Kona? She is a wheaten terrier and the chill one of the two. She was curious why I was bringing so many flowers into the house and why all the white petals were everywhere. 🙂
Our viburnum snowballs were in full bloom in our yard when I took these photos. However, they were literally on their last few days and so their gorgeous white petals were dropping all over our house. Obviously that didn’t stop me and I was even able to enjoy them inside a few days after I took these photos. I love them outside but I also love them inside. I wish I hadn’t waited so long to bring them inside this year. Hopefully I learned my lesson.
I went a bit picture crazy and decided to create a collage of all the pictures I took because I couldn’t just choose a few. Next to my hydrangeas these are some of my all time favorite flowers. I just love how they look in this vintage basket against my painted shutters! This space is also in our family room and just across from the green dresser.
Just like my sign says fresh cut flowers are a budget friendly way to decorate your home for summer. Especially if they come from your own garden!
I snuck a few into our kitchen area as well!
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Come take a peek into our eat in kitchen. you will notice I stuck with the greens, blues and whites and even some red!
The Kitchen
We recently refinished our kitchen cabinets and I am loving the bright white feel! In here I added fun pops of color with flags and baseballs and blue and white ginger jars. A fun twist of classy and casual if you will.
Nothing is off limits for me when it comes to decorating and I love to mix patterns, textures and colors! Do you love mixing textures and patterns or just colors?
You may have noticed that I brought back the baseballs from last summer’s home tour. We love baseball in our home. My husband played and so did both boys. So between playing and attending spring training in Arizona we have quite a few. They hold sweet memories and I love to move them around our home. They add a sentimental feel and are always a great conversation starter!
Like I mentioned above more viburnum branches found their way on to our kitchen table. Also a ton more pictures had to be taken so another collage found it’s way on to the blog. Imagine that! I had fun catching all the details in here as well.
I think the blue, white, green and terra cotta color combo is my favorite. The patterns from the jars , the tablecloth, the chandelier and the flowers work together so well and add so much interest with very little effort!
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Our Casual Summer Home Tour
And that my friends is it for our casual summer home tour. Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed sharing it with you! Let me know if you have any questions.
Now make sure to visit Yvonne of Stonegable next as she shares a tour of her outdoor spaces. Then visit the other bloggers listed below. Happy touring!!!
XOXO,
Kelly
Blogger’s Best Summer Home Tour
This week I’m joining some of my blogging friends for the Bloggers Best Summer Home Tours! All week long we are welcoming you into our homes. You can visit each summer home tour by clicking the links below.
Monday’s Tours
The Tattered Pew / Stonegable / My Wee Abode
White Arrows Home / Fiddle Leaf Blog / Dabbling and Decorating
Tuesday’s Tours
The Flowering Farmhouse / Sanddollar Lane / Cottage In The Mitten
Up To Date Interiors / Bricks ‘n Blooms / Cottage On Bunker Hill
Wednesday’s Tours
Open Doors Open Hearts/ Pasha Is Home / Shiplap and Shells
A Blue Nest / Cloches and Lavender / Simply 2 Moms
Thursday’s Tours
Cassie Bustamante / First Day of Home / Midwest Life and Style
County Road 407 / She Gave It A Go / Robyn’s French Nest
Friday’s Tours
The Ponds Farmhouse / DIY Beautify / Follow The Yellow Brick Home
My Thrift Store Addiction / Tatertots and Jello / Sweet Pea
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I so much enjoyed your summer home tour, Kelly! I slowly scrolled, enjoying every single picture. Thank you so much for organizing this tour!
Kelly as always your home is beautiful. Always love seeing your pew in the entry.
Zoey is adorable. Your flowers are beautiful. I recently shared a 4th vignette with baseballs I made look old.
I’ll put it out again as the 4th gets closer.
Thanks for hosting!
Kelly,
I love your fresh and beautiful tour. Thanks so much for doing this.
Kelly, your home is always gorgeous! I absolutely love the viburnum everywhere and your borrowed and sentimental touches too!
Thanks for hosting this great tour! I’m so excited to see the rest!
I loved touring your beautiful home, Kelly, and loved seeing the easy-breezy and casual approach to your decor. Perfect for summer! Thank you so much for organizing this tour. Can’t wait to see all of the other summer decor inspiration. Pinned!
Kelly everything is beautiful! I especially loved the hat wall and the baseballs! So fun!
Kelly, your home looks beautiful, as usual! I love the fresh cut flowers and all the patriotic touches. Your porch looks amazing, too and I look forward to your outdoor post! Thanks so much for including me in the tour! It’s always a gift to be included with such a talented group of bloggers! 💛
So pretty and bright!
Thank you!!!
Love how you have used quilts in your summer tour.
Thank you, Linda! I LOVE quilts and have a ton…they are an easy way to add color! Thank you for stopping by!
Gorgeous!!! Kelly, I love everything you do! The Annabelle hydrangeas, the foyer (oh my goodness!!!) the beautiful mix of colors and textiles. I could move into your beautiful home in a second! I have been thinking of adding a bit more color to our home and you helped me so much have a vision for what I want. Thank you so much for including me in this pretty summer tour!
Kelly you have such a lovely home! I love all of your red white and blue decor. The baseball balls in the bucket are such a cute touch too. Thanks for sharing your home with us. I’m honored to be included in such a fun tour!
Kelly, I just love visiting your charming home! I love all of your fresh floral and blue and white accents. How have I not noticed that wonderful tiled “Home” mat before?! Thanks so much for hosting! Blessings, Cecilia @My Thrift Store Addiction
Kelly thank you so much for hosting this beautiful home tour. We both have a love for the color blue. Those shutters with your white hydrangeas are just stunning!!!!
Such a lovely summer home tour! Your flowers are absolutely gorgeous. I enjoyed all of the beautiful details. Happy Summer, Kelly!
Your home looks so beautiful, Kelly! I love all of the red, white and blue accents you added for summer!
Such a fun post with great ideas! I never think to drape beautiful quilts over things other than chairs (I know, I’m boring) but I am totally doing it! I have some shutters I need to put out too. Loved your tour. Pinned!
Kelly!!!!! I am swooning over it all! I love your exterior changes and your whole home is always such a favorite to tour! Please do come over and link up at All About Home!
Loving all the blue, patriotic touches, and of course all the bits of GREEN. Fabulous decor!
Thank you so much for organizing! Happy Summer!
Everything is gorgeous Kelly! I can’t get over those amazing flowers, they add so much to your home!
Thank you so much for hosting, Kelly! I love your summer home tour! Your cabinet is perfect, and I don’t think your hats are crazy at all! They are so summery! I also think the little white petals all over are so pretty! Perfect look for summer!
Kelly how beautiful your home looks! I love that Home mat! It looks so pretty with those flowers. Thank you for hosting such a great hop! xo
Everything looks so beautiful, Kelly! My husband and son played baseball too and I’m thinking I need to dig out some baseballs and display them too. Your virbernum blossoms were the perfect touch throughout! Thank you for hosting us!
Your home is so lovely Kelly! Your hydrangeas are beautiful! They just scream summer. I’m so glad you brought back the baseballs from last year. Thank you for hosting another great blog tour!
Kelly!!!! Those baseballs are back!! I was hoping I’d get to see them again this Summer! I was a loser and TOTALLY forgot to hunt for old baseballs last year so I had none when it came time to decorate for Summer. However, I’m not going to let that stop me with the American flags! I LOVE yours!! I have some ideas for adding some red, white and blue magic to this place that I just cant wait to try! Thanks for all the work you put into this hop!! XoXo
Beautiful……
Kelly,
A simply stunning summer home tour! I could look at these beautiful spaces all day!
Thank you so much for putting this amazing blog hop together.
xoxo,
Brendt
I truly love your style!! You add such pretty details to everything you touch!!
Thank you Jennifer so sweet of you!
Love your fresh and breezy summer decor, Kelly! And so excited for your hew home adventure! Thanks for hosting this fun hop; always a favorite. Hope to get on the list sooner next time around;)
Thank you Lora! We will make sure you are on the list next time for sure!
I absolutely loved your whole tour, Kelly! The metal tin, that beautiful quilt and oh…those viburnum snowballs! I’m Googling whether I can grow those in my neck of the woods. They are so stunning! I loved being on this tour with you. Thanks for hosting!
Thanks Crissy! The viburnum are SO easy to grow! I hope they work for you. Happy Summer!
I always enjoy seeing your home! I’m a sucker for blues and greens so it really speaks to me. Love your eclectic, clean, and casual style and those pups are pretty cute!
Thank you Kathryn! I’m a sucker for blues and greens too! All good things, right?!
Your whole home is just stunning and so refreshing for summer! I love all the colors and those amazing hydrangeas! It’s hard to choose which photos to pin! Thanks for all the lovely inspiration!
Shelley
Thank you Shelley!!!
Hi love the way the green and blue look together but your home is beautiful I’m trying with the blue and green work in progress. … Thank You for sharing your Home …
Thank you Eva and thanks for hanging out with me!
Every single detail is so fresh and pretty Kelly! I pinned a bunch of your ideas to my summer board to share. I love your entry way with the red and white bucket and the blue touches! Thank you for letting me join in the tour. I love seeing the ideas and meeting so many talented people!
xoxo
Thank you Jen! I am so glad you were able to join You are always a ray of sunshine!
Antique Farmhouse has checkered buckets like the red one through the different seasons, check there around Christmas time!
Oh thank you! I will keep looking!!!