6 Refreshing Decorating Ideas You Need To See This Year

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With a new year comes refreshing decorating ideas to spruce things up around your home. Whether you rent or own, breathing new life into your decor is easy. Now, you can perk things up around your home and start the year with a renewed sense of style.

Inspiring Decorating Ideas For The Year Ahead

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Every year, we love refreshing our home decor with decorating ideas from magazines, home decor websites, or the wilds of our imagination. Either way, it’s all good and allows us to develop our decorating style any way you look. We love inspiration because it brings us a new and exciting way to look at and enjoy our home decor.

Today, we have six refreshing decorating ideas for you to ponder and gain inspiration for the new year ahead. Plus, we have loads of inspiring images for you to gather some ideas for your home.

A Fresh Coat Of Paint To Transform Any Space In Your Home

Of course, you already know how a fresh coat of paint can instantly transform any room in your home. But did you know you can also touch up your trim and grimy areas for an instant refresh? We grab an inexpensive paintbrush every few months and run through our home, touching up the walls and borders. Wow, what an instant refresh!

The image below shows how a fresh coat of paint instantly transforms any room in your home. This year, we scheduled a whole-house repainting extravaganza! We wish we were that excited about it, but we are looking forward to transforming our home. Of course, we must choose colors and decide which walls we want to feature using various accents.

For example, we can choose from wallpaper, Fasade paneling, shiplap, or tiles. When decorating ideas, painting seems to make the most impact. And if your budget doesn’t permit you to hire professional painters, take one room at a time and DIY!

Regarding accent walls, shiplap is a great decorating idea and a project you can take on yourself. If you find it too costly, try using an alternative like Self-Adhesive Distressed Wood Plank Removable Wallpaper. Not only does it look like the real thing, but it’s far less expensive, too.

You can also create an accent wall using bright, beautiful colors. A bright color pop will instantly feel welcoming and cheery if you have a small room.

Alternatively, you can paint one wall with a bold pop of color. Featuring one wall in a room is a great decorating idea and always makes a stunning impression. Think of your walls as your canvas, where you are free to explore wonderful options.

2 – Refresh Your Office And Your Desk – Easy Decorating Ideas!

If you work from home, you know how quickly you can tire of your surroundings. Now, it’s time for an office and desk refresh! So, what can you do without spending a small fortune? Well, to start, this is what we did. First, we removed all of the hanging art and cleaned it thoroughly. Then, using a template, we redesigned the placement of every piece.

Next, we cleared out every desk and dresser drawer and reorganized all of it. We placed all wires, cords, and miscellaneous pieces into my favorite office drawer organizers. And doing this perked up my desk and made everything neat and organized.

You don’t need to spend a lot to refresh your office and desk! You can add a cute new area rug, some flowers to perk things up, or finally, buy yourself that illuminated wireless keyboard you always wanted.

3 – Get Houseplants Even If You’re Afraid Of Killing Them!

Houseplants make your home come alive! If you don’t own any, consider a change of mind. Surprisingly, you can treat your home to some easy-care houseplants. This way, you don’t need to worry about killing them!

For example, we recommend starting with a small houseplant like a Sunset Jade Plant. These plants are easy to maintain, and their green leaves feature a magenta edging in the summer, like a beautiful sunset.

You can set a goal to have one in each room of your home, and as they grow and bloom, you can always add more. Also, consider potting your plant in a glass vase. Using a glass vase will brighten up your whole room. We love decorating ideas like these!

Also, if you want to avoid live plants, try using this set of three Artificial Clover and Taro Plants in Clear Glass Vase. This trio features decorative white stones in a clear glass vase. You can use them in your bathroom, bedroom, living room, or kitchen. Then, you won’t have to worry about maintaining them.

Add Pops Of Green To Your Bathroom With Plants

One of our favorite decorating ideas is featuring plants in the bathroom. You’ll see how beautiful green houseplants instantly light up your bathroom. Place one on top of your toilet water tank and another on top of your vanity.

Or you can take it one step further and add one to the floor. Now, when you take a relaxing bath or shower, you’ll bring nature indoors for that perfect Zen moment.  

4 – Tackle Clutter Hotspots

Typically, we don’t think of cleaning or organizing when decorating ideas but tackling them transforms your home. Think of the crafting project supplies and copious amounts of kids’ toys strewn around. Items like these can quickly turn your abode into a nightmare.

Instead, take one mess at a time and find a solution, except next time, think creatively, like adding decorative baskets. For example, grab all the hats, gloves, and whatever piles up and toss them in a beautiful decorative basket.

We LOVE Wicker Storage!

These stunning Decorative Round Wicker Storage Baskets come in sets of three and feature beautiful braided handles. Now, you can neatly store away your coverlet and decorative bed pillows.

These baskets provide an elegant storage option for laundry rooms, living rooms, and bedrooms. They are also ideal for storing blankets, decorative pillows, towels, clothing, books, and magazines.

Furthermore, you can also place them on a bedside table, closet shelf, bookshelf, desk, or even the floor. Those small and practical décor storage solutions make all the difference.

Wicker Baskets Make The Perfect Solution

Or, if you need more storage space, try these Seaport Wool Blend Storage Baskets. These classic storage baskets can be used to create a centerpiece or store throw blankets.

Crafted from a durable wool blend, these baskets include two wool side handles for easy carrying. You can also choose a single basket for your pet project or order several to create unique displays throughout your farm home. We love the size and color options, too!

Plus, you can use furniture to keep your home tidy, like this Storage Ottoman. Try placing it at the foot of your bed, in your living room, guest room, or the kid’s room. This way, you can keep messes out of sight and tackle the messy hotspots! Furthermore, it is affordable and another thing to add to the list of your decorating ideas!

Fine Tune The Pain Points!

Furthermore, let’s not forget about those toiletries on your bathroom counters. Organize them by product type and who they belong to at home, and be sure to throw away those empties!

Install a wall-mounted shelf or place a wicker basket on the floor if necessary. Wherever you decide to put them, cleaning up the clutter is a wonderful decorating idea.

Finally, task yourself by making a list of the clutter magnets all over your home. It’s all about fine-tuning these pain points in your home. And you’ll find your everyday cleaning so much easier as well.

5 –  Cook Down The Pantry & Revamp Your Cleaning Supplies

For the past year, cleaning supplies were at the top of our list, especially anti-bacterial cleaning and personal products. We have many of these products and realize we don’t need as much as we purchased.

While we still want to disinfect our groceries properly and take safety precautions personally, we have many products to sort through.

We decided to do a clean sweep, take inventory of all the products, and organize them. Plus, now we know what we need and what we don’t. This is especially true when you clean out your cleaning supplies to make finding what you need easier for the rest of the year.

Next, your kitchen pantry needs a revamp, too. Most people’s cabinets contain all sorts of stuff lurking in the dark corners—for example, gluten-free bread mix, canned mussels, and other well-intended pantry items.

Also, make it a point to cook through some of it, and strive to organize the staples your family regularly uses better. You can now start decanting the things in plastic bags and use upcycled glass jars instead. Plus, think of how awesome it is to see everything in your pantry instead of things hiding in dark or deep spaces.

6 – Multipurpose Furniture Decor Trend – Decorating Ideas We Love!

Every year, design trends change, and rightfully so. After all, trends come and go, and we love discovering new decorating ideas for our homes. This year, multipurpose furniture will first place in our homes and offices.

For instance, many of us use our living rooms as shared office space or guest rooms. Rooms in our homes often serve double or triple duty. Due to the quarantine, we must access our living environments and make the most of every space.

Furthermore, this means ensuring our furniture can serve us efficiently regardless of the situation. Folks buy couches that serve as pull-out beds and offices with day beds to maximum use of every corner.

If you have a small office, consider this Diophros Folding Ottoman Sleeper Bed. Instantly, it pulls out into a guest bed and can fit perfectly in tight spaces. We love the features like multi-function, versatile use, sitting, reclining, foot support, and sleeping. Plus, no assembly is needed! This sleeper is easy to store and saves space for when you don’t need it.  

If you work from your living room, this TANGKULA Coffee Table Lift Top works perfectly as a workstation and instantly transforms back into an adorable coffee table with plenty of storage space. And you can stow away all your stuff when you’re done!

Creative ideas like these keep our homes comfortable, affordable, and at the cutting edge of exciting new decor trends. We hope you gleaned many excellent and informative decorating ideas for your home or office.

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