Summer Bedroom Ideas

Simple summer bedroom ideas to create a beautiful and relaxing bedroom retreat. Easy design tips and tricks that can be added to any bedroom.

Relaxing and Inviting Summer Bedrooms

It’s been years since I’ve shown you our master bedroom, so I jumped at the chance to join Marty from A Stroll Thru Life for her summer bedroom home tour. Throughout the week, we’re sharing 17 beautiful and inviting bedrooms decorated for summer. You can find all of the bloggers joining in the tour at the end of the post and I’ll be updating the links throughout the week. I hope you find some decor and design inspiration to create your own little bedroom retreat!

If you’re coming over from Remodelando La Casa {or are one of my regular readers!} – welcome! I absolutely adore Cristina’s modern bedroom design. I’m obsessed with her DIY feature wall and would love to do something similar in our bedroom.

Summer Bedroom Ideas

Today I wanted to share some easy ideas to update your bedroom for summer. Lightening things up – both literally and figuratively – helps to create a relaxing and comfortable summer bedroom retreat. The best part is, it doesn’t require a lot of time or energy and the tips can be easily applied in any space.

Start with the bedding.

The biggest change to our bedroom for the summer months is changing up the bedding. Our bedroom can get quite hot {and we don’t have air conditioning!} so we really need to keep our covers light. Look for lighter-weight materials and those made with natural fibers like cotton or linen to help keep you cool.

To make things even easier, I typically skip the top sheet and just use a fitted sheet. I also swap out our down comforter for a simple, light quilt. Even though I like to keep things simple, I still love my throw pillows! Currenty, I stack our actual pillows that we use for sleeping in the back, followed by two Euro pillows, two shams that coordinate with the quilt and 1 decorative pillow to add a little more color. The Euro pillows work perfectly to prop your self up in bed for a night of Netflix!

Once you’ve chosen bedding that you like, it’s easy to pull or coordinate colors for the rest of the room.

Declutter

Summer is all about lightening things up, so take a little time to declutter your nightstands, drawers, clothing, or any other area that is heavy with clutter. I have a small desk space in our bedroom that I use for blogging {and now all of our Zoom meetings!} and gave it a quick decluttering. I tend to keep this area pretty tidy anyways, but there are always papers and a few little odds and ends that tend to accumulate here.

I also switched out a few items from the hooks behind our door. This is where I store my gym bag along with a couple of light jackets and scarves for easy grab and go. It’s the perfect place for a little extra storage since you can’t even see it when the door is open {which it usually is unless we’re sleeping}.

Diffuse some summer scents.

Scents are strongly tied to our emotions and memories, so a nice, light scent can help to create a relaxing space and a peaceful sleep. I prefer citrus scents like grapefruit, lemon, lime or orange but you could also use lavender, sandalwood, pine – whatever you’re drawn to! Plus, there are so many pretty diffuser designs to choose from there days.

Use fashion pieces for decor.

Take some of your favorite summer fashion pieces – hats, scarves, purses, bags, etc. – and use them for decor. Hang a hat at the end of the bed, use a textured beach bag for functional book storage, or hang a pretty scarf for a pop of color.

Not only does it look pretty, but it also makes it easy to grab the items when you want to use them.

Add some flowers.

Flowers always add life to a space and there are so many beautiful options for the summer!  If the weather is hot, remember to change the water in your flowers every 1-2 days. It can get sucked up quickly! I always follow these tips to make my cut flower last longer.

One of my favorite things to do with a bouquet of fresh flowers is to make up mini bouquets to display throughout the house. I bought these white lillies and alstroemeria from our local grocery store and made 3 mini bouquets with it plus the larger, main display

Get ready for some summer reading.

Summer is a great time to go through old books and magazines. Donate books that you no longer want and put out books or magazines that you’d like to read. There’s nothing better than a little sunshine and some light summer reading!

I hope you enjoyed the little tour of our bedroom and found the summer decor tips helpful! I’m actually hoping to do a little update in this room over the next year, so we’ll see how things go!

More Summer Bedroom Ideas

For more summer bedroom decor and design ideas, check out these posts! There are lots of beautful ideas in a variety of styles, so there’s definitely something for everyone.  I hope you enjoy the tours!

Monday Lineup – July 20

A Stroll Thru Life / 11 Magnolia Lane / Remodelando La Casa

Tuesday Lineup – July 21

 Clean and Scentsible / Hymns and Verses / Decor To Adore / Far Above Rubies

Wednesday Lineup – July 22

Fox Hollow Cottage / Inspiration For Moms / Life On Cedar Lane / Pink Peppermint Design

Thursday Lineup – July 23

Our Southern Home / White Arrows Home / Stone Gable

Friday Lineup – July 24

CitrineLiving / Thrifty Decor Chic / Follow The Yellow Brick Home