Powerful Tips On How To Decorate Your House To Make It Feel Like Home

Powerful Tips On How To Decorate Your House To Make It Feel Like Home

Have you spent all kinds of time, money, energy, and effort designing and decorating the rooms in your house only to find that they don’t have that warm and cozy feel? While there’s nothing wrong with looking to magazines and design websites for ideas and inspirations, the problem with copying exactly what you see is that your space won’t feel like ‘you’. Sure, it will look well-designed, stylish, and beautiful, but that doesn’t mean it feels like a home.

The big problem with relying too heavily on trends and design rules is that they lack in personality. Where are the personal touches that show who lives there and what their interests are? If you’re trying to create that homey comfy vibe, then these touches are imperative.

Home Decoration

So, whether you haven’t quite started decorating yet, or you’ve already spent time designing a space but feel it’s missing something, you’ll want to take a look at these powerful tips on how to decorate your house in order to make it feel more like a home.

1. Put Up Family Photos

While it’s lovely to have artwork on the wall, if you’re looking to create that cozy vibe then you’ll want to be sure to hang up at least a few family photos. Maybe you want to pick out a handful of pictures from your last family vacation or special family event and frame them. You can create a whole wall of family pictures or place them strategically throughout the house.

Unique Vintage Items and Hoem Decor

Depending on the décor in the room, you can opt for clean modern frames or something more vintage looking. If it’s vintage frames you’re after then garage sales and thrift stores can be the perfect place to scoop them up.

2. Use Textiles to Warm up a Space

Part of what makes a home feel like a home is creating a space that is warm, cozy, and inviting. Adding textiles such as throw blankets, rugs, and pillows are all wonderful ways to achieve this look. If the color palette in the room is rather bland, you can even use these textiles as a way to add color. Not only will they act as a design element, they’re also functional.

3. Opt for Soft Natural Tones of Furniture

The color of your furniture also plays a large role in the general feeling of the room. While you may be drawn to darker furniture pieces, the problem is they don’t tend to be as cozy. Instead, opt for soft natural tones such as beige, soft grey, cream, and light colored wood. The accessories will give you the opportunity to bring color into the space.

4. Go on the Hunt for Unique Vintage Items

Part of decorating a home includes looking for accessories and those small décor pieces. One of the best places to find these items are in vintage and those one-of-a-kind type stores. Look for items that are unique, handmade, antique, and even a bit off-the-wall. These are the kind of pieces that will create personality in the room and make it come alive.

This is a great opportunity to start a collection that can be used as a theme throughout your house. For example, let’s say you’ve got a thing for owls. You can collect various décor items and accessories that feature owls. By doing this, you’ll create design flow through your home and each room will have that pop of personality in it.

Perfect places to shop for these items include garage sales, thrift stores, antique stores, flea markets, small independent stores, and online.

Unique Look

5. Bring the Outdoors In

Another simple tip you can use, is to bring the outside in. No, you aren’t going to drag your outdoor furniture in, but you can bring the greenery indoors. Houseplants and fresh cut flowers can warm up even the blandest space. You can even get creative with what you plant items in. Instead of using a typical planter, you can use a vintage vase, a decorative bowl, or anything else that catches your eye.

If plants aren’t really your thing, you can always use other elements from nature instead. Sometimes branches can prove to be quite decorative, pinecones, rocks, etc. Look for fun and creative ways to display your nature items that work for each individual space.

6. Don’t Get Overly ‘Matchy’

One of the biggest mistakes you can make when trying to make a house feel more like a home is by getting too caught up in matching things. Obviously, furniture and accessories need to flow, but think more in terms of a color palette that you are sticking too, rather than making sure your couch is the same fabric as the chair and the drapes. Don’t be afraid to mix different prints, textures, and patterns together. Not only will this create interest in the room, it will also create a unique look.

It’s All in the Details

When it comes to decorating your house to make it feel like more of a home, it’s really all in the details. It’s all about injecting your own personality into the space, not being afraid to combine different items in one room, and making sure that no matter how “nice” the room looks it’s also functional and true to your personality. Are you ready to make your house feel like a home?