Summer Colors

Tapestry

Bring summer's fields to your wall with a bright yellow tapestry. The pattern of this tapestry resembles dandelion crowns.

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Bedskirt

Never be afraid to use this bright and rambunctious color anywhere. This dandelion yellow bed skirt helps to elevate the bed, while giving the bedroom summer warmth.

More Yellow Decorating Ideas

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Curtain Divide

Bring the translucent waters of some tropic island into your living room. This curtain divider not only provides functionality to limited space, but also is serene and calming like that from which it draws inspiration.

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Painted Pots

Whether you live on the West Coast, East Coast, or miles away from the ocean, bring all the colors of the water right to your backyard. Potted plants look even nicer in containers with hues of sea blue.

Painted Pot Project

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Ombre Pillowcase

The ebb and flow of the ocean's waters are well represented in this blue ombre pillowcase.

Ombre Pillowcase

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Paper Lantern

Summer sunsets can last well into the winter with this paper lantern. The warm oranges hung over the dinner table make even weekday dinners feel alfresco.

Paper Lantern Project

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Sunset Palette

Sunset's colors look best in the bedroom where burnt oranges and warm yellows make the room warm and enveloping.

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Votives

These beeswax candles won't melt -- they're actually cylindrical glass vases disguised as the real thing. Strips of beeswax in sunset shades were wrapped around the vases for a subtle striped effect. Votive candles placed inside give the cylinders their glow.

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Honeydew Palette

With its light base and sweet appeal, honeydew is a shade of green that plays well with others. Here, honeydew walls complement lighter and darker accents throughout a dining room.

More Honeydew Complements

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Gingham Floor Pattern

While the pattern for this floor paint is summery itself, adding honeydew makes it just as sweet and no less refreshing. Consider painting a floor with this pattern.

Painted Floor Pattern

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How to Decorate with Yellow

1. A tape trim creates a bright edge on cream curtains. No sewing is required when you use a fusible web tape, such as Stitch Witchery, that binds two fabrics together. 2. Echo the trim color on the curtains by using fabric glue and a small brush to adorn a shade with matching bias tape. 3. A yellow sofa might be too much, but pillows infuse color without going overboard. Better yet are cushions with a neutral color on one side and a bright one on the other. 4. Even a simple coffee table can become an oasis of color. For a glass table, remove the top and spray-paint its underside. For a wooden or metal table, have a piece of glass cut to size, and then paint it. In either case, the result adds a luminous gleam to the living room.

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Pop of Yellow

To add punch to an otherwise serene room, add a small pop of dandelion yellow, like this lovely little lamp.

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Punch Up Your Closets

Add a dose of color and organization in one bold shot with fabric-covered organization boxes.

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Enliven a Bookcase

Paint the backs of bookcases in vibrant colors -- or just line them with colored paper -- to make your case pop.

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Pop of Color

The key to enlivening a neutral room is to brighten it with several shades of the same color. In a mostly pale room, a plaid blanket makes a strong statement. The chandelier, the wall-mounted bedside tables, and the cushion on the dog bed reiterate the blanket's several shades of blue. Orange poppies add a vivid, albeit temporary, secondary color.

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Shades of the Sea

A two-color palette feels fresh and fashionable when bold greens meet pale blues. Against the snowy tablecloth, chairs, and cushions, sculptural pottery vessels concentrate the vivid colors down the center of the table. Minimal arrangements of white mini carnations, hydrangea, agapanthis, chrysanthemums, liseanthus, and tulips fill some vases; others are left empty.

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Drive It Up the Walls

Use your favorite color as a bold accent on walls, as seen here with a large checkerboard pattern.