{"id":41846,"date":"2019-06-02T18:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T23:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=41846"},"modified":"2019-06-03T04:37:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T09:37:09","slug":"the-dining-room-is-ready-for-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=41846","title":{"rendered":"The Dining Room Is Ready for Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just love decorating with neutrals and navy.\u00a0 It means that with just a few tweaks a room can easily transform from one season to another without any major tasks taking place.\u00a0 No furniture needs to be moved, no rugs need to be removed, and the art can stay put.\u00a0 I changed up the dining room from its fresh spring time look to its summer do in just a few minutes, and you can do the same in your home.\u00a0 Let’s check out the dining room’s summer look, and see what I did.<\/p>\n

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Pillows<\/h2>\n

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Even though we plan to eat most of our summer meals in the courtyard, the dining room is the first room guests see when they enter our house.\u00a0 So, it needs to look its best.\u00a0 I started the transformation with pillows.\u00a0 Well, technically, there’s only one pillow in the room.\u00a0 I changed the yellow pillow to one with predominately navy and red.\u00a0 There is, however, a touch of green on it.\u00a0 I love adding red to my navy accessories for summer because it’s a great time to use the patriotic colors that I love.\u00a0 You can change out your pillows, too.\u00a0 You can shop for some here or make some tops using the easy method we showed you in this post.<\/a><\/p>\n

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I bought this wonderful flag pillow<\/a> for just a few dollars, and the quality is surprisingly good.\u00a0 I will add it toward the middle of the month when I really want the room to have more of a patriotic attitude for our family’s July 4th celebration.\u00a0 We told you about this flag pillow<\/a> in our Saturday Selections, and here’s the link<\/a> if you want to buy one for your home.<\/p>\n

Art<\/h2>\n

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I bought an oil painting this spring of children playing ,and it went on a guest room wall.\u00a0 However, since it has a summer vibe, I am using it on the console for a few months.\u00a0 The abstract that was there is now doing time in the guest room, and it come back to its home base in the fall.<\/p>\n

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I also switched out the post card that is in a dining frame on the end table.\u00a0 It now has a red, white, and blue painting by Claude Monet.\u00a0 I’m sure those flags are probably French flags, but his impressionist techniques work in my favor.<\/p>\n

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I also brought out a rustic barn\/flag painting that I did a couple of years ago and put it on the cart.<\/p>\n

Table Centerpiece<\/h2>\n

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I love the look of industrial combined with something a tad elegant and decided to go that route for the dining room centerpiece.\u00a0 It looks so much better in person than in this photo, by the way.\u00a0 I am using a metal tray that I bought a few years ago.\u00a0 Then I added the crystal candle holders that we own.\u00a0 This link<\/a> will take you to a similar tray<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Some are fine leaded crystal, and some are just plain glass that I bought for a few dollars.\u00a0 Next came white candles from Trader Joe’s.\u00a0 TJ is the best source for white candles, and they are dripless.\u00a0 This combo makes a fresh and not too stuffy centerpiece for the table, and it will work for the entire summer.<\/p>\n

Mantel<\/h2>\n

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The fireplace mantel also took just a few minutes.\u00a0 All I did was replace the yellow books that were there for spring with red books.<\/p>\n

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I added a green plant (it’s faux) in an old tin that I bought last week at a local vintage shop.\u00a0 I replaced some candles with blue and white ginger jars.<\/p>\n

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And don’t you just love how a fern says summer when it is placed in or beside a fireplace?<\/p>\n

Lamp<\/h2>\n

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I kept the navy blue lamp on the console but switched out the green shade for a white drum shade.\u00a0 The navy monogram finial stayed.\u00a0 I have a red lamp that I might bring out later.<\/p>\n

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Without being too “in your face”, the dining room is ready for summer with its blue, white, and touches of red decor.\u00a0 And when summer is starting to fade, and I want to gear up for my favorite season, I can easily replace the accessories with fall colors and be all set.<\/p>\n

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Do you have any special accessories or colors you like to use for summer?<\/p>\n

Oh, and one more thing.\u00a0 A few of you asked about the Paul McCartney concert.\u00a0 He was absolutely fantastic, and I love him as much (or more) than I did all of those years ago when every night I kissed his photo that hung over my bed.\u00a0 It is by far the best concert I have ever been to.\u00a0 The arena was packed with people who love him, and the energy was fantastic.\u00a0 His band was also great and so entertaining with their antics.\u00a0 Paul McCartney will is a legend.<\/p>\n

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Take care.<\/p>\n

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I just love decorating with neutrals and navy.\u00a0 It means that with just a few tweaks a room can easily transform from one season to another without any major tasks taking place.\u00a0 No furniture needs to be moved, no rugs need to be removed, and the art can stay put.\u00a0 I changed up the dining […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41846"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41846"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41907,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41846\/revisions\/41907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}