Decorating With Blues and Greens for Summer

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Hello, dear friends, welcome to this year’s Bloggers’ Best Summer Home Tour! I am once again thrilled to be your host for this week long tour where 25 of my talented blogging friends are all sharing their homes freshly decorated for summer. For my tour this year I will be sharing ideas on decorating with blues and greens for summer!

Get comfortable, grab a refreshing beverage, and let me give you the scoop!

Decorating With Blues and Greens for Summer

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Bloggers’ Best Summer Home Tours

Like I mentioned above this is a week long tour. I host these tours seasonally and always look forward to visiting all the homes included to get inspired for our home. You can find all of the ladies sharing linked below.

2023 Bloggers" Best Summer Home Tour

If you are a regular here, welcome! If you are new and happened to find me after taking Cecilia from My Thrift Store Addiction’s tour, welcome! Don’t you love her beautiful summer decor?

And don’t forget, new homes will go live each day this week so make sure to come back each day to visit them all!

Decorating With Blues and Greens for Summer

Ok so before we get started on pictures of our home here is a little bit about me. My 14 year old daughter took these pictures of me to share with you all for today’s tour.

As she was taking them she was being so funny and literally cracking me up! We had some fun laughing together and after looking at them I felt like she really captured me well.

You can see my casual style (wrinkly shirt and all), curly hair, love for hats and probably a few other things.(find my blue hat here!) I’m truly just a hot mess mama who needs Jesus, time to putter in my garden and an occasional gin and tonic.

Oh, and you will also quickly learn that even though I live in beautiful Colorado, I decorate like I love near the ocean!

Hopefully someday that will happen! Now let me show you around our home a bit.

Let’s Start In Our Entry

With summer just about here I have been so excited to get our home ready to welcome in the warmer months. We had such a gloomy, cold and wet Spring that has left me craving sunshine and color!

Here is what I came up with!

Our home has a very collected feel with a bit of coastal flair! As you enter our home you see my favorite little pew tucked at the bottom of our staircase. My husband found her for me at a flea market. (He knows me well!)

An eclectic view of our entry.

Our home lends itself to decorating with blues and greens thanks to the painted woodwork. So I have had fun pulling out blues in my summer decor by using blue books, vases, furniture, pillows and more!

Our blue entry with touches of green surrounding my favorite little Tattered Pew.

To add a bit of coastal flair in this spot I quickly tucked some starfish into an existing lemon wreath! Not only does this combo add color but a fun nod to summer.

And did you notice the fun set of mirrors surrounding the wreath? They are one of my favorite Amazon finds and all 6 of them come together.

Lemon wreath with starfish and surrounded with mirrors.

For me, summer and sunshine means I often need to wear a hat to protect my fair skin. So I decided that since this is the case I should just use them in my decor! Functional decor at its best. ha!

I have a fun collection, this is only a few, that look so lovely on our wall above my favorite little pine dresser. The blue hat my husband got me last year and I simply adore it. I love how it pulls out the blue in our wood work and the vase.

a hat wall above our pine dresser with viburnum snowballs on it.

My mom was so sweet and stopped by last week with some of her gorgeous viburnum snowball blooms for me. I had several of these bushes in our former home and really miss them!

Don’t they look so pretty in my blue and white ginger jar? Their leaves pull out the green I love while the vase and books add to my blue theme.

Using hats on the wall and viburnum flowers are jsut a few was I like decorating with blues and greens for summer!

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Small Sitting Area

Just around the corner from our front door is a little sitting area. I moved my blue and white plaid chair over here and opened up a side table to fill the space.

A side view of a small sitting area where I used blues and greens for summer decorating.
Blue and green Floral covered table with lamp, candle and floral arrangement.

You can see I pulled blues and greens in this space with the tablecloth, more flowers, a pretty plate and the shade on the lamp.

I scored this lamp at HomeGoods!

I have to say I am a bit pleased with myself because I bought nothing new for this tour! Instead, I moved things around.

If you saw my Spring home tour you know this lamp and chair were on the other side of the room!

Our sitting area with our blue and white plaid chair next to a blue and green floral tablecloth covering a table.

This vintage grain sack I draped over the back of our chair has the initials of my husband and I embroidered on it. This was a thoughtful gift from my parents one Christmas and I still can’t believe they found it!

K and M on a vintage grain sack

Notice the sea shells I snuck in around the candle? Those are from our tip to Florida last summer! The green plate the candle is sitting on was a flea market find and the cement pot with the basket weave detail was a gift from my mother. There are actually two!

Candle surrounded with sea shells on top of table.

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Our Family Room

Now let’s take a peek at our family room!

Just on the other side of that little sitting area I have more chairs. Chairs seem to be a weakness for me. My husband walked in the other day and noticed I had brought more chairs in and was like, wow, more furniture huh? Yep honey, you can never have enough! ha!

These two white slipcovered chairs were a Facebook Marketplace finds and I adore them! I placed two sets of pillows on them with pretty blue patterns.

A look in to our seating area, white chairs and coastal bird art.

In between the chairs is the cutest little table and to the side of them is some large coastal art. I scored the bird art at HomeGoods last year!

Blue and white block print pillows on white chairs

More viburnum snowballs add a fun punch of white and green to this larger round side table. I stuck them in this wicker vase with a special little trick you can see HERE over on Instagram.

Viburnum, blooms in a wicker vase on a table.

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The Other Side

The other side of our family room features our fireplace and another sitting area. Yes, more chairs!

These bamboo chairs I found at Pier One years ago and they have been sitting in my parents basement for quite some time. I had my mom bring them over to try in our family room.

I’m thinking about painting them but I’m not sure. What do you think? Should I paint them?

Two chairs with blue and green pillows in front of our white brick fireplace.

I kept the mantel to a minimum this summer which is a bit different from how I decorated last summer’s mantel. However I did bring some light blue in with these fun spiral candles.

In the pretty gold terrarium I placed some more sea shells and a few feathers for a pretty and natural look.

And those white poppies…they are faux! Not going to lie, I’m a bit obsessed with them.

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White brick fireplace, round mirror, minimal summer decor

I was sparked with a bit of creativity one day and corralled all of my wicker demi-johns and placed them in our fireplace opening.

Obviously we don’t use it in the summer so I thought this was a fun way to display my growing collection.

Wicker demi john bottles in the fireplace

Finally, to the left of our mantel is my favorite boxwood green dresser. Each season I challenge myself to style her in a new and fun way.

basket and green dresser in my summer home tour

For some fresh summer decor I moved our blue and white lamp from the kitchen and placed it on top of some books . Then set this darling basket next to it stuffed with greenery.

Simple yet full of fun texture!

Books are always a part of my decorating and for this sweet little vignette I pulled books with blues to play off of the lamp.

As you can see I just had fun decorating with blues and greens for summer this year by pulling items from all around our home. It wasn’t hard since these are my two favorite colors.

Summer decor doesn’t have to be over the top. Little touches here and there can make a space feel pulled together.

Boxwood green dresser with basket and blue lamp on top.

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Decorating With Blues and Greens for Summer

That’s it for today, thank you for stopping by my 2023 Summer Home Tour! If something caught your eye and you have questions please leave me a comment below and I will do my best to answer it for you! Make sure to subscribe to be a Tattered Pew insider because I will be sharing an outdoor summer tour here in a few weeks!

Meanwhile make sure to keep scrolling to find the links to this weeks home tours. Next up on the tour is Suzy from Worthing Court blog. She is sharing her lovely porch and how she has decorated it with blues and greens. We are kindred spirits!

Bloggers’ Best Summer Home Tours

This week I am joining some of my blogging friends for the Bloggers’ Best Summer Home Tours. Twenty eight talented and creative women will be opening their homes up for you to tour all week long. You can visit each summer home tour by clicking the links below.

Monday’s Tours

The Tattered Pew // Worthing Court // StoneGable

My Wee Abode // Southern Home and Hospitality // My Thrift Store Addiction

Tuesday’s Tours

She Gave It a Go // Cottage In The Mitten // Eleanor Rose Home

Peacock Ridge Farm // Bricks n’ Blooms // Cottage On Bunker Hill

Wednesday’s Tours

White Arrows Home // A Life Unfolding // Simply2Moms

WM Design House // White Lilac Farmhouse

Thursday’s Tours

The Ponds Farmhouse // Thistle Key Lane // Open Doors Open Hearts

Robyn’s French Nest // Cloches and Lavender // DIY Beautify

Friday’s Tours

Pasha Is Home // My Family Thyme

Midwest Life and Style // Amy Sadler Designs

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56 Comments

  2. Kelly, your blues and greens are beautiful and it’s always a pleasure to tour your charming home–pinned! Thanks for hosting us once again. Blessings, Cecilia @My Thrift Store Addiction

    2. Beautiful home tour Kelly! I always love to see how you incorporate blues & greens into your decor. Your hat wall is such a neat idea!!!

  4. Thank you for the beautiful tour Kelly! Green is perfect with your gorgeous blue paint. I especially love the hat collection and the fresh viburnum. And I’ve pinned the demijohn collection in the fireplace – you’ve inspired me to collect several more. 😄Thank you for including me on the tour. I can’t wait to see all the summer decor!!

    1. Well thank you, Kate! I’m glad you enjoyed it. There is something so fun about decorating for summer. I am so excited to see yout tour too!

      1. Everything looks beautiful with your greens and blues.

        You look adorable in your blue hat.

        Thanks for hosting!!

  6. Hey Kelly! Love your pretty blue and green home tour! So many beautiful touches. It’s a bonus to see your smiling face!! Thanks for always being a great hostess!💛 Pinned

  7. Oh so nice I do like I remember as a child being told that blue and green don’t go together but that was back when there wasn’t as many shades as there are now days

  9. Blues and greens speaks to my heart. Your home looks beautiful and cozy for summer. I love your hat wall.

  12. Kelly! This is absolutely stunning!! Your problem with chairs is my problem with baskets. If I find them for a reasonable price I buy them…even if I have no idea what I’m going to do with them haha Someday when I’m old and gray I’ll have a yard sale and it’ll be full of nothing but baskets haha!! Thanks so much for hosting this home tour!! It’s always so much fun!

    1. Aliya, just thin if we lived near each other how much fun we would have sharing and swapping! Baskets are a great weakness to have! Love ya lots and have a great weekend!

  13. Thank you for hosting a tour about my favorite color combination and just in time for my annual Memorial Day weekend summer decor refresh. I love your style and your welcoming, down to earth voice on your blog.

    1. Debra your comment just made my day! Isn’t this the best color combo? I bet we would have a lot of fun together! Have fun refreshing your decor!

  14. What a pretty summer tour, Kelly! You’ve done a great job of bringing in the coastal style. If I didn’t know better, I’d think your home is located near the coast. The green chest is always a favorite and I love how you’ve styled it for the summer. Thank you for hosting the bloghop!

  15. Love your summer home tour Kelly! Everything looks so pretty and love the pics your daughter took! A pro like her mom! Happy memorial day weekend!

  17. Kelly, It is lovely; I wish I could walk in and have coffee with you, dear friend. I am still head over heels for your gorgeous home. Thank you for being such a fantastic organizer of this fabulous blog series.
    Grateful for you.
    xoxo,
    Brendt

  19. Your living area looks lovely, Kelly… and you know I love all the coastal touches. Those wicker covered demijohns in your fireplace is such a smart and lovely idea! And those poppies are now on my wishlist! I’m thinking the chairs may need a paint job… what color are you thinking about? Thanks so much for putting the tour together. It’s always fun, inspiring and encouraging!

  20. Looks like the perfect place to spend the summer to me! Love the idea of the demijohns in your fireplace too. I’m sued to seeing people put candles inside (except me, ours is gas, ugh) so it’s a refreshing look. Hope your summer is fabulous. Thanks for the tour!

  21. You had me at green and blue! Gorgeous as always, my friend! I know if we lived closer, we’d be besties! xx

  22. Love your color combination Kelly. Everything looks so fresh and summery. The story of the grain sack is sweet , you will have that for years to come. Thank you for sharing your beautiful home with us Kelly.

  23. Love your pretty blue and green summer decor Kelly, and I love that hat on you! Thanks for hosting the tour my friend xx

  24. Kelly, Thank you so much for organing and hosting our summer tour. Green and blue work wonderfully in your home! And those colors play so well together. I am a chair collector too! You really scored with those slipcovered chairs. They look so nice in your family room. I am so taken with your green dresser with the blue lamp and pictures. Just so so pretty! I love the way you have curated your home and your summery attention to detail. Happy Summer, Kelly! xo

    1. Thank you, Yvonne! Glad I am not alone in my collecting of chairs! ANd yes, the green dresser will forever be a favorite of mine as well. Happy summer!

  25. Wow! Such a beautiful summer home tour, Kelly! I love all of the touches of blue and green and am leaving feeling inspired! The viburnum snowballs are gorgeous! Thank you so much for organizing and hosting this wonderful summer tour. Happy Summer, my friend!!

  26. Lovely tour, Kelly! So cheery and summery. After following you for a couple years now I think this is one of your best “collected” looks which is also I style I love, too. That’s why I think I’d leave the chairs black but maybe a dark green 😉 I put out light blue candles on my mantle, too, this spring!

    1. Thank you, Beth! This comment made my day! I am loving it too! Maybe I will just leave it? Ha! Enjoy your light blue candles and thank you for being a subscriber! Thankful for you!

  27. Friend, you know I ADORE your style. The blue and green color combinations are so pretty and classic. And perfect for summer. I like how you added all the fun, personal touches like the grain sack with your initials and the sea shells from your trip to Florida.

    Thank you, as always, for hosting such a fabulous tour! Pinned!

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