How to decorate your home, a colorful living room with a pink armchair and a light grey sofa. Colorful details and decorations.
You’ve found your style. You’ve decorated with purpose. Now it’s time to make it yours. Now welcome to the final part of my 3-part guide on how to decorate your home. If you haven’t yet read Part 1 or Part 2, I highly recommend starting there first. They lay the foundation for everything we’ll talk about today.
In Part 1, we discovered your unique interior style by creating a clear emotional and visual direction for your home. In Part 2, we took that direction and applied it room by room, ensuring your home felt cohesive and intentional.
Now in Part 3, we’re focusing on the final touches. These are the small, meaningful layers that make your house feel personal, warm and truly lived-in. These are the things that no checklist or Pinterest board can fully capture. They come from you!
Many home look finished, but they don’t feel finished. That is because decorating isn’t just about filling an empty space with furniture, paint and lighting, it’s also about creating a home that really reflects you. It’s about creating a sense of warmth, story and personal meaning.
So, this final layer of decorating is what brings your soul to your surroundings. It’s found in the textures that invites you yo stay just a little longer and the objects that carry memories. Simply said, a home is in the small details.
Now, let’s explore how to bring that feeling into your own home, so it doesn’t just look complete, but feels complete, too.
Maybe you’ve decorated your space, but something just feels off, a little flat or unfinished. Then you might have missed one key element – texture. It adds depth, coziness and a beautiful visual interest, which will transform any room from cold and static into warm and inviting. But where should you add the textures?
Where to Add Texture:
By mixing textures, you give the room personality. You can pair smooth with rough, matte with glossy, soft with structured and so on. These contrasts is what creates that lived-in feeling that makes your home styled and comfortable.
What really makes a space feel personal and like a home isn’t expensive decor or the latest trends. It’s the meaningful moments and memories that shows in the decor pieces you put inside your home.
How to Make Your Space Truly Yours:
These pieces will tell your unique story and add so much layers of characters that no store-bought product can replicate. It will make your space special.
Also, don’t worry about perfection or symmetry. I used to feel the need of everything being perfect, but sometimes the most imperfect arrangements feel the most authentic. So, let your objects speak for you to create a space that feels warm, inviting and like you.
I aways talk about lighting, but that is because it’s such an important step in making your home feel cozy and inviting. Lighting can actually transform your home from feeling cold and sterile to feeling an instant warm and soothing feeling.
How to Create the Perfect Lighting Atmosphere:
By mixing different layers, you can control the mood of your home. You can easily change it from bright and energizing during the day to calm and cozy in the evening.
Want to learn more about warm vs cool lighting? Check out this post!
There is nothing that breathes more life into a home than living plants. By adding plants and natural elements you will lift the atmosphere and make your space feel fresher, calmer and much more inviting.
How to Bring Nature Inside:
If you’re just like me, not a person that knows so much about plants and are struggling to keep the plants alive, then there are high-quality faux plants and dried florals. These are a perfect alternative that will bring both warmth and life without so much care. However, I must say that most plants do fine by just watering them when they’re dry. That’s how I’ve kept my plants alive!
Actually, decorating isn’t just about what you see, it’s also about what you feel and experience in your space. That’s where both scent and sound are very powerful. They are invisible layers that create emotional connections to your home.
How to Enrich Your Home with Scent:
How to Enhance Your Space with Sound:
By adding these invisible layers, you’ll turn your home into a place that feels alive and comforting.
Think about moments when a certain scent or a favorite song made you pause and smile. Those little rituals can now be part of your daily routine, making your space feel even more like home.
It’s important to remember the difference between decorating your space and cluttering your space. So, when styling shelves, tables and other surfaces, it’s not about filling every inch with stuff. It’s more about creating thoughtful groups that feel balanced and intentional. A space that feels welcoming rarely feels crowded, instead, it’s very breathable.
How to create beautiful, balanced decor:
And remember, less is often more. By choosing a few favorite pieces rather than crowding your surfaces helps your home feel both stylish and calm, without the stress of clutter.
One thing I believe is becoming more and more common is that you feel like you have to get everything done at once. However, your home doesn’t have to be perfect or finished all at once. In fact, the most inviting an dauthentic spaces are those that grow and change with you over time.
Give yourself permission to:
I would say that some of the best spaces happen by happy accident. Maybe you moved a chair “just for now” and then it became your favorite reading nook, or a vase from a trip can find a new home on your kitchen counter.
Remember, your home is a living, breathing reflection of you. Let it evolve naturally, adapting to your needs, moods and moments.
You’ve now walked through all three parts of the guide on how to decorate your home:
And now, you’re at the most transformative step.
This is where the real magic happens.
Because this final layer, the personal, emotional, imperfect and evolving part, truly is what turns a beautiful house into a meaningful, soulful home.
There’s no rush. Let your space grow with you.
Trust your instincts. Be selective, not perfect.
And most importantly, surround yourself with what makes you feel at peace, inspired, and truly at home.
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