SUMMER DECORATE WITH ME 2026 Summer Decor Ideas Summer Kitchen and Dining Room Decor ️

Hi friends! Welcome back to my channel. If you're new here, hello! My name is Lorena. Today we are decorating for summer in our kitchen and dining room. I'm gonna keep things pretty simple but I am updating a few pieces just to make it feel more summery in our home. We also got a new rug and couch for our living room so I'll be sharing that with you guys. So if you do decorate for summer, I hope you get some ideas today and enjoy! I first removed all of the spring decor that I had out but I did leave some everyday pieces that I will probably have in the kitchen most of the time and then just add in some summer touches. This is the decor I'm going to be using. Most of it I've had for a while. I only got a few new things. I'll be using some faux florals and pops of color with some art. Also using lots of wicker items and some new summery glasses. Just want to brighten up the kitchen and add in some fun pieces. I'm first going to wipe down the countertops and island before I add in any decor and since moving into our new home, the kitchen is one of our favorite spaces. We really do love it so much. It has great storage and lots of counter space. The quartz we chose is so durable and looks beautiful. The only thing we do want to do in here is get a hood vent cover so that is something that we will plan to do in the future. We're also working on our little bar and coffee area that's behind that arch right there. We already got some shelves so we're going to be installing those and it'll be so fun to be able to add decor in that space and if you have any questions about the quartz we chose or the color of the cabinets or any of the finishes, let me know and I'll also link our home tour below where you can see all the details as well. Starting on this corner, I always have that little lamp there and I'm just placing this wicker footed bowl and using a tea towel on it to hold our fresh fruit. It's a functional decor and the wicker material is something I think looks perfect for summer. And next to the fruit bowl, I have these bread boards and cookbooks by the stove and I'm going to add this rattan pitcher with some strawberry stems. I got them from Magnolia recently and they are so pretty. They're perfect to use for summer and next year I can use them for the springtime as well. They look pretty realistic and bring a beautiful pop of color to the kitchen. I'm only using two stems but if you wanted to put them in a bigger vase, you would probably need three or four stems and then just to finish off, I have this little berry bowl I also got from Magnolia but a few years ago and it adds a pretty pop of color as well. On this side of the stove, I have a scallop tray to hold the wooden utensils which I placed on a planter I got from Walmart and I just added those colorful spoons as well and I'm just going to add a tea towel, an oil dispenser, and some salt and pepper shakers. On the wooden book holder, I'm placing a cookbook on a colorful summary page. It's the part of the book that starts the summer recipes so it's perfect to have it open here. Next to it, I'm adding a faux herb plant which I love the planter it comes in and finishing off with a small floral bud vase for more color. I love having these glass canisters here. I'm just placing a small plate by them. I've been using it to hold my rings when I wash dishes. It's so pretty with a little lemon and looks like something you would find at anthropology but I found it at Hobby Lobby. For the glass cabinets, I'm mostly keeping the same neutral decor I had for this spring. I'm just going to add in some wicker wrapped glasses. I've had them for several years and I love bringing them out every summer. And same thing for the other side. I'm keeping it all the same and just switching out the icon glasses I had for spring. They have flowers on them and for summer, I have some from anthropology that have little bumblebees. I love having different ones for every season and I'm so excited for when fall and Christmas come to not only change out these glasses but I'll be switching out most of the decor here in the glass cabinets. This tea towel I got recently from Magnolia and love the little strawberry details. It matches perfectly with the strawberry stems and it ties it all together. For the island, I'm starting with this tall vase I got from Target a couple of years ago but I saw they actually have a very similar style at Pottery Barn and I'm just adding in some faux green snowball stems. I got these on sale at Pottery Barn and they are so beautiful. I'm only using two stems since they are so big and also the opening of the vase is small enough for only two stems to still look nice and full. They're really tall so these would look great on an entryway table but I love how they look here on the island. And then next to it, I got this white seashell looking bowl from Michaels. I think it's perfect to add for summer decor and something I feel I will pull out to use every summer. Just filling it with some faux artichokes to finish off here. I'm moving on to decorate this black glass cabinet. I actually wasn't going to change out the decor I had from spring but I decided I wanted something a little different so I'm going to redecorate the top two shelves and leave the third shelf the same. And then for the bottom shelf, I never change it out. I just have some wicker baskets that hold hosting items, tablecloths, and placemats so it's functional and just always stays the same. For the top shelf, I'm starting with some pictures. The first one is from Crate and Barrel and this rattan wrapped black picture is from Walmart a few years ago. I truly do use so much of my decor year after year and only add a few new pieces here and there but even reusing the same things, I still feel like my decor looks refreshed every season. And then for the middle here, I just place some books and this paper mache bowl and then I'm going to finish off the shelf with a wooden base and some faux palm leaves I love using every summer. On this next shelf, I have a planter. I'm adding faux flowers too. These look like wildflowers blooming all over where we live so it's fitting to add them here. There's so many pretty wildflowers all over the roads near us and actually some white flowers that look just like these growing on the hills behind our home so these are perfect. And then finishing off with some framed art of a boat on the lake I got from Etsy and next to it adding more of the wicker look with a glass vase. And like I said, I just kept all the same decor I had here on the third shelf so it looks so pretty for summer and overall love how everything turned out in the cabinet. For the decor on the dining table, I'm going to keep it pretty simple. I have a woven vase with handles I got from At Home and filling it with these stems from Hobby Lobby. They have a really pretty pop of yellow on them and they're going to pair perfectly with a candle I'll be placing next to the vase. I didn't want to use anything too tall here since we do have dinner every day together on this table. I wanted something short enough to not block us from seeing each other and also not block the view we have from the windows here in the dining space so a shorter vase just works better. And to finish off, I got this candle from Anthropologie recently. I'm just placing it on a stone coaster. It's a beautiful yellow color with some painted flowers on it and just ties this look all together. And the last area we're decorating is the bar and coffee station. We have wine glasses and barware inside of the glass cabinets and the lower cabinets have some of my seasonal drinkware and kitchen items and one of the drawers holds my coffee pot since my coffee maker is sitting on the countertop. Like I said, we'll be adding some shelves here but for now just styling a few items to complete a little coffee station. Starting with this woven tray to hold a few decor and functional pieces. First, I have a terracotta vase with some colorful floral stems that have more of a dried flower look to them and then I'm placing a marble container that has some chocolate eggs we didn't finish from Easter time but we still reach for them once in a while so perfect to store them here. And then just adding some stirring spoons I use every day for my coffee as well as a colorful tea towel for some added texture and pop of color but also functional for any small coffee spills. Next to the Nespresso machine, I'm so excited to add these framed art pieces I got from Etsy. One is of an orange and the other one is a lemon. They add such a nice pop of color to this space and are perfect for a summer kitchen if you're wanting to change out your art in a fun colorful way. I totally recommend them and then just adding all of the mugs I love using for the summer. I've collected these over the years from either summer vacations or it's just ones that I think have a really pretty summer look. The only new one I got this year is this one with lemons. I found it at Walgreens actually of all places. When I went to get these pictures printed, I spotted it and thought it would be so fun to add to my summer mug collection. I also added this runner to the kitchen and it's one I plan to use every spring and summer. It's a woven material with a scalloped edge and white lines detail. I got it from Walmart and it's beautiful. Perfect to finish off the summer decor here in the kitchen. Like I mentioned in the beginning, we did get a new rug and sofa for our living room. They both fit this space so much better and are perfect to start completing a living room makeover soon. The sofa we had from our previous home was a bit too small for the space so the new one we got just looks like it fits a lot better. The rug is also larger to just really ground the space and be a great anchor piece for all of the furniture that will here. It's from Rugs USA and it's so soft and plush but it's also washable which is great since it's a lighter color. The sofa is also a lighter color. It's from Wayfair but all the seats and cushions have removable covers which is helpful to keep them clean. We did get a new sideboard that is a dark color and should come in soon and then the coffee table will also be a dark wood so it won't all be light colored in here but this is all we've gotten so far and it's starting to come together. And that's everything for today's video. I hope you guys enjoyed it and got some ideas. If you are new, I would love for you to subscribe. Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you soon on my next one!