SUMMER LIVING ROOM DECORATING: BLUE + GREEN + NATURAL ELEMENTS

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There’s just something about summer isn’t there? Open doors, fresh air, green foliage. Bright colors, woven textures. A relaxed, casual elegance. A color palette of beautiful blues, gorgeous greens, shades of white, combined with natural textures and elements – I think this is my favorite seasonal decor to date and I’m so excited to share my summer living room decorating with you today.

I’m also thrilled to be joining an amazing group of talented bloggers, for our 2020 Summer Home Tour, hosted by the very talented Marty, of A Stroll Thru Life. Thank you, Marty for inviting me to join! I’m sharing this week’s full lineup at the bottom of my post.

If you’re visiting me from Erica, of Designing Vibes and her beautiful summer tour, welcome! I love Erica’s fabulous boho-chic style, she makes it look so effortless and is so talented! We met in person a few years ago and she is as gorgeous on the outside as she is kind and humble on the inside. You’ll love her!

I hope you enjoy this post and my summer living room decorating (it’s a long one, sorry!) and find some inspiration while you’re here, I’m so thrilled to have you!

I’d like to extend a huge thank you to Safavieh, Coterie Home and Lauren Haskell Designs for gifting product for our living room. Affiliate links are provided throughout this post  – see my full disclosure policy here.

SUMMER LIVING ROOM DECORATINGSummer decorated living room - blue, white and green accents, jute rug and floral pillows. A fresh and breezy palette perfect for hot summer days!

First things first – if you’re a regular reader, can you spot what’s new?? Our gorgeous hand-loomed jute rug from Safavieh! I’ve been wanting a natural woven rug in our living room for so long, and this one, from Safavieh’s Natural Fibre Collection, could not be more perfect. Truly.

The relaxed, beachy vibe, the beautiful natural texture, that chic pattern – it’s a perfect fit in our space (this is 9 x 12). I love the relaxed elegance it brings to our home. It feels great underfoot, and luckily, our lionhead bunny, Oscar hasn’t decided to feast on it yet (he roams free around the house), ha! That was a real concern but so far, so good, thankfully! We love the tone it sets for this space and I’m so happy with the gorgeous look.Summer living room with a breezy blue and green color palette.You may also notice some new additions to my ginger jar collection from Lauren Haskell DesignsI added a few small touches with the prettiest blue and gorgeous green throughout our living room.

Both are custom colors from the chart available on the Lauren’s site, Lo Home (Green SC-43 + Blue FN-031), which excites me even more! There are so many styles of jars and options to choose from on her site, there’s something for everyone. Living room decorated for summer with beautiful blues, vibrant greens and natural elements and textures.

I just wish I had even more of these vibrant beauties. I gathered many of my ginger jars together on our mirrored buffet to create a beautiful, statement-making vignette. So pretty!Mirrored buffet accented with a ginger jar collection in pale muted colors for summer.Living room decor, white sofa decorated with beautiful floral pillows, light blue pillows. Gorgeous jute rug and blue and green accents are perfect for summer!

If you know me, then you know about my love for beautiful pillows too. I’m always adding new ones to my roster and rotating my favorites. This season, I found these beautiful floral pillows from Coterie Home, and these gorgeous sky blue solid frame pillows from Lauren Haskell in the softest, prettiest shade of blue. 
Summer decorated living room with beautiful blue, green, floral prints and natural elements creates breezy, casual look!

Jenny Tamplin, of Coterie Home, was so amazing helping me choose the right pillows for my summer theme, and her site is full of so many gorgeous and chic pieces. The floral pillows were the jumping off point for my summery blue and green color palette, and this large-scale, floral pattern, Davenport by Kravet, was the ideal print to help bring my vision to life.Living room decorated for summer with a beautiful blue, green and natural palette.Floral pillows, light blue pillows, ginger jars, natural elements and greenery are the perfect touch for your summer decorating. These pillows are truly exquisite and the floral is gorgeous together with the soft blue – the combination plus all of the other touches of blue, green and natural elements in here, make my heart so happy! Summer living room decorating with a pretty blue, green and natural color palette, brings a fresh and breezy look!

I’m going to have some trouble changing things up this fall. I could keep this look year round that’s for sure.

I’ve said it many times, I need to move south, preferably near the ocean. Florida is calling! Or California, I would gladly take either one!Summer decorating at it's best! Pretty blue ginger jars, baskets, greenery, floral and light blue pillows, a beautiful throw...gorgeous details create a breezy coastal look!


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SKY BLUE SOLID PILLOW | FLORAL GREEN + BLUE PILLOW 


SUMMER DECORATING ON OUR BOOKSHELVESBookshelves summer decorated with beautiful ginger jars, coral, baskets and greenery.

I love symmetry – one of the fundamental elements of classic design. Something about it just makes me happy. Maybe it’s my OCD tendencies for everything to be just right, ha! I love the way it creates calm and a gives sense of tranquility to any space.

We built our bookshelves in here to do just that and also to create a focal point. I always style them with a symmetrical sensibility, using it where I can and balancing it out with some asymmetry also.Builtin bookshelves with ginger jars, baskets, greenery, coral gold frame create an elegant curated look in this summer decorated living room.Living room shelves with beautiful objects - ginger jars, blue and white ceramics, coral, baskets, greenery and gold frames. I wanted to bring in a few touches of greenery, sprinkled around our shelves. I used woven baskets with some faux greenery stems (similar here and here) and a mix of different sized dried moss balls, which by the way, I love!

They’re a great way to add greenery without having to only use real or faux stems. They look great gathered in a bowl just about anywhere.Gorgeous styled bookshelves with blue ginger jars, blue and white bowls and vases, greenery and natural elements.

Aren’t these punchy blue ginger jars (custom color FN-031) just fabulous? Love them paired with my pale blue jars, blue and white chinoiserie pieces and gorgeous green touches.Gorgeous styled bookshelves with blue ginger jars, blue and white bowls and vases, greenery and beautiful collected objects.

I’ve decorated these shelves many different ways, and for my summer living room decorating, I wanted to bring in a touch more color. My favorite tried-and-true blue and white pieces always work, and with the added greens, it’s the perfect summery feel.Bookshelves decorated for summer with beautiful blue ginger jars, blue and white chinoiserie, greenery and natural elements. Bookshelves decorated for summer with beautiful blue ginger jars, blue and white chinoiserie, greenery and natural elements.

Warm, neutral-toned pieces, like my horses, decorative inlay box, wood and brass candleholders and gold frames (which I often have styled here), balance out all the blues and are a gorgeous compliment to our new rug. Did I mention how much I I love this rug?Gorgeous summer decorated living room with pretty blue, green and natural accents.



SUMMER DECORATING ON OUR OTTOMAN 

Gorgeous living room details for summer - ottoman decorated with a large gold tray, green ginger jar, blue and white bowl with moss balls, a large-scale faux snowball hydrangea arrangement.

I came close to recovering our ottoman in something pale blue to match the pillows and add a pop of color, but in the end I decided to leave it as is.

This piece has had a few different coverings, and this one from Tonic Living is my favorite so far. I used the same fabric to recover our kitchen stools recently (click here to see them), and they look so good!Living room ottoman decorated for summer with a large tray, faux hydrangeas a green ginger jar and blue and white chinoiserie.

Admittedly, I don’t change the decor on our ottoman that much from season to season. It’s usually styled with blue and white, real or faux flowers, books and pretty objects that I love. I’ll swap out a couple of things each season, or change the books depending on my color palette, but mostly it stays the same.
A gorgeous summer vignette with a large-scale floral arrangement, green ginger jar, blue and white chinoiserie.

I wanted to create a large-scale floral arrangement to make a strong summer statement. I found these beautiful snowball hydrangea stems at Michael’s. I love them in my blue and white vase.

I used 19 stems (I would have used more if they had more!), and by bending the stems downward and separating them, it creates a full, beautiful arrangement.A gorgeous summer vignette with a large-scale floral arrangement, green ginger jar, blue and white chinoiserie and design books. My new vibrant green ginger jar is such a pretty addition on our ottoman too! This custom color (SC-43) is perfect and paired with the blue it is so beautiful, don’t you think?Beautiful summer decorating with blue, green and natural elements is chic, elegant and airy.Gorgeous summer ottoman decorating with gold tray, blue and white chinoiserie, green ginger jar, dried moss balls and design books. The only thing I’m missing is a woven tray. I had no time to source one, but I still love my gold leaf tray that I refinished years ago. I think it’s time for a little refresh since it’s pretty chippy looking lately, but I still love it.Summer decorated living room with gorgeous floral pillows and a blue and green color platte.

You can see a peek at our entryway, where there’s some small updates happening in there too – stay tuned!
Living room decorated for summer with a fresh, blue, green and white color palette with a natural jute rug.



A FEW MORE SHOTS OF OUR SUMMER LIVING ROOMLiving room decorated for summer with beautiful blue and green floral pillows, blue pillows, ginger jars and a natural jute rock.

Here are a few last shots of my summer living room decorating that I wanted to share with you. I have more summer posts coming up so make sure to keep an eye out for them.

If you’d like, you can sign up here or at the bottom of this post to subscribe to my weekly newsletter, where I share my latest posts, I’d love to have you! Gorgeous summer living room decorated with a fresh blue, green and natural palette is light and airy for the warm months!Beautiful summer living room decorating with blue and green accents, a natural jute rug, floral and blue designer pillows.

Summer decorated living room - white sofa, beautiful floral pillows, blue and green ginger jars and a natural jute rug are breezy and refreshing for summer. A beautiful summer decorated sofa with light blue pillows, floral pillows, blue throw accented with a jute rug.Summer living room with a beautiful jute rug, white sofas, blue and green accents that are casual and elegant.

A gorgeous summer decorated living room theme with a natural jute rug, green and blue ginger jars, floral pillows, light blue pillows and greenery accents.



Thank you so much for taking the time to tour with me today – I know this was a long one! There were just too many beautiful things and photos I wanted to share. Next on our tour is Christy, of Our Southern Home, please make sure to pop over and visit her gorgeous southern home it is like a dream! Below you can visit all of the amazing bloggers in this week’s lineup. There is so much incredible inspiration you don’t want to miss! xox

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32 Comments

  1. tamaraanka says:

    Hi, thank you so much! This is Collingwood by BM!

  2. Stunning home decor! I am dying to know what color the wall paint is, I tried finding a similar color but could not find an exact match.

  3. tamaraanka says:

    Thank you so much!! I’m constantly vacuuming our house! I’m a bit of a neat freak, ha! Thanks for stopping by!

  4. Lovely decorating ideas for summer! That area rug in your living room is gorgeous! I have a large rug in my living room as well, but with 3 pets it is always dirty… so I feel like it makes the rest of the room look not put together. How do you keep your rug looking so clean and nice?

  5. I love it all! Have you shared your paint colors before? I would love to know your wall, door, and trim colors- and any others you wish to share! (Apologies if this info is already posted and I’m just missing it!)
    Thank you!

  6. I love everything about this room! The fresh blue & white palette. That beachy rug. Those AMAZING chandeliers. And, of course, that wonderful ginger jar collection! I’m finally catching up with my fellow tour goers and your home is just lovely! :) Linda

  7. tamaraanka says:

    Ashley thank you very much, I’m so glad you like it… I am definitely a blue lover!! So happy to tour with you! xo

  8. tamaraanka says:

    Thank you so much Amber! I’m thrilled you like everything! I’d have summer year round if I could haha! Happy summer to you! xo

  9. tamaraanka says:

    Thank you very much Jen! I’m a little bit of a ginger jar fanatic haha! So happy you like it all! Happy summer!

  10. tamaraanka says:

    Thank you very much for taking the time to read with me and for your sweet words, I appreciate it so much! The color in here is Collingwood by BM!

  11. tamaraanka says:

    Shannon thank you very much! I am so flattered you like it, I truly appreciate it! Happy summer my friend!

  12. tamaraanka says:

    Erica you are such a doll! I’m glad you can relate to my OCD lol! Thank you so much for the compliment, we love our new rug – it changes everything in here! So happy to tour with you as well! Muah! xo

  13. tamaraanka says:

    Joni, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your kind words, it really means so much to me and I’m so grateful for you! Happy summer my friend! xo

  14. tamaraanka says:

    Thank you so much Kristin! I truly appreciate it and I absolutely loved your tour – your home is so welcoming, I want to come and stay! I’m so glad to have found you! xo

  15. I LOVE all your pretty ginger jars and the pops of blue in your decor is absolutely perfect for summer!

  16. Gorgeous tour with so many beautiful styling ideas! I love your use of blue and your gorgeous pottery collection. Everything looks perfect for summer!

    So fun touring with you. Have a great summer!

  17. Beautiful home Tamara! I adore your ginger jar collection and love the blue and white artwork.

  18. What a lovely post! Your living room looks wonderful. I love the hydrangea arrangement. I’m taken with the paint color on your walls. Could you tell me what it is?

  19. Tamara, it’s all perfectly exquisite! Every little detail.
    I love the room itself, and the accents and decor are stunning!
    Beautifully done.
    ~ Shannon

  20. I absolutely love your elegant and symmetrical take (I get the whole OCD thing haha)) on Summer. The new rug is such a beauty and it brings just the right amount of texture and pattern to an already stunning space. I hope you are doing well, beautiful lady. It was such a pleasure touring with you. xoxo

  21. joanmechlin says:

    Just WOW. And the addition of green is so fresh and new, I can’t get over how much it says “summer”. Love everything about your tour, Tam.

  22. Everything is so beautiful! I love the colors and all the ways you styled your living room! Your coffee table, the shelves the sofa table and all the pillows. It’s all stunning! Fun to tour with you!

  23. tamaraanka says:

    Thank you very much Nancy, I’m so happy you stopped in! I am little addicted to ginger jars, I must admit! I would very gladly move to Florida and I would be happy to make new friends haha. Seriously though, my brother lives there and we hope eventually move some day. Who knows! I’m just jealous of all the beautiful sunshine you get there!!

  24. tamaraanka says:

    Hi Claire, thank you very much! I actually framed those this past spring. I was looking for some free printable art at the time, so I googled chinoiserie and found some images of wallpapers that I love. I printed these and because they’re for small frames, I didn’t need to print high quality images. I hope that helps! Thanks for stopping by and for your kind words! xo

  25. tamaraanka says:

    Thank you very much Deb, so happy you liked it! xo

  26. tamaraanka says:

    Marty thank you so much for your support and very kind words, I’m so happy you like everything, I truly appreciate it! Thank you as well for having me join in the tour, I am honored to be among such a very talented group! xo

  27. tamaraanka says:

    Hi Laura, thank you so much, I’m so happy you like everything! I loved your tour and beautiful summer colors! xo

  28. Your home is lovely. I love all the blue and white.
    Wow! You have quite a ginger jar collection!
    We would welcome you in Florida, but you can’t leave your doors open unless you want lizards and palmetto bugs for friends.😀

  29. I love the framed blue floral prints that are on the right side of your bookshelf and would love to know where the design came from! This is all so beautifully balanced and I love the summery vibes!

  30. Love your beautiful blue and green. All of your ginger jars are so pretty – especially that gorgeous green on the ottoman. Your home is always so well done and your choice of accessories creates such beautiful vignettes. I always love seeing how you change things up for the seasons. That rug really is such a stunning design and so perfect for the summer months. Thanks so much for joining the tour this season, your home is always a delight.

  31. Your cool color palette is so refreshing. I adore your collection of blue and white china. So happy to be on tour with you!

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