summer's best indoor-outdoor color palettes

Summer is in full swing, and we're throughly inspired during these dog days with bright examples of indoor-outdoor living at its finest. Even if you don't reside in a climate friendly enough to open the door all day long, these three color palettes will induce fresh breezes wherever you are this season.

Not-boring neutrals:
Let your plants take center stage with grays, whites, and taupes designed to highlight, not hide, your patio's natural beauty.
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America the Beautiful:
A Lake Michigan home designed by Frank Ponterio is intended to be a beach house, and its lake views were primary considerations in the design. Also primary? The patriotic yet chic selection of colors used in the sunroom.

Go blue or go home!
This azure-influenced scene designed by Anthony Baratta—who told interiors mag Luxe of the design, "The primary goal was to get the outside in"—inspires us with its punchy blue hues.
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