Get Your Home Summer-Ready With These Stylish Picks

Dreaming of the perfect summer house? A place you can escape to that feels like a resort that’s all yours? Stay put, cancel that meeting with the realtor and embrace these ideas that you can incorporate into the home you already live in. This is summerscaping made easy and beautifully.

1. Summer Patio Set

Canadian Tire’s Serene Garden collection is an illustration of affordable outdoor chic. The collection includes a table and garden chairs for four, with rattan detail in a calming colour palette of pistachio green, taupe and sand. Don’t scrimp on accessories like the throw cushions, tray and tableware—they really do complete the look.

2. Wireless Speaker

The Marshall Kilburn III Waterproof Bluetooth Wireless Speaker from Best Buy Canada sounds as fabulous as it looks. Sure, it’s available in black, but this vanilla ice-creamy shade looks summer-perfect no matter where I place it, indoors and out. I carry it everywhere I go in my own home. And yes, I will turn down the volume on occasion.

3. A New Bathtub

If you’re planning any home renovations or big upgrades this summer, Spanish brand Noken’s Swan Bathtub is truly a piece of art; consider it a sculpture for the bathroom. A sleek, centrepiece tub in transparent resin that has clean, ergonomic lines. This piece is a stunner, especially in the amber copper shade shown. Spectacular for summer soaking.

4. An Organic Mattress

Essentia Organic Mattress is ideal for hot weather sleep from this Canadian-founded brand. The Stratami mattress boasts active cooling, is made with toxin-free materials and uses GOLS-certified organic latex. The result is a better, more comfortable sleep, especially during the summer months.

5. Outdoor Bar Cart

The Sarek Outdoor Bar Cart from Vancouver brand Article is just what you need on the patio or deck for easy entertaining. I’d load up this cute, powder-coated, solid steel cart with Hugo spritz ingredients and let my guests serve themselves. Fewer trips inside the house to grab a cooling cocktail is a good thing.

6. Floating Pool Lamps

Full disclosure. I do not have a swimming pool. I dream of having one, but without the upkeep. In truth, I’d love a pool even to have a body of water to float these Buly Floating Solar Lamps from Simons on. Available for online only, dim or brighten these solar-powered glowing spheres to create almost any atmosphere.

7. A New Summer Scent

Sangre de Fruta’s Botanical Candle in Head of Roses is nothing short of exquisite, and to me, it just smells like summer should. From the Bowen Island brand known for its complete line of natural body, face and hair care, this candle deserves a place on your patio coffee table all season, creating dreamy scent memories for all.

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8. A Clean Grill

Cooking outdoors in the summer is essential. If you own a much-used Weber grill as I do, it’s time for an easy tune-up. Start with a spray of Weber Grate Grill Cleaner onto burnt-on residue that’s built up on cooking grates, then use the Weber Heavy Duty Grate Grill Scrubber to loosen it all up and remove it–burger-ready. Available at Home Depot Canada.