I know I just posted about flavoured water to quench the Summer thirst, but I swear, I don't even remember the feeling of actually soaking in the sun and having that feeling of "I need something cold to drink right now."  You know why that is?  Mother Nature is playing a sick trick on us this Summer.  It's been Summer weather in Ontario for like 3 days in the last month.  And the other 16 days?  Cloudiness, occasional humidity, rain and even torrential downpours like Monday's, which actually left most of Toronto stranded in floods!  Floods!!  Pretty terrible. (We are blessed not to have been affected even int he slightest by this.)

Ok, so what's my point? 

My point is that this crazy weather makes it really hard to sand down my deck, or paint the hutch/pantry that has been sitting in my kitchen for weeks (it's getting a spray paint job and needs to be done outside), or even attempt to garden for more than 20 minutes at a time before getting rained on (no joke, that's happened twice now).  Am I complaining?  Ummmm no because I have gotten to spend way more time working on my abs of steel at the gym!  And by that, of course, I mean sitting on the couch watching New Girl and eating chocolate brownie ice cream! HA!  True story...Instead of doing that today, though, I thought I would share some really cool/inspiring Summery rooms/outdoor spaces that we can all daydream to.  Ready?

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I don't know about you, but I'm feeling a little more summery already.  And perhaps a touch envious of that front porch?  Yep.  Definitely.