Need to change your home interior? Here are 40 ways to do it with a budget and an investment of time.
The interior of our home is a reflection on the way we live and our personal style.
There was A LOT of time spent at home last year and so changing things up can be as good as the holiday we weren’t able to go on!
Our love for renovating shows and creating mood boards from Pinterest and Instagram can make our home interior feel dated.
But a few tweaks and changes can make the biggest difference. It also doesn’t have to involve a large scale renovation.
Sometimes, a new interior look can be achieved with little cost.
I’ve compiled a list of 40 ways to change up your home interior. It doesn’t involve a lot of cost, but just a few tweaks that can make your space look different and refreshed.
I typically rotate around all 40 of these ideas. You might have some ideas to add to the list. I’d love you to share them in the comments.
40 Ways to Change Your Home Interior
1. Change photos in your photos in your frames or add an updated photo to your current collection on display.
2. Buy a tea towel or fabric and frame it to put on display in a prominent area of your home.
3. Buy new artwork. This can be a luxury buy if you are after an investment piece, but if you’re simply wanting to add interest to a room, you can get some budget friendly artwork online for under a couple of hundred dollars.
4. Paint a feature wall. Feature walls are an easy way to update your home interior.
5. Rearrange your furniture. We did this recently and the difference to our living room has created a larger space.
6. Change or add a table cloth.
7. Create a new centerpiece for your dining table.
8. Remove magnets from your fridge and place all notes on the side of the fridge where they are out of view, but not completely out of sight.
9. Change your hand towel. Sometimes buying a new set of towels isn’t great on the wallet, but a hand towel will only set you back $20 and can add some colour to your bathroom and/or kitchen.
10. Add herbs to your kitchen.
11. Hide appliances in the cupboard to create a minimal look.
12. Change a pendant light for something more modern and up-to-date. (Will need an electrician for this).
13. Rearrange your books by colour in the book case.
Photo by Hudson Interior
15. Dig into your existing homeware collection and bring out new pieces that can be put on display. Those old glasses you inherited from your grandparents, or a trinket tray.
16. Add a vase of flowers to the end of your kitchen bench or side console.
17. Change your cushion sizes and rearrange around your living areas.
18. Change or add a throw to the end of your sofa.
19. Remove old magazines and donate them to schools, Kindys or nursing homes. Make a pile of books or games under or on the coffee table.
20. Update cushion covers.
21. Make a planter out of different vessels around the home. Jug, lantern or vase can be used.
22. Use a chunky throw as a bed runner.
Photo by Immy + Indi
23. Update your soap dispenser with a new one.
24. Use a placemat instead of a tray when creating a vignette.
25. Make a gallery wall with all the artwork you’ve collected. Incorporate your kids artwork into the mix.
26. Paint the front door.
27. Change the door mat – both at the front of your home and the back.
28. Buy a floor lamp for your living area.
29. Use an empty perfume bottle as a vase.
30. Add shelves to walls to add interest and put your homewares on display.
Photo by Lydia Maskiell Interiors
31. Display nature items like gum nuts and birds nests amongst your favourite homeware items.
32. Use washi tape to hang your kids art on the walls. Change it as new art comes in.
33. Add an occasional chair to your living room.
Photo by Courtney Bishop Design
34. Change your rug.
35. Remove the table runner and use a plate or tray instead with condiments and servers.
36. Add plants to your living room.
37. Make a coffee table using a stool.
Photo by Gregory Davies Photography
38. Rearrange the styling on your buffet.
39. Swap around the styling on your TV unit.
40. Light a new candle or use a diffuser – it will add a new scent to your home which will change the way you look at your home.