DIY Summer Room Decor Ideas for Inside and Outside Spaces

Find 30+ ideas for DIY summer room decor on a budget with creative handmade decor and decorating tips including seasonal holidays.

Cute DIY summer decor table setting with dollar store palm branches and place settings on woven chargers.

A Guide to Summer Decorating and Holidays

What is your favorite part of summer? Warm but breezy evenings, beach outings, and swim-suit activities? Those are fun but sometimes it is just too darn hot to be outside so summer indoor projects are a must. Take the time to evoke summer musings into your home with the best summer DIYs and decorating tips and find inspiration for the hot summer holidays and printables to add instant seasonal decor.

DIY Summer Room Decor

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Ten Colorful-Eclectic Decorating Ideas for Summer Inside and Outside

Put fresh-summer vibes into your home with these creative and fun decorating projects using items you have around the house.

A picture of an Okinawa decorated with summer DIYs. Tan chairs, black and white pillow and a large monstera.
Summer Living Room
A global eclectic kitchen makeover with herb wallpaper and copper pots and pans look like summer decorating with pineapple art.
Summer Kitchen Decor
Summer DIY decor for a bookcase with sea glass, ocean art, plants, and a beach hat.
Seashell Bookcase
Easy summer decorating idea in a bright white bedroom with gold canopy bed, floral and blue pillows, white sheer curtains, white sconce, and aloe plant.
Floral and Blue Bedding
A birds eye view of a tropical floral table for easy DIY summer decor using dollar store palm leaves, woven chargers, watercolor printed napkins, and bamboo plates.
Tropical Floral Table
A capize shell hanging on a gold canopy bed makes for easy summer decorating.
Summer Capize Shell Hanging
  1. Create an open living space by pulling furniture away from walls. Try removing a piece or two or swap furniture for lighter pieces from other rooms. Rattan, light woods, and cotton-fabric upholstery are ideal.
  2. Replace throw pillows and blankets with breathable fabrics and summer prints. Hang sheer curtains from a canopy bed or windows for hopeful cool breezes or at least, a more tropical feel.
  3. Add in ocean blues and greens with pops of jewel tones for a colorful eclectic vibe.
  4. Use tropical plants at your next dinner party. Try the dollar store for inexpensive faux options!
  5. Hang straw hats and summer headwear on the wall in your foyer for a fantastic textural feature and easy access.
  6. Add a punch of green with removable wallpaper featuring herbs or other tropical prints. Try a small place, like an accent wall in the powder room or hallway.
  7. Use tropical or botanical art on the walls or add summer hues with DIY painted threshing baskets.
  8. Display souvenirs from family summer trips for an interesting conversation starter or a trip down memory lane.
  9. Keep oriental fans nearby for guests on the porch or patio or display them as an art installation on an empty wall.
  10. Transform your bathroom into a spa retreat to accommodate additional indoor activities like bath soaks and pedicures during hot summer evenings.
Create diy wall art with painted threshing baskets on a white wall.
Colorful Baskets on the Wall
Eclectic summer home tour with a hat wall display in the foyer.
Summer Hats Display
Bookcase styling inspired by Wes Anderson Life Aquatic looks great for easy summer decor.
Colorful Bookcase Summer Decor
Dollar store hand fans hung on the wall above a grey bench with pillows is perfect for simples summer decor in the foyer.
Hand Fan Wall for Summer
Ideas for colorful summer decorating on the patio with a tropical table setting on a blue floral tablecloth and hand fans.
Outdoor Summer Decorating Ideas
A bright bathroom window with a primitive wood bench holding a tropical plant and a white tray with bath salts and soap.
Summer Bathroom Decor

Beat the Heat with Fun Summer Inspired DIYs on a Budget

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A fun summer DIY decor featuring a paper lantern covered in tropical flowers.
DIY Tropical Floral Lantern
A foyer wall displays hand fans as art for easy summer decor with a bench and pillows.
Hand Fan Wall
Colorful baskets for global bedroom decor on the wall next to a small window with a tan chair underneath displaying a pineapple pillow. Cherry diy summer decor for the bedroom!
DIY Basket Wall
A Diy Planter With Japanese Pottery is in front of shibori art on a white mantel shelf.
DIY Planter
A DIY plant hanger with tassels holds a faux pearl plant against a white wall for easy summer DIY decorating.
DIY Plant Hanger with Tasesls
Cute summer outdoor decorating ideas featuring a buddha statue, plants, blue garden stool with a DIY Moroccan tray and blue glass with tropical drink.
Moroccan Tray
A DIY bamboo ladder holds towels in a white bathroom with a large window, yellow shower curtain, and wood sump table with plant.
DIY Bamboo Ladder
DIY Mexican cactus summer decor on a blue garden stool next to a chair with global textiles.
Mexican Cactus DIY
DIY confetti vase with a dollar store white vase and colorful nail polish holds a monstera leaf in front of art.
Confetti Vase
A pottery barn inspired pot DIY with blue and white is next to books and pink beads.
Hand-painted Cachepot
A small flower arrangement in a thrifted silver bowl is displayed on a wood charger on top of decorating books.
DIY Flower Arrangement
Close up of a DIY Glass and wood terrarium on a driftwood stand and white background.
DIY Plant Terrarium
A global concrete small planter with a faux cactus is on a stack of books with a colorful mug.
Upcylced Planter
A no-sew teepee with a drop cloth has a faux cowhide rug inside with a basket stool and stuffed bunny.
DIY Tee-pee
A felt succulent and moss rock faux living art display for easy summer decor.
Faux Living Art

Beach Inspired Handmade Decor

What better use for your beach finds than to turn them into your next summer DIY by creating a beautiful coastal piece to display with home decor.

Update an old mirror with this gorgeous DIY oyster mirror. A woman holding the oyster mirror and smiling.
DIY Oyster Mirror
A close up of a clamshell wreath on a glass front door.
DIY Seashell Wreath
A seashell hanging with driftwood and faux succulents is on a white wall.
DIY Shell Hanging

DIY Oyster Mirror – Repurpose a mirror frame with leftover shells from an oyster roast and get a designer-inspired decor piece on a dime.

Seashell Wreath – This DIY seashell wreath is perfect if are able to take long beach walks and collect shells. But if you don’t have beach access, the inexpensive materials can be found at your local craft or dollar store.

Shell Hanging – Add boho style to your space with natural materials and a pop of green. This is a good project for recycled beach materials.

DIY summer decor showing copper and coral napkin rings with blue and white cloth napkins.
Coral and Copper Napkin Holders
DIY shell bookends holding books on a wood table.
Shell Bookends
A DIY triangle copper mobile with sea glass is hanging in the corner of a bright living room with a monstera plant.
Seaglass and Copper Mobile

Copper and Coral Napkin Rings – Give your table a unique coastal twist with creative napkin rings. Just a couple of supplies and beach items are needed!

DIY Coral Bookends – Another project inspired by high-end designers are dollar store bookends transformed into beautiful coastal decor.

Seaglass and Copper Mobile – A gorgeous alternative to displaying sea glass decor is a copper and sea glass hanging and a great way to brighten up a corner.

A DIY seashell place card holder is on a plate with a peasant feather and white table cloth.
Seahell Place Card
Seashells and coral are displayed in a pretty Moroccan tray on a wood sofa table,
Seashell and Coral Display
A seaside inspired decorated wood bookcase is in a white bedroom.
Coastal Decorating

Seashell Place Card Holders – Transform larger seashells with a slit and gold embellishment into place cardholders. These beauties can be used all year round and add a traditional-Colonial style to your table.

Decorate with Beach Finds – Do you have boxes of shells, corals, and other ocean pieces but not sure how to display them? Discover many creative ideas for beautiful decor accents and placement.

Seaside Inspired Bookcase – Transform a bookshelf to fit into a neutral coastal style with easy decorating tips.

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