Top tips from our designers: Summer-ise your home

For many of us, summer is our favourite season, eagerly awaited with the promise of heat, sunshine and childhood memories of endless summer days.

This is a season associated with lazy days in the country, strawberries and cream, long bright evenings spent al fresco in town or in our own back gardens. And to celebrate summer in all its glory, our design team has put together some top tips to help you recreate these magical summer feelings indoors.

Daybeds: bed and sofa in one

Daybed covers from Bemz are a clever and simple solution for a stylish sofa where space is at a premium and maximum number of beds essential, which is often the case in summer homes.

For a romantic cottage look, stick with a light colour palette as a base and complete it with soft pastel shades. Pictured are cushions in New Baroque - Pale Turquoise, Gotland Stripe - Silver Grey and True Rose - Caffe Latte on a Soft White Belgian Linen slipcover. Ornamental detailing like embroidery, tassles and trim, make the look all the more reminiscent of a sweet past. For more inspiration and ideas, please visit our Country Romance lifestyle.

To see all daybed dimensions available as slipcovers at Bemz, please click here.

Soaking up the seaside

Vacationing on the coast is an integral part of the Swedish summer, as well as an excellent source of inspiration for interior design.

Essential to successfully creating a classic nautical look are bold, crisp stripes like those found in our Stockholm Stripe series: available in Real Red, Deep Navy Blue, Caffe Latte and Sand Beige. Pair them with a solid coloured fabric in a differing material, such as Deep Navy Blue.

To get to the beautiful feeling of azure seas, opt for a base palette in Light Denim Blue and complement with the pixilated True Rose, or colourful Static Stripe, in Light Denim Blue and Caffe Latte.

Why not dip into our Archipelago Lifestyle for more ideas?

Simple Life inspired by nature

This third and final tip on how to create your summer decor comes directly from the sun bleached Swedish coast.

Let nature lead the way with faded, neutral tones. Wind swept whites, stone washed beiges and sea worn greys are all present and accounted for with Unbleached Linen and A Paler Shade of Grey as daybed covers, and cushions in Zinc Grey, Caffe Latte, Bolster Stripe, Soft White and Sage Brown.

Need inspiration? See how you can introduce nature into your living and dining rooms from our Simple Life lifestyle.

What is summer to you? Inside or out, we want to know. Write and tell us, or better yet, send a photo: to customerservice [at] bemz.com or put it on our Facebook page.