Is your guest room summer ready? In this post get summer guest room ideas and see how I refreshed our favorite guest room with things I already had.
Earlier this summer, our guest room went through a little refresh. I used furniture and other items I already had.
Summer is the time of year our guest room gets the most use. We have lots of family and friends who come and visit and even stay a while.
So to prepare for them, I refreshed our guest room and got it ready for summer at the same time.
OUR GOLF GUEST ROOM
Our golf guest room comes by its name honesty! This is our largest guest room and it overlooks our golf course.
The views are so pristine and every season is a different display of nature’s best beauty. Summer is verdant and lush and busy with golfers!
No wonder our visitors pick this guest room for their stay!
MY IDEA OF THE PERFECT REFRESH
For the golf guest bedroom, I replaced some of the furniture and accents with things I already had. This was so easy because we have a whole home color palette. So I can move the furnishings I have in one part of my home to another and I’m pretty sure they will work.
You might like to see HOW TO CHOOSE A COLOR PALETTE FOR YOUR HOME. And HOW TO MAKE THE MOVE TO A NEUTRAL COLOR PALETTE.
So with a little bit of creative thinking and a little more muscle power, I moved things in and out of the guest room to give it a fresh look!
The little table beside the bed once lived in our sunroom. I think it looks much better up here next to the bed.
One of the accent chairs in the guest room was once used in our dining room. And the upholstered headboard came from our master bedroom.
Everything except the curtains came from the other rooms in our home or the basem*nt.
BEST SUMMER GUEST ROOM IDEA- KEEP IT SIMPLE
The best idea for a summer guest bedroom is to keep it simple.
Simple bedding, simple accent decor, simple everything! Simple but comfortable!
Create a little private space for your guests so they can spread their things out and make themselves at home in your house!
Here are three ideas for keeping your guest room simple…
- Keep flat surface decor to a minimum.
- It’s nice if you can offer your guests an empty closet with lots of hangers. Or at least, give them lots of space to hang their clothes
- Give your guest’s drawer space for folded clothes.
- Keep your personal things like family pictures and souviniers and sentimental-to-you items out of the guest room.
SUMMER BED IDEAS
It’s important to do our part to help guests get a good night’s sleep. In the summer, light layers of good-quality bedding are important.
Good quality sheets, light blankets, a comforter, and a summer weight duvet or another blanket folded at the end of the bed are good choices for a bed.
On this bed, we chose a white comforter and a lightweight chevron blanket for a topper and folded a white summer weight duvet at the end of the bed.
If the duvet is too hot for our guests they can stash it in on the shelf in the closet.
Here are a few extra tips about a comfortable summer bed…
- A good night’s sleep starts with a good mattress. Get a good quality mattress for your guest beds! And please don’t use your old cast-off mattresses! I’ve slept on some pretty bad guest room mattresses in my day and they don’t encourage a great night’s sleep.
- Give your guest nice pillows to sleep on too! If you can, offer both down and foam pillows to your guests. Everyone has a preference! I usually put down pillows in one guest room and foam in another. So my guests can choose what they like.
- I keep both cotton sheets and linen sheets handy for our guest room beds.
- Keep an extra blanket in the guest room in case your guests get cold at night.
- If you have repeat guests note what they like and make the guest room bed to suit their needs
ADD ONE EXTRA LAYER
Even in the summer, it’s a good idea to add a decorative throw to the end of the bed. It adds a pretty layer but more importantly it is a nice way for your guest to cover themselves if they take a nap or want to read in their room.
Even in the hottest part of the summer, it can still feel cool with air conditioning.
In the golf guest bedroom, I chose a gray nubby decorative throw. It adds a bit of grounding color contrast to a very light, monochromatic room.
SUMMER GUEST ROOM IDEAS- WHAT ABOUT DECORATIVE PILLOWS
How can something so attractive cause so many adamant opinions! Some people love them and some, well, not so much!
No matter where you fall in the pillow debate when it comes to our guest rooms considering our guests is most important.
Instead of piling on the pillows, I chose two white Euro shams and three large pillows for the guest room bed.
I used a very edited hand! Looking at these images makes me want to add about 5 more pillows to the bed! But, when it comes to pillows on a guest bed restraint is best.
In our golf guest room, I chose to keep the pillows light and the same color as the bed. This gives the room a calm feel!
If you use pillows on the guest beds like I do then think about where your guests will put them when they sleep. The floor is not a great option!
I have a big empty closet for guest to put the pillows in.
Here are other ideas for decorative pillows in the guest room…
- bigger is better and less is more
- use one big lumbar pillow across your bed
- if your room is big enough add a basket that will hold your decorative pillows
- stack two bed pillows on top of each other and don’t use decorative pillows
- use light fabric for summer pillows
THE NIGHTSTAND
It’s a pretty idea to add a nod to the season if a nightstand is big enough.
The nightstand in our guest bedroom is small. I don’t need to put a light on it because we hung sconces instead so there is room for a small pot of summery daisies!
Adding something organic is a nice welcoming idea! I like to send my guests home with something from their visit and a potted plant is a nice choice.
Here are other things you might want to consider next to your guest’s bed…
- Choose a nightstand with drawers. And if the nightstand does not have drawers add a basket next to the bed so your guests can put essentials into it.
- Have an outlet nearby so guests can plug in their electronics at night
- Make sure there is a lamp or other light source near the bed.
- As a little surprise, tuck a new magazine or two behind your guest’s pillows with a little welcome note. Our guests love this!
- Provide a small decorative plate so your guest can put a water bottle on it.
OTHER SUMMER GUEST ROOM IDEAS…
- Its been mentioned before but it is worth repeating, keep things simple.
- Add a luggage rack to the guest room.
- Ask guests before they come for a visit if they have any allergies to detergent, fabric softeners, animals, scents, plants, and more.
- Stash a pack and play, fitted sheets, changing pad, and other things guests with babies might need.
- Put an set of sheets and towels in a dresser drawer for your guests.
- Add a chair to the guest room.
- Install blackout shades in your guest rooms. Summer nights are long and if you have guests that go to bed early or nap this is such a nice amenity.
- Put a fan in the closet.
I hope you found summer guest bedroom tips to help you get your bedrooms summer ready for friends and family!
