Keeping your home decorations fresh and feeling new is essential to a comfortable, safe, cozy sanctuary. Not only does swapping your furniture improve the functionality of your home, but it can also boost your mood. Swapping furniture is an easy way to do this without going through major renovations that could be costly. As your daily needs change, your furniture and space must change with it. Changing your home will help you appreciate your space by seeing it in a new light, as if you’re getting a fresh start.
Swap Out Heavy Curtains
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Letting in a lot of natural light helps boost circulation, improve concentration, and regulate the circadian rhythm. Remove those dark, heavy curtains and replace them with sheer, light fabrics. These will help let in daylight during the shorter winter days and keep your rooms bright and airy during the longer spring and summer days.
Replace Dark Throw Pillows
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Replace those cozy, dark throw pillows with bright pastel or floral ones. Without undergoing a significant overhaul, these pillows are a quick way to brighten your space and make it feel more homely and inviting. Introducing floral pillows creates fun and visual interest and can act as focal points if you use bold colors.
Switch Out Thick Area Rugs
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Remove those darker, thick area rugs and replace them with lighter, woven styles. These lighter area rugs will create a luxurious feel while helping with sound absorption and providing natural insulation for your home. Lighter, woven rugs are easier to clean and maintain than thick-area rugs.
Use Fresh Flowers
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Incorporate tulips and daffodils as centerpieces in your dining room or living room to bring the outdoors into your home. Fresh flowers liven up your space and help make your home smell fresher. You can also incorporate lavender and eucalyptus to induce relaxation and calmness.
Change Out Winter Bedding
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Throughout winter, you probably used a heavy duvet to keep yourself warm. Change it for lightweight cotton or linen to freshen up your bedroom and make it feel more airy. Use light, neutral colors like beige or white to liven up your space. It might naturally get warmer inside as it starts to warm up outside, so you won’t need as heavy a duvet as usual.
Display Botanical Prints
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Another way to bring the outdoors into your home is to display botanical prints through nature-inspired artwork. You can use prints of palm trees or even take it a step further and dry out the petals and leaves you collect, press them, and display them in your living room. Bringing in the outdoors is a great way to freshen up your space and improve your mood.
Incorporate Fresh Citrus or Herbal Scents
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It’s essential to use candles made of beeswax or soy to ensure they do not contain toxins. However, you can quickly freshen up your space with candles or diffusers that smell like citrus and fresh herbs. Citrus naturally cleans out your space and masks any unwanted odors around your home. This is an easy way to freshen up your home without deep cleaning.
Bring in Woven Baskets
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Introducing woven baskets into your space is an excellent way to decorate with natural, organic pieces. To act as focal points, you can place fresh produce or seasonal decor inside your woven baskets, such as pumpkins, apples, or freshly baked goods. This is also an excellent way to tune into the seasons and decorate accordingly.
Use Glass or Ceramic Vases
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Remove those heavy, dark accessories and introduce glass or ceramic vases into your home. These will reflect light and make your space seem more airy and spacious. Ceramic vases also brighten up the room thanks to their vibrant colors and glazes. You can introduce rustic and minimalist aesthetics into your home by decorating with these vases.
Add Pops of Green
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Adding indoor greenery is an excellent way to keep your space fresh year-round! Not only does greenery help with mood, but it also helps remove potentially harmful toxins from the air, reduce stress, and promote concentration and better sleep. If you have a busy work schedule, you can incorporate plants that don’t need much attention, like aloe vera and spider plants.
Introduce Coastal Elements
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The ocean induces feelings of calm and relaxation. Staring at it puts us into a meditative, relaxing state. Hence, incorporating elements like seashells, driftwood, or nautical decor into your home is an excellent way to freshen up your space and turn it into a relaxing sanctuary.
Brighten Up Your Space with Vibrant, Tropical-Colored Decor
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There’s a reason everyone goes to the Caribbean during those dark, long winter months: to get a bit of beach and sunshine vibes. But you don’t have to travel far to get that feeling. You can bring tropical vibes into your home through vibrant, tropical-colored decor, such as bright green and blue throw pillows, beachy abstract art, and pink and blue mugs and plates.
Use Woven or Rattan Furniture Pieces for An Airy Feel
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Incorporate woven or rattan furniture into your home for eco-friendly, airy alternatives to otherwise heavy and dark furniture. These are naturally durable and have a stylish aesthetic that’ll make your home feel more spacious and open, keeping it fresh. If you have oak or maple furniture, it’s crucial to incorporate other airy, lighter pieces so your home doesn’t feel heavy or overwhelming.
Set Up an Outdoor Seating Area with Lanterns and String Lights
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Whether winter, spring, summer, or fall, setting up a seating area in your backyard is one of the best ways to create an inviting space and make sure you enjoy nature. By setting up a cozy space outside, you can invite friends over for gatherings or even set up an outdoor movie theater with an outdoor fire pit once the weather warms up.
Swap Out Heavy Dinnerware for Colorful, Lightweight Options
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Incorporate freshness into your home by adding fun summer-themed dish towels or table runners to lightweight dinnerware. You can use dinnerware made of melamine, an excellent option if you have young children or need to transport your dinnerware often. These are impervious to drops and cracks thanks to their durable material. Besides, by adding lighter dinnerware, you’ll add an airy feel to your home.
Keep a Basket of Sunhats and Sunglasses Near the Entryway
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For easy grab-and-go access, keep a basket of your favorite sunglasses and sunhats near the entryway to your home. During the spring and summer months, you’ll want to keep these easily accessible so you don’t have to look for them. That means more time spent outdoors in the sunshine! You can even keep them accessible during winter as a soft, gentle reminder for the sunnier, warmer days to come.
Swap Out Bright Summer Colors
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Incorporate warm, soft, earthy tones like burnt orange and mustard to bring a cozier, warmer aesthetic into your home. The combination of these colors keeps your space feeling airy and light while also inviting and grounding. You can use these in throw pillows, accents in trinkets around your home, and abstract art.
Layer in Cozy Textures
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When fall comes around, keeping your space fresh with knitted blankets and velvet pillows is essential. These act as eye-catching pieces that balance out your home’s other elements. It’s a great way to incorporate some of your personality and combine different materials that stand out from other items in your home.
Display Pumpkins, Pinecones, and Autumn Leaves in Vignettes
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This is an excellent way to enter autumn and display iconic fall elements. Copper-colored leaves, bright orange pumpkins, and brown pinecones all make a lovely centerpiece when combined, that doubles as a focal point in your home. This also captures the essence of fall: coziness, comfort, and warmth.
Use Warm, Spiced Scents
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Nothing smells more like fall than spiced scents like cinnamon, clove, and vanilla. These smells enhance mood, support your mind, and even reduce stress. The scent of cinnamon alone creates a calm atmosphere while also helping sharpen your memory and boost your mental clarity.
Add An Autumn-Themed Wreath
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Incorporate an autumn-themed wreath to your front door to celebrate the season’s beauty. Wreaths have many symbolic meanings and have been used centuries to celebrate the changing season. This is where you celebrate the abundance of nature, the coziness on its way, and the transition of the seasons into winter.
Set Up a Cozy Reading Nook
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There’s nothing better than ending your day nestled in a cozy reading nook with warm lighting and a soft chair. You can add plaid patterned throw pillows, thick, soft blankets, and ample light so your eyes don’t have to strain as you read. Creating a reading nook is an excellent way to wind down and help get better sleep.
Decorate with Twinkling Fairy Lights
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It’s time to incorporate warmth throughout your home by decorating with lanterns for a magical touch. String whimsical fairy lights across your walls, use dimmed lamps in the corner of your room and add twinkling fairy lights to your kitchen. This captures the cozy feeling that comes as winter approaches and the days inevitably get shorter.
Incorporate Holiday-Themed Decor like Garlands and Stockings
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Once winter rolls around, it’s time to break out the stockings and garlands! Nothing screams happy holidays more than stockings full of goodies. Hang these throughout your homes. They hang above a fire mantel or across your living room wall.
Use Deep, Rich Colors like Emerald, Burgundy, and Navy
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Because it’s winter, you’ll want to cozy up your space by adding darker colors that add warmth. Emerald, navy, and burgundy are excellent colors that don’t feel too dark or overwhelming and do a good job warming up the space. Use them as accent colors throughout your space, and pair them with neutral colors like beige and cream for a cozier feel.
Add Metallic Accents like Gold or Silver
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Add metallic accents to your home for a fun and festive wintry feel. This will balance out darker colors like emerald, navy, and burgundy while keeping your home warm and cozy. These accents can create focal points, add a feeling of luxury, and reflect light, making your space feel open and airy.
Use Warm, Spiced Candles or Diffusers with Scents like Gingerbread or Pine
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The scent of pine and gingerbread has incredible benefits not only for your home decor but also for your health. The scent of pine and gingerbread helps improve focus and mental clarity, relieve stress, promote relaxation, and help with respiratory issues that arise during the cold winter months. You can even incorporate gingerbread scent by building a gingerbread home with your kids!
Create a Hot Cocoa or Tea Station
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There’s nothing better than drinking hot cocoa during the cold, blustery winter months. Further freshen up your space with festive mugs decorated in red and green colors, pine leaves, and snowflakes. You might enjoy the hot cocoa or tea station so much that you’ll want to keep it around during the spring and summer.
Layer in Natural Elements like Wood, Birch Logs, or Rustic Wreaths
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There are numerous benefits to incorporating organic, natural elements into your home sanctuary. Wood adds a natural warmth and cozy aesthetic to your space. Accented with birch logs or rustic wreaths, you’ll enhance the aesthetic for a timeless look that could provide insulation.