20 Ide Home Decoration Design For Inspiration

If your home is due for a design update but you have a limited budget and even less time, you’re in the right place. We came up with more than 20 home decoration design ideas to get you started.

With something as simple as an accent wall, colorful light bulb, or new throw pillow, you can make an entire space can feel fresh, on-trend but timeless, and refined.

The best part? You can tackle each of these decorating ideas in one day, even though the results will look like they took way longer to pull off.

1. Find Another Spot for Flowers

ALISON GOOTEE

If you constantly keep a vase of flowers in your kitchen or living room, extend that love for fresh blooms throughout the house. It’s the perfect excuse to invest in a new vase for your bedroom or bathroom.

In this New York apartment designed by Katie Ridder, a globe-shaped vase adds a nice bubble detail.

Or if the upkeep for real flowers is too much, go for faux alternatives.

2. Swap Out Art

SHADE DEGGES

Whether you have a few tiny frames—like in this bedroom designed by Jae Joo—or medium-sized ones on a gallery wall, you can easily swap them out with fresh finds.

Tear our pages from a coffee table book, or stop by a flea market for new works.

3. Add a Mirror

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Place a large mirror above your mantel as HGTV star Alison Victoria did in her Atlanta loft, or dedicate another empty wall space—whether it’s in your hallway, entryway, or bedroom.

Not only will it look good, but it’ll make the room feel bigger and brighter.

4. Refresh Coffee Table Books

PAUL COSTELLO

If you can’t resist a good coffee table book, bring a new one into your collection. Or if you keep them in various parts of your home, simply rearrange your stacks for a new look.

Here, in a living room designed by Barrie Benson, the four stacks could easily be given a new layout and order using only the books on the table.

5. Attach Decor to a Shelving Unit

GENEVIEVE GARRUPPO

Don’t have any more room on your walls for art? No problem. Hang anything from paintings and sconces to plants and bookmarks on a shelving unit.

Here’s a tutorial for how to hang art on bookshelves to guide you through the process—which includes tips from designer Marissa Bero, who has pulled this move in plenty of home libraries, including the one seen here.

6. Set Up a Cozy Reading Spot

HEIDI CAILLIER DESIGN

home decoration design – No designated reading nook? No problem. If your home doesn’t have any leftover real estate to convert into a reading nook, design your formal living room to serve double duty as a cozy lounge area.

Here, Heidi Caillier strategically chose furniture with fabrics and shapes that are both sophisticated and homey, perfect for entertaining or unwinding alone.

7. Don’t Be Afraid of Black Paint

FARROW & BALL

The soft black paint color in this bedroom makes it feel special and intimate in ways you’d never be able to achieve with a lighter hue (this specific shade is Farrow & Ball Railings).

The eclectic furniture lends itself nicely to the darkness, too, adding a more lived-in and homey vibe.

8. Style an Empty Fireplace

REID ROLLS

Rethink how you style an empty fireplace. In this texture-rich environment, interior designer Leanne Ford turned an empty fireplace into a little gallery to display pottery and artwork.

9. Treat Your Windows

VICTORIA PEARSON

Adding the right window treatment can make all the difference. We’re especially into Roman shades with a fun pattern.

“It goes against decorating 101, but using small patterns together can be easier on the eye,” says interior decorator Kristin Panitch, who designed this dreamy pink cloud of a bedroom.

10. Re-Style a Bookshelf

FIONA LYNCH

home decoration design – From the inky stained wood to the modern side chair and clean-lined ladder, this home library designed by Fiona Lynch is a gorgeous contemporary take on traditional design.

You could fill it with books—or you could add in decor accents and accessories like vases and sculptures to break up the monotony of a wall of books.

Or, color-coordinate your books. Not only will it feel more cohesive, but if you’ve got a lot of bright colors in your collection, they’ll stand out even more.

11. Set up a Breakfast Nook

JOHN GRUEN

Breakfast with a view? We’re in. This one is country-chic and just a touch rustic but still polished. It also proves you don’t need to have an actual built-in nook to achieve the right vibe.

12. Spruce up Your Entryway

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PAUL RAESIDE

If you don’t have a grand foyer—or you do but it needs some love–introduce a small console table.

For a formal yet modern aesthetic, opt for a traditional table and then hang modern abstract art above it.

Then lean some portraits against the wall for a laid-back take on the gallery wall.

13. Just Add Sheepskin

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LEANNE FORD INTERIORS

home decoration design – If any area in your home is feeling austere, sheepskin throws are the easiest solution.

They bring in warmth, texture, and comfort while also being super affordable and easy to move throughout your space as your needs and moods shift.

14. Swap Out Your Throw Pillows

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STUDIO ASHBY

Throw pillows are the easiest way to freshen up in the bedroom or living room.

Introducing a new color, print, or shape with a throw pillow can make the whole space feel new again.

15. Bring a Stool Into the Bathroom

ANNIE SCHLECHTER

Slide a stool next to the bathtub.

Not only will the extra surface space help with organization, but it’s also a great way to make the whole space feel more luxe.

16. Show Your Powder Room Some Love

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PETER MURDOCK

home decoration design – It’s easy to overlook a room when it’s super tiny, especially because there simply isn’t enough useable space for décor. But it’s definitely possible—and well worth it—to show these nooks some love.

Take this powder room, for example. With a light blush pink wall color and a surrounding gallery of eclectic artwork, the small room packs a lot of punch.

17. Install a Canopy

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FANTASTIC FRANK

If you want to transform your bedroom into a palace fit for royalty, add a canopy.

This white gauze fabric hangs so beautifully and brings an ethereal look to the minimalist bedroom.

18. Swap Accents Seasonally

NICOLE FRANZEN

Plaid? For winter? Not even close to groundbreaking, but we’re still here for it.

Swapping out accents seasonally will also get you excited for what’s to come.

19. Get Inspired by Nature

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LEANNE FORD INTERIORS

This space is rich with texture, which creates warmth and dimension.

There’s also plenty of character even though it’s sticking to a strict color palette.

For a similarly inviting and grounded environment, get inspired by nature. Think seagrass, rattan, jute, wood, brushed concrete, and marble.

20. Reupholster Your Furinture

NICOLE FRANZEN

home decoration design – Reupholstering your furniture will automatically freshen up an entire space. And if you love eclectic decorating, take notes from this impeccable living room.

All the juxtaposition in this room is working so well—the angular mirror, vivid orange art, marble fireplace, rustic stool, and geometric pottery are all unexpectedly complemented by the softness of the blush pink chairs.