Looking for home decorating inspiration for the New Year? Here are the best home decor posts with tons of easy decorating ideas, tips & more.
Yesterday, I hopped on my Instagram stories for the first time this year to share a bit of how I purposefully choose to take a slow entry approach into the New Year.
It’s not that I don’t have big dreams and desires growing in my heart (because believe me I do). 🙂
But, what I have found is that by taking time to pursue a slower and more thoughtful engagement with those big dreams and goals, the better aligned I am, with God’s willand timing, for my year ahead.
This January marks my 5th year of self proclaiming this month as my “get down, get low” season.
January is a month, where I decide to quiet myself, slow my rhythm down and refuse the rush and race into declaring big swinging goals, that the world loves to shout with LOUD intent, filled with pressures for us to grab on to and run the race harder, faster and more efficient…than the year before.
I say no thank you to all of the above.
Instead?
I pursue quiet, honest, independent reflection and a posture that holds an open and willing heart, ready to receive the realizations (both good and bad) of what bubbles to the surface…in the quiet.
I find that I am only able to reach these inner realizations, if I take the pause and nod at the invitation before me that the Winter season gently rolls out to us…year after year –
To go within, so that we don’t go without.
So that, we are poised and prepared for what will grow and come alive in the Spring, if we are willing to trust the process and put in the practice of the work, towards what and where our gut instincts are guiding us.
Much like how I tend to my heart in January, I also take this practice and tend to my home in January in the same way.
Instead of rushing into the home decor stores and bringing home MORE and NEW…
I lean into softening the surfaces of our home, simplifying the spaces, by decluttering and removing all the extras that can often make our homes look and feel noisy…
By doing this, we offer the opportunity to see the beauty in the more empty spaces…so that, new ideas and visions have room to breathe and come to life with fresh purpose.
I wrote about HOW I rest and soften our home in the New Year, HERE in this post from last January.
Today, on the blog, I am sharing more of my home decorator’s heart, in revealing the TOP TEN Reader’s Favorite Home Decorating Postsof 2023!
These are the home decorating posts you read and loved the most, filled with practical tips, favorite paint colors we used and all of the DIY home projects we tackled, that inspired you in 2023!
Are you ready for home decorating inspiration galore?
Follow me friend!
Top Ten Reader’s Favorite & BEST Home Decorating Posts Of 2023
10. WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THIS COZY CORNER ALL DECORATED
I love that you loved this cozy corner and gallery wall because the idea and vision for this new little space was first realized last January, after I put into practice the process of removing all the things!
Once I cleared away all the clutter and removed almost everything from the surfaces, leaving only the big pieces of furniture in the room, I realized I wanted to see the glass cabinet that used to occupy this space!
After selling the cabinet that I no longer loved or needed, the space for this cozy corner opened up!
In this post, I shared my 7 best tips for creating a welcoming front porch and how to improve the curb appeal of your home.
Spoiler alert!
These tips are super easy to duplicate and also work for small porch decorating ideas too!
Also, in this post I shared BONUS, never seen before pictures of what our front porch used to look like, before we ripped out the builder grade walkway and front steps and replaced it with a larger stamped concrete patio.
The transformation still gives me all the feelings!
5. HOW TO MAKE A BOARD & BATTEN WALL WITH PICTURE LEDGE
Shortly, after un-decorating for Christmas last year, I came to the decision that our living room wall needed a face lift.
It was calling for something lighter and brighter, that added depth and personality, beyond paint color.
It was after we removed all the Christmas decor, wreaths and extras, that I knew putting in a board and batten wall with a small picture ledge to hold oversized frames, would answer all that my home decorating heart was craving!
4. WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THIS GALLERY WALL & PICTURE LEDGE DECORATED
Shortly after we installed (by “we” I mean Shawn 🙂 the board & batten wall, I got busy selecting the gallery frames and art prints that I wanted to use to decorate the new picture ledge with!
So glad that you loved this post as much as I loved decorating this picture ledge!
Adding this focal point in our living room has been a game changer!
You might remember from our 2023 Christmas Home Tour, that I swapped out the art prints for more Winter themed art, as a subtle and easy way to decorate for Christmas and the Winter season!
2. THE BEST NEUTRAL BEDROOM MAKEOVER WITH TARGET & AMAZON FINDS
We started our master bedroom makeover last Spring and worked on it over a span of several months…and when it was time for the big reveal??
YOU LOVED IT!
Yay! 🙂
This post is a reminder of the power of paint, and how it does NOT need to cost a fortune to give yourself a bedroom makeover!
Simply sell the furniture pieces you no longer love on FB marketplace and re-invest that cash back into buying affordable pieces that are current and inspire you!
And the #1 Most Popular Decorating Post of 2023 is…
1. 3 DECORATING MISTAKES I’VE MADE (& HOW I FIXED THEM)
Do you ever feel yourself stuck with decorating?
Or, you just can’t pull the room together?
Or, you went to HomeSense and bought a cart full of cute stuff, but things are still – not quite right…
I think you loved this post because these decorating mistakes, are things we all have done and make so much sense as to why they are tripping you up…once you realize you are making them!
Well friend, that’s a Best Of Home Decorating wrap for 2023!
Between you and me?
I am so excited for some of the ideas and visions we have for 2024!
We are currently in the process of ripping out the basement carpet and installing LVP and I am coming down the home stretch of Maci’s bedroom makeover!!
Things are going to get exciting around here real quick so be sure to met me back here next week as we continue to connect and unfold all that awaits for each of us in 2024…together!
Living on a prayer,
Heather
P.S. Here is one more bonus post that you loved for the road!
We are all about using every nook and cranny of our home and maximizing it to the fullest potential!
Purchasing this new wicker patio set from Walmart last Spring was hands down one of our best decorating decisions!! This new set allowed us to entertain with ease and was such a welcoming and soft place to land after a long day! It’s currently not in stock yet…but I will be sure to keep an eye out and keep you posted, when it comes back in stock so you can grab it too! You won’t regret it! 🙂
Heather Krout is an award winning interior decorator and writer. She lives in Maryland with her husband, Shawn and their three teen and pre-teen daughters, Eve, Maci and Livvy. Heather’s happy place is walking the beach with her family and their Willa pup. Heather is also an occasional women’s speaker & workshop leader and a published writer of Christian devotionals.
