Dress up your kitchen for summer with these beautiful summer kitchen decorating ideas! Easy tips that anyone can do!
Summer Home Tour Blog Hop
Today I’m joining Marty from A Stroll Through Life for another beautiful summer home tour series. We’ll be hopping from house to house on this one so just follow the link at the end of the post to continue on with the tour. I love being able to get a little glimpse inside everyone’s homes and see all of the different styles and design ideas. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do, and get inspired to do a little summer decorating of your own. And please always remember that the photos are never quite as perfect as they seem!
For those of you coming over from Inspiration for Moms – welcome! Laura has such a lovely home and makes even the most simple decor ideas look pretty. If you haven’t had a chance to visit her, be sure to pop by!
Summer Kitchen Decorating Ideas
I thought that I would share our summer kitchen with you today. I’m pretty much always changing something around, but this is how it looked last week anyways! 🙂
We did a kitchen makeover a few years ago now and painting the cabinets white really brightened everything up. It’s a nice neutral background to change things up each season! If you’re hoping to add some summer charm to your kitchen this year, here are a few of my favorite summer kitchen decorating tips.
Deep Clean as You Go
I know a lot of people don’t really think of decorating their kitchen each season, but just a few simple changes keeps things fresh and updated. Switching things around is also a great time to do a little deep cleaning in those areas that you don’t always get to. Be sure to keep a microfiber cloth and some summer scented all-purpose cleaner around as your decorating to give everything a good wipe down!
Keep Things Functional
The kitchen counter is prime time real estate, so don’t try to add too much! No one wants a cluttered kitchen. When possible, save your counter space for items that are both pretty and functional. One of my favorite places to style, is actually beside our kitchen sink. I’m always switching up cleaning products and trying to display them in pretty ways.
Our little herb garden is also a pretty but useful little decor item. We have basil, rosemary, and a couple of types of mint growing. I wasn’t sure if it was going to get enough sun in the back corner but it’s doing pretty well so far. I’ve put it out in the sun for a few hours on days that I water it – some fun in the sun for our herbs!
Use Trays
Group similar items together onto a tray to keep things tidy and organized. Trays also make it a lot easier to clean down the kitchen counters as you can just move the tray instead of moving a bunch of little items. You can always add some seasonal touches too if you have room. On a side note, I’ve had that Magnolia cookbook for well over a month now and still haven’t tried anything. Do you have a favorite recipe from it that I should start with?
Add fresh flowers or greenery
I don’t always get a chance to have fresh flowers out, but even a single stem can make an impact! I had bought some peonies for our living room but saved one for the kitchen. It kind of worked perfectly with our pink peony Mrs. Meyers soap!
Add Some Art
A photo frame takes up minimal counter space and adds a pretty seasonal touch {and a little color!} to your kitchen. Grab your favorite print, family photo, or this free summer printable, for some quick and easy decor.
And if you don’t want a print, you can always use a chalkboard. I kept this one really simple to go with the towel {totally not weird coordinating your chalkboard with your kitchen towel, right?}, but I’ll probably end up changing it up again at some point.
Create a Seasonal Centerpiece
Our kitchen table is probably the one thing that gets dressed up the most. I’m always moving things around the house and changing up the centerpiece. A few weeks ago, it was filled with lilacs from our backyard. I don’t think there’s anything that smells better than some fresh lilacs. I loved getting a little whiff as I walked by!
Once the lilacs were finished blooming, I had to fiind something new for the centerpiece and planted some flowers in this {faux} vintage truck that I picked up from Decor Steals.
I hope that gives you some ideas to add a little summer to your kitchen space and shows you how easy it is! We spend a lot of time in our kitchens, so we might as well make them warm and inviting!
More Summer Home Tours
To continue on the home tour, head on over to Simple Stylings. She has the most gorgeous coastal style and is sharing her “surfer chic” summer home. Her deck is one of my favorites so be sure to check it out! If you’d like to see the rest of the summer home tours directly, just follow the links below…
Monday – June 11
A Stroll Thru Life // Pink Peppermint Design
Setting For Four // Nesting With Grace
Cuckoo4Design // Southern Hospitality
Tuesday – June 12
Clean and Scentsible // Simple Stylings
Life OnVirginia Street // Remodelando La Casa
Wednesday – June 13
Our Southern Home //House By Hoff
Our Fifth House // Dimples and Tangles
Decor To Adore // Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Haneens Haven // Monica Wants It
Duke ManorFarm // My Sweet Savannah
1 Magnolia Lane // Life Love Larson
Enjoy the rest of the summer home tours and thank-you so much for dropping in. If you’re not already following along, be sure to stay in touch! You can find me here…
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Such great tips in your beautiful kitchen. I’m still working on my deep cleaning 😉 which probably is pointless now that my kiddos are home
What a beautiful summer home. i am smitten with that truck!
Your peonies and that vintage truck have me glued to the screen, so very pretty! Enjoyed touring your home and hey, great tips for summer decor!
Love your kitchen, it is always decorated so beautifully and such an inviting space in your home. The flowers and your use of trays are great inspiration. I need to add some flowers to my own kitchen. Thanks so much for joining the tours, your home is always a favorite.
Such great tips for summer kitchen decor! I love your herb garden.
Great tips!!! Everything is so warm and inviting! I am in love with your chalkboard sign!!!
I have total kitchen envy over here! Your kitchen is perfect and oh so beautiful!
Thanks so much Alicia! Hope you have a wonderful summer!
Jenn, your simple summer touches are refreshing. I love that kitchen towel. My kids do a number on any pretty towel in my house so Ill have to just admire your’s.
That truck with flowers is just too cute. I love it. You have a beautiful kitchen.
Thanks so much! Happy Summer!
Jenn- your kitchen looks fabulous for summer! So fun being on the blog tour with you this week!
Cheers, Kristy, Starfish Cottage
Thanks Kristy! I’m still making my way around to all of the tours but they’ve all been so lovely! Happy Summer!
Hi Jenn! I have been so excited to check out your tour because I always love the posts you share with us at Thursday Favorite Things! I love your beautiful summer kitchen and I hope you will link up with us again at TFT tomorrow. The chalkboard and pretty towel is just perfect for summer!
So happy to be on this tour with you! Have a great summer!
Lovely tour! Such a pretty kitchen!
Thanks so much Haneen! Hope you have a wonderful summer!
White kitchens are my favorite; they always look so clean and bright! We don’t have one right now, which makes drooling over your beautiful space even more fun. Happy summer, Jenn, and thanks for sharing the tour again! XO, Christy
Your kitchen is beautiful beyond words!
xo karianne
Thanks so much KariAnne!
Love these decorating ideas! We’d love for you to come link up at Wall to Wall DIY Wednesday over on R&R at home (www.randrathome.com)!
Thanks for the invite!
You have such a beautiful kitchen! I love the idea of grouping items onto trays; we have an area by the sink where our concrete counter top is really taking a beating from water accumulating under the soap bottles and I bet a tray would solve that problem. Such a simple solution I never would have though of. Pinning!
Your kitchen is delightful! I do decorate mine for each season. Right now it’s all about the red, white, and blue. 🙂 Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Such a lovely kitchen Jenn and I love the way you have displayed your cleaning supplies so beautifully… practical and pretty!
Thank you for sharing this post at Create, Bake, Grow & Gather this week. I’m delighted to be featuring it at tomorrow nights party and pinning too!
Hugs,
Kerryanne
Beautiful kitchen – I see so many details I like.
I think you inspired me to update my kitchen Decor. Right now it is pretty bare but I have been looking for ways to make it prettier. Thank you for sharing with us at #omhgww
We spend so much time in the kitchen, it might as well be pretty! 😉
So simple and beautiful! I love the pink flowers matching the soap bottle. I rarely have fresh flowers in my home (unless it’s mothers day or my birthday, lol) but I have no problem using faux flowers! Will have to be on the look out for some flowers to use in my kitchen now 🙂 Thanks for sharing
We don’t always have fresh flowers either, but it’s so nice when we do! Our lilacs are out in bloom right now so it’s free flowers from the yard!
Fabulous photos and ideas Jenn! Thanks for sharing it with us at Inspire Me Monday at Create With Joy. Congrats – you are one of our Featured Guests this week! 🙂
So bright and summer ready. Too pretty to cook in your kitchen. Pinned!
Happy spring, Kippi #kippiathome
I love the berry basket by your sink that you use to hold the soap and sponge? Could you tell me where you got it and hopefully it is still being made! Really love your posts!
I got it from Target a couple of years ago. It was part of the Magnolia collection so I doubt they still have it. I’ve seen some similar ones at Hobby Lobby though. You can also search ceramic berry baskets on Amazon- there are some nice options but I can’t find any with the handle.