You don’t need a full renovation to make your space feel lighter and brighter. Just a few simple updates can make a big difference — and IKEA offers endless inspiration to bring your summertime style to life. This season, we’re drawn to the latest iteration of the retailer’s iconic STOCKHOLM 2025 collection, which features classic Scandinavian furniture and decor in natural materials and timeless finishes.
Here’s how to incorporate a few of our favorite pieces into your living room to create a relaxed retreat that captures the carefree spirit of the season.
Colorize Your Sofa
A few colorful pillows and throw blankets can go a long way in zhuzhing your living room, and the STOCKHOLM 2025 collection offers plenty of options to mix and match. This geometric cushion cover comes in warm and cool colorways, perfect for pairing with this merino-wool throw available in bright blue, orange or green. If accessories alone aren’t enough color for you, there’s always the option of investing in a new sofa: This turquoise number even features a removable cover, making it easy to keep the rich hue looking like new.
STOCKHOLM 2025 Cushion Cover
STOCKHOLM 2025 Throw
STOCKHOLM 2025 Loveseat
Level Up Your Table Game
Get ready for summer entertaining by upgrading an absolute party essential: your tables. These often overlooked workhorses give guests a landing pad for drinks and give you plenty of space for snacks. This simple pine-veneer style works with any design scheme, while this option on casters functions as a rolling bar cart. The new collection also features several different coffee tables, but we especially like this round glass-and-oak-veneer style, thanks to its seasonally appropriate airy style.
STOCKHOLM 2025 Side Table on Casters
STOCKHOLM 2025 Side Table
STOCKHOLM 2025 Coffee Table
Give Your Lighting a Glow-Up
Your living room lighting should reflect the season’s bright, breezy vibe. Consider swapping your overhead light for this glass-and-metal chandelier, which will bounce sunlight around the room and make the space feel open and inviting. Or add a slim floor lamp with a fabric shade for soft light by a reading chair. And for an ambient artistic glow, there’s this linen-wrapped table lamp in an abstract leaf pattern that’ll bring the outdoors in.
STOCKHOLM 2025 Pendant Lamp
STOCKHOLM 2025 Table Lamp
STOCKHOLM 2025 Floor Lamp
Accessorize for the Season
Small decor often has the biggest impact, especially when it’s as eye-catching as pieces in the STOCKHOLM 2025 collection. Grab these essentials to add a little bling to your living room: a glossy sculptural vase for summer blooms, chunky candle holders for an evening glow and a brass bowl and dish to serve treats in style.
STOCKHOLM 2025 Vase
STOCKHOLM 2025 Bowl and Dish
STOCKHOLM 2025 Candlestick/Tealight Holder
Swap in New Textiles
Trim your windows and floors with natural textiles that evoke a summery vibe in both look and feel. These linen-cotton blend curtains are at once chic and playful, with a nature-inspired pattern in black and white, while flat-woven wool rugs — available in a birch tree or blocky red design — ground your gathering space in bold, organic hues.
