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Refreshing your Flagstaff apartment home during the summer is as simple as including the sights, sounds, scents and textures from nature that can calm or energize your mood. Here are some suggestions to beautify your home for the summer that are economical and easy to implement.
Refresh Your Home by Refreshing Your Senses
Excite Your Taste Buds
This is the perfect season for citrus- try placing a bowl of citrus fruits on your kitchen table for a summer feel. Other ways to excite the sense of taste is to hang summer herbs such as lavender and rosemary in your kitchen or get a basil plant to put on your countertop.
Create Displays of Nature
There are many ways to include nature in an apartment home, aside from live greenery and colorful flowers. You may choose to swap out your monotone drapes, pillows or tablecloth for a floral pattern. Make sure you're allowing plenty of sunlight through the windows and consider framing and displaying summer fun pictures of your family on vacation.
Include Soothing Sounds
You will be amazed at the difference you will feel when you substitute your normal music selections with the sounds of nature – the ocean waves, the patter of raindrops, or a crackling fire are easily generated with a Sounds of Nature app. Also, consider playing background music of the soft jazz or classical variety to create a soothing summer oasis.
Diffuse Natural Smells
Diffusing essential oils is a great way to avoid the chemicals associated with commercial spray room deodorizers. Or, you can simmer a pot of water with cinnamon sticks, cloves and nutmeg, lavender flowers, or ginger and almond extract, to get the same effect.
These are the perfect ways to up the enjoyment factor in your Arizona apartment home at Woodlands Village. Our apartments feature spacious, open floor plans in a pet-friendly community.
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The seasons are changing, and it's time to switch from the vibrant shades of summer to the subdued natural hues that reflect autumn's goodness. When the residents of our Flagstaff, Arizona, apartments want to impart a bit of fall flavor into their living spaces, they follow some of the tips we've noted below!
Fall Decorating Tips
Start With Scents
Your nose deserves to enjoy autumn just as much as your eyes do. Pumpkin spice candles and apple-smelling soaps instantly bring an autumn vibe into any space.
Add Some Accents
Throw pillows, plush blankets and perfectly colored pillowcases can help you ring in the fall season without spending a ton of money. Opt for colors that are deep and rich, such as golds, dark reds and chocolates.
Do a Little DIY Decor
It's easy to create fall-inspired centerpieces that bring your room together if you look for simple-to-do tasks online. Fill clear cookie jars with baby squash and mini-pumpkins, or use large pumpkins as the main focal point, integrating fall flowers and lovely leaves around them. This is your time to shine, so get creative and use a few of Mother Nature's fall gifts for inspiration.
Bake a Pumpkin Pie
Who cares if you're not one to turn your oven on? Great inspiration has to start somewhere! Try your hand at making a homemade pie. Even if you don't do it perfectly, the smell will fill your space and create a welcoming feeling. Plus, even ugly pies usually taste amazing. What have you got to lose?
Get a Little Shabby Chic
This is the time of year when shabby chic really makes a name for itself. Use distressed wooden crates and beat-up metal containers to create beauty by way of fall-friendly veggies and vegetation. The new-meets-old aspect complements itself well!
Before you can decorate your place, you need to find an apartment that truly feels like your own space. Woodlands Village Apartments offers an assortment of floor plans, built to suit your unique style. Browse our available apartments online today!
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