If you’re anything like us then all this cold and wet weather is really getting on your nerves. To try and cheer ourselves up we’ve been thinking this week about summer holidays on the beach… soft white sand and turquoise seas with an occasional cool breeze... bliss! Well if you fancy bringing a little bit of this feeling into you home day-to-day then here are some ideas for how you could do it.

Top left: A gorgeous mantel decoration with a real beach feel from Finding Home (source); Top right: Refurbished antique dresser from Shizzle Design (source); Bottom left: Our amazingly soft Linen Cotton fabrics in Sky, Stone and Sand; Bottom middle: DIY summer themed vases with floating candles (source); Bottom right: Mood lighting with shells by Martha Stewart (source).