Patio season is finally upon us and I’m excited to spend weekend afternoons in the warm sun with a cocktail in hand and good eats! Decorating a patio should be an extension of the decor from your home. Lounge furniture has replaced the usual dining table and chairs as the go to for patio furniture. It comes in a variety of shapes and sizes from fantastic retailers like Restoration Hardware, West Elm and Serena & Lily. I love using fun, bold pillows outdoors to add some colour. The patio is a great place to experiment with colour and pattern because the outdoors are meant to be bright and cheery right? I’m loving the Monaco collection from Serena & Lily!

Check out the full Monaco collection at Serena & Lily!

Amanda

Images via Classy in the City, Wandering the Good, Verdigris Vie, Coco & Kelley

I have become obsessed with stripes. A little too obsessed. Hence the black and white table runners at my wedding. Hell I’m even in stripes right now as I type. They’ve been around forever, but lately I feel like they’re popping up everywhere- clothing, accent walls and in the bathroom. I love the high impact effect you get by mixing two different tiles in a horizontal stripe in the shower. Or the floor, like how Sarah Richardson did above. This is a great way to get a stylish look in the bathroom without breaking the bank. I would love to see a larger format tile mixed with a thinner tile stripe to break it up. Almost like the look that Nam Dang Mitchell achieved with paint in my previous post. Again, high impact, small budget. Makes me want to paint stripes in our living room…….hmmm weekend project perhaps?

Amanda

Images: COCOcozy, Sketch 42, Tobi Fairley via House of Turquoise, Sarah Richardson, Paul Davis via La Dolce Vita. {My Pinterest}