9 Simple Ways To Turn Your Home Into A Summer Paradise

Who needs a vacation when your home is a paradise?

Get some flowers in your life, ASAP.

Whether you're planting flowers in your yard or putting them in a vase to spruce up a room, flowers are a super-easy way to make your home feel more colorful and alive!

Up your outdoor lighting game.

If you've been living with dark, uninviting outdoor space around your home, it's time to step into the light! There's no quicker, easier way to make your outdoor space more desirable, and there are plenty of affordable outdoor lighting options available. Some are even solar-powered! Or, if you're feeling adventurous, you can just make your own!

Build a firepit.

If you have a yard or patio, there's nothing quite like a warm, inviting firepit to encourage spending time outdoors during your Summer Fridays. All you need is a circular, stone wall pit, which you can totally build yourself. Or, if you're one of those people who would definitely burn down the house doing that, you can just buy one!

Get a hammock.

You haven't experienced true comfort until you've spent an entire Summer Friday lazing away in an awesome hammock. If you have any amount of outdoor space at your disposal, hammocks are a great way to give yourself another relaxing place to read, nap, or just lie there and contemplate why it took you so long to get a hammock!

Buy a portable projector.

We'd all love to spend more time outdoors, but all of our favorite movies and TV shows are inside, so what are we supposed to do?! Get a portable projector! They're more compact and affordable than ever before, and when you put it together with a sheet and your laptop, you can watch your favorite stuff anywhere!

Pick up a bar cart.

Gone are the days of clumsily carrying armfuls of liquor bottles out to the patio. With a bar cart, the party goes wherever you go! Stock it with some cranberry juice, your favorite adult beverage ingredients, and an ice bucket, so you'll have everything you need to relax and enjoy your Summer Friday!

Make some delicious summer treats.

There are SO MANY awesome, easy Summer Friday treats you can make at home, even if you're not great at cooking. Look up some simple popsicle or ice cream recipes and see what you come up with. And don't worry about failing; you have all summer to perfect your skills!

Use your ceiling fans correctly.

Most ceiling fans have a tiny switch on their base that changes the direction the fan rotates. During the summer, your ceiling fans should be spinning counterclockwise to push cool air down into the room and help you have a cool Summer Friday!

Use water to your advantage.

If you don't have a pool, consider other ways that you can incorporate water into your Summer Friday activities. You can use it to cool yourself off (obviously), but just being near water can have relaxing effects. Build a misting system for the patio or a fountain on your balcony to keep you company while you're reading. Water is your BFF in the summer, so use it!

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