Forget the typical photo frames, these ideas will put a twist on the nostalgic decor! Have you just returned from your vacation and you don’t know what to do with the 3846 photos you have taken? Do not panic, below we give you the most original and simple ideas to decorate your home with the memories of summer.
Summer serves to reset body and mind and regain energy. This year make a commitment when it comes to an end: avoid the fast pace of returning to work and take care of your night’s rest.
- Evoke walks on the beach or that moment of relaxation by the sea with a still life of decorative elements in blue tones.
- The power of an image to instantly move you anywhere is known to all. Decorate with photos, prints and paintings that will take you to your vacation paradise!
- L morning as unhurried, with time to read while the light of the sun coming through the window … again feel that you are still in vacation mode with natural textures and a blue brushstroke.
Turn the return home into a new opportunity to redecorate a corner of your home that is missing. If you enjoy cooking, go ahead! Start with it. Change the color of a piece of furniture – if it is blue, you will have the sea one step away – and give more prominence to evocative decorative details, such as a coral figure, crafts or ceramics.
RELIVE THOSE BEACH DAYS ALL YEAR ROUND
- Can decoration prolong the positive feeling you feel by the sea? The answer is yes. For this we propose to transform those moments of happiness into something tangible: sand, shells, shells and any detail that you associate with the coast. Add natural textures and one or more shades of blue to recreate a stamp that ties in with summer experiences.
- Anchors, fish, seagulls, palm trees, nets, lighthouses, oars, sailboats, and even lifebuoys. Any of these elements would triumph in the sailor style, but avoid saturation; subtlety in decoration scores double. How many of them really mean something to you? Stay only with those that allow you to go back in time to remember the good times. For example, playing with pieces that replicate the hues of the sea is an excellent starting point.
Enjoy doing these crafts to decorate your home after the holidays.
1- STYLES THAT WILL WORK FOR YOU
Decorate with corals
Try it out for a magazine look that gives you the good vibes of the holidays. Figures with marine shapes, textured fabrics, ceramics with attractive prints, flowers, shells … and voilà!
2- TREASURES OF THE SEA
Decorate with shells from the beach
Use the shells and shells that you find on the shore to make a garland. Find a place where it stands out, because this type of eco-friendly detail provides that natural touch that houses on the coast waste. String the pieces together with rope and tie the knot underneath so they don’t move. Plus of style, toggle mother-of-pearl buttons, feathers, flowers, leaves, branches.
3- IN THE PATH
Stones decorated with maps
If you have run out of ideas to decorate those stones that you took on the beach or in the mountains, why not wrap them with the maps of the places you have visited ?
4- RUSTIC ESSENCE
Collage with branches to hang photos
To make this cool mobile you only need a few twigs, a long string, several mini clips … and your vacation photos !
5- A SPIRITUAL TOUCH
Seashell mobile
Choose the most beautiful seashells you have and use them to create this very special mobile. If you add some bells to the end and place it on the terrace, you will control the level of the wind!
6- CHIC MURAL
Mural with family photos
Instead of decorating the walls with pictures, create your own wall with photos from the holidays ! A trick: give the same range of tones and sizes to all the images to make it more beautiful.
7- FULL COLOR
Mural with polaroid photos
If your thing with the Polaroid is good love, look how good this wall decorated with photos looks !
8- LIGHTS OF THE SEA
Garland of lights with seashells
If you want to create a very special atmosphere both inside and outside the home, buy a string of lights and cover each bulb with a conch shell, you will be surprised by the result!
9- PHOTO RAIN
Polaroid photo mobile
If you prefer to give your walls a casual look, you can create a multi-string photo mobile by placing each image differently, as if it had rained on!
10- LIFE-GIVING, LIKE THE BREEZE
Blue glass bottles
The turquoise and aquamarine glass of the decorative bottles create a picture of color and brilliance with an extraordinary luminosity that reminds us of days of radiant sunshine.
11- THEY ARE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
Boat prints
Wherever you go, you can buy prints from local artists that evoke that trip you just made, —in shops, galleries or flea markets— or search Posterlounge, Yellowkorner and Drimdeco By Cuadriman for that work that allows you to travel whenever you want.
12- SHEETS WITH SEA MOTIFS
Sheets with painted shells
Giving a fresh air to simple white sheets is easier than it sounds. Choose delicate decorative elements and the result will be that surprising. A super simple craft. Here you can see step by step how to decorate white sheets with sea shells.
13- A CHARMING RESTYLING
Kitchen with recycled wooden furniture
In the kitchen recreate the colors of the beach: blues, sand … In this kitchen the kitchen island has been painted blue and the cupboard cabinet the sand color will remind you of walks on the beach.
14- IT’S ALWAYS SUNDAY
Reading corner with fiber chair
Ah! And those treasures that you collected on the beach, place them in plain sight so that they remind you of the calm and quiet summer life.
15- CALM THIS FALL AND WINTER
Bedroom with wooden walls and striped headboard
Create a relaxing bedroom with a decoration rich in materials and natural finishes. Neutral colors, bluish touches and worn patina give this room the simple look of a converted old fisherman’s house. In the old frame recovered, cotton striped Linhope, available from Jane Churchill, distributed by Gaston and Daniela. Ceiling lamp, similar in Ay illuminate.
16- SEASHELLS AND STARFISH
Boxes painted with seashells and starfish
Until you decide how you are going to reuse the treasures that the waves throw on the shore, always keep them in the same place to have them located. For this purpose, do not hesitate to recycle the fruit boxes and identify them according to their content.
17- TO PLACE YOUR SCENTED CANDLES
Glass vase with sand and shells
Choose a transparent glass vase and fill it with the sand and shells of that special beach. It will be beautiful!
18- MARINE PAINTINGS
Paintings with seashells and starfish
You don’t have to be a fiddler to make beautiful paintings with marine memorabilia. You just have to buy some small boxes, fill them with glass beads and place starfish and shells. Expose them in a series.
19- RECYCLE THE JARS
Glass jars with shells
If you live in inland areas and you miss the beach, take advantage of the jars of jam or vegetables to keep your holiday souvenirs in them. Wash them well and arrange shells, stones, seashells or woods to your liking to add warmth to cold winter days. Korken jar with airtight lid.
20- SOME NICE PESOS
Weights for the curtains with stones and clips
The sight of a tablecloth shaken by a light wind causes a sensation of freshness. And the same happens with a curtain that flutters in the window when a current is created inside the house. So that the fabrics maintain a smooth cadence of movement and do not fly in a chaotic way, place a small counterweight at the base. For example, tweezers decorated with a painted stone, with seashells or with magnets in fun shapes.
