Bring the tropics home by adding tropical decor touches to your home.

If you can’t get away to a tropical paradise this summer because of work, or maybe you don’t want to expend all that carbon flying halfway around the world, consider bringing a bit of the tropics into your home. Create a paradise at home by adding tropical decor elements and satisfy your tropical wanderlust without the jet lag.

Whether decorating your main home, a beach getaway, one room or your entire home, consider adding some tropical decor flair to your home that’s perfect for everyday life or for your next “stay-cation”.

If you are trying to bring a little Hawaii, Bali, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands or Aruba into your home, there are some keys to going coastal in your decor.

7 Tropical Decor Tips to Create Your Own Paradise

1. Easy Breezy Seating – Coral Bermuda Chairs

Rattan chairs can offer the breezy, laid-back decor that you see in the tropics. Use them outside on a patio or pull them out as spare seating when entertaining.

2. Whimsical Prints – Guddri Kantha Quilt

The use of pretty prints is essential in tropical decor. It’s particularly appropriate to use traditional prints and techniques from the area you are trying to recreate at home. This Kantha quilt is a perfect example. Kantha is a type of embroidery from South Asia and involves layering textiles and stitching them together.

3. Tropical Scents – Mango Nectar Organic Soy Candle

One of the delights of visiting the tropics is the scent of the flowering plants. Recreate the tropics at home by adding candles in tropical scents.

4. Exotic Woods – Live Edge Wood Bed

Exotic woods are a thing in the tropics and this mango and teakwood bed fits the bill. It’s luxurious, yet very cool with its raw edged finish.

5. Palms – Tropical Palms Table Set

Palm print decor items are a must. Add some tropical delight to your next dinner party with this pretty set of palm napkins and table runner. Whisk you and your guests away to the equator.

6. Natural Elements – Sun Sticks

Adding flourishes of nature is ideal to create a tropical paradise. Collect your own, or add something like these Sun Sticks of collected driftwood.

7. Floral Vintage – Tropical Orchid Lamp

Add a floral, vintage touch with this beautiful temple-jar style table lamp hand painted with cattleya orchid blossoms in gorgeous shades of lime green, blue, and a touch of orange on white.

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