20 Ideas to Get Your Home Summer-Ready

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The hot and sultry months are starting to warm up.  While we prep for the season and refresh and lighten up our wardrobe, homes need renewal too. It doesn’t need to cost a fortune either.  A few subtle changes can turn a place into a paradise.  Follow these tips to welcome the summer into your house.  Nothing makes a space more bright and clean looking than the color white.  Faceted white plant pots with a succulent or another easy-to-care plant make perfect accents.  Switch out your current storage options for some sweet, bang-on trend wicker pompom baskets.  Nothing puts the ‘kitsch’ in kitchen than a retro-style salt and pepper set.  Feeling thirsty?  Stir up some long cool drinks with friends on the deck with this gold printed palm leaf glass pitcher.  Replenishing your cushions is an excellent way to refresh your space on a budget.  Hay fever getting you down?  Sneezing on the outside and the inside?  Whether it be pollen, allergies, smoke or odours, an air purifier soldiers through the summer.  Start a conversation piece and switch out your coffee table books for some summer inspirational destination vacation reading.  Out tanning on the porch or barbequing in the back yard and can’t hear the doorbell or get to the door in time?  Answer it from your phone with this handy gadget.  Lastly, remember to change all winter bedding for some light and easy care linen sheets and you’ll sleep through the night like a baby.  Any other ideas you think we should add?  Let us know!