Is your beach house a little dated or needing a mini makeover? Here are 23 simple decorating ideas that will spruce up and highlight the beauty of your summer residence.

1. Classic Adirondack chairs on the porch.

2. Removable cushion covers and sofa slipcovers in outdoor-rated fabrics such as Sunbrella are easy to wash and will stand up to damp swimsuits and towels.

3. Braided or woven area rug. Because the wood floors do take a beating.

4. Unfinished, unlaquered table tops echoe the look of driftwood.

5. White wicker end tables are perfect for bedrooms or the living room.

6. Removable cushion covers and sofa slipcovers in outdoor-rated fabrics such as Sunbrella are easy to wash and will stand up to damp swimsuits and towels.

7. A lighthouse needlepoint throw pillow displayed on a rocking chair.

8. Use red, white, and blue accents for a touch of Americana throughout your house.

9. Louvered shutters keep the midday sun at bay on porches and bedrooms.

10. Ceiling fans to circulate the air and cool the rooms.

11. Underwater themed or tropical wall mural in a bedroom or the living room.

12. Decorative seagrass baskets for storage.

13. Bed linens with vivid blue and bright white stripes for a classic nautical theme.

14. For a high-ceilinged room, keep the windows unadorned to let the natural light in completely.

15. Picnic table and benches for outdoor dining

16. Simple vintage bed frames.

17. Seashell framed mirror for the bathroom.

18. A nautical house flag or brightly colored windsock for the front porch.

19. Wooden model ship. A mini version of a sailboat, fishing boat, or yacht for a centerpiece or to display on a mantel or coffee table.

20. Ornamental lawn lighthouse for the front yard.

21. Cabinet hardware with shell, lighthouse, dolphin, boat, anchor, or palm tree designs

22. Door knocker with anchor or clam shell design.

23. And of course, display seashells, driftwood, and sea rocks found at your local beach throughout your beach house for a special touch.

Use a combination of these beach home decor tips to bring a fresh and decidedly beachy feel to your home.

Easter is a festival to enjoy and rejoice. Food, family and fun are the highlights of the festival. Lavish food, colorful decor, warm get-togethers; get ready for a lot of festive fun this Easter. People in the northern hemisphere decorate their homes very passionately for the occasion.

Here are some ideas for a great Easter decor.

Easter Basket: Easter baskets are an easy gift and decor accessory. A simple way to share the joy and happiness on Easter. Assemble some personally picked items, food items, chocolates, flowers, books, anything, and gift the assortment to your loved ones. They are sure to like it. Also you can use it to decorate your table for the occasion.

Eggs: Eggs are a very important part of the Easter festival. Eggs of various sizes are colored, dyed and decorated and used for festival home decor. They can be painted with various patterns or with funny faces. All of these look good. Place them on the dining table as a centerpiece, in random places seated on an egg holder. You can also arrange an egg hunt competition for kids in the garden.

Bunny Decor: Bunnies are again traditionally a part of the the Easter festival. Use bunny decor in all the small places – bunny napkin rings, bunny place cards, bunny salt and pepper holders, bunny napkin holders, bunny flowers holders, bunny tea pots, bunny banners etc. Bunny crafts are an exciting activity for this on this occasion. For very small kids, you can also make them dress up like Easter bunnies. It is fun for them.

Handmade Easter Cards & Crafts: Exchanging cards is an important part of the Easter celebrations, Convey a personal message to your loved ones with hand made Easter greeting cards.

Easter crafts are also very involving and exciting activity for the season. Get your kids apt craft tutorials according to their age and use the things that they make for decorating their rooms and also the living room if possible. It will encourage them to craft more and more things on important occasions and festivals.

Are you on the lookout for some great ideas to decorate your house without having to spend a fortune? Don’t worry. Decorating a house needn’t always be expensive and neither is it mandatory that you rope in the aid of a professional designer. With a little bit of idea and forethought and with proper planning, you can really do an excellent job of decorating your house.

There are a lot of magazines and books on interior decoration. It would certainly be a good idea to go to your local library and go through them so that you have a basic idea of materials available for decorating. Apart from that, this article brings to the front, several useful and economic ways of home decoration.

When you think of redoing your home, it is not necessary that you have to discard all your old stuff and bring in new ones. For example, even though you are tired of the old side table or dining chairs, it may be still in perfect condition. Why don’t you think of changing its looks by giving it a new coat of paint or polish? You can add in some interesting feature to it and make it look different without having to spend a fortune. Upholstered dining chairs can get a new look by just changing the fabric alone.

Another way of decorating your house would be to repaint the room. You can actually change the color combinations or bring in something dramatic in colors, like a single wall which is painted in a bright and dark color. Or you can even go in for special effects like sponge painting or faux finishes. Textured finishes also bring in a lot of character to the room. This is a sure shot way of getting rooms to have a new look.

Art works, photos, etc lend a greatly interesting look to the room. You can frame family photographs and hang it up in an interesting manner in the living or dining room, where it will result many happy hours. If nature appeals to your aesthetic sense, you can always collect flowers and leaves and dry them under the pages of a heavy book. These flattened and dry flowers and leaves can be tastefully arranged on a piece of handmade paper, framed and displayed beautifully in a suitable wall of your house. I know of a lady who was in the habit of collecting shells, which she stuck on painted cardboard and framed. It just looked great and original too. Similarly, there are many things you could do with a slightly artistic mind. You needn’t always think in terms of masterpiece paintings when you think of art works.

Curtains are another way of making windows more interesting. Apart from the traditional drapes, there are also stylish bamboo blinds which make a room quite interesting. Rugs and cushions too give a lot of character to a boring room.