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When decorating this Mexican hideaway, designer Myra Hoefer wanted the house to look like it had been abandoned years ago, and the sand and sea had swept over it. All of the items in the house would have been washed up from a shipwreck on the beach. “Spanish settlers would have brought these beds over with them,” Hoefer says of this iron four-poster bed with an almost colonial look to it.

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Lighter Linens

Swap warm flannel sheets and heavy duvet covers for lighter linens with a high thread-count. Choose solid, light colors to give the whole room a breezy feel. A simple, thin coverlet should be enough to keep you warm during the summer months.

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10 of 21 When decorating this Mexican hideaway, designer Myra Hoefer wanted the house to look like it had been abandoned years ago, and the sand and sea had swept over it. All of the items in the house would have been washed up from a shipwreck on the beach. “Spanish settlers would have brought these beds over with them,” Hoefer says of this iron four-poster bed with an almost colonial look to it.