Decorating a new home from scratch is always fun if you’ve got a creative streak. There’s nothing better than having a blank canvas to play with, as you get to choose just how you want to set up the entire home, including its fixtures, fittings, furnishings, lights, and more. But there are some must-have home décor items that play a key role in making your interior come together and create a cosy and comfortable home.
8 Must-Have Home Décor Items
Here are eight home décor essentials that every interior is incomplete without:
- Rugs and mats
- Flower vases or bowls
- Wall clocks
- Wall art
- Personal photos
- Mirrors
- Books
- Throw pillows
We’ll now talk about how you can use these items while decorating a new home.
Let’s get designing!
1. Rugs and Mats
Want to create a cosy and comfortable home? The must-have home décor items to achieve this goal include a large variety of rugs and mats placed underfoot. Small carpets perform the same task and add to the cosiness of the room without crowding it. Rugs are also perfect when you want to cover a bare patch of the floor without adding more furniture to the room. No home can claim to have the best interior without rugs or mats of different colours, shapes, textures, or patterns.
2. Flower Vases or Bowls
We all love bringing the spring indoors, and one way to do that is to trim up some flowers from your garden and set them on display around the house. But that doesn’t just apply to natural flowers. Faux flowers work just as well when you want to add a touch of colour, brightness, and nature to the home without worrying about changing the wilting flowers daily. Thus, one of the home décor essentials that you must have are a range of vases and bowls that can act as the perfect vessels for your floral decorations.
3. Wall Clocks
Round, square, small, large, digital, or analogue, wall clocks have been around for years, and even in this age of technology, we are so used to seeing a clock on the wall that not having one in your home is not an option. If you’re decorating a new home, set up the clock in the central location from where you can see it while unpacking to keep track of your day as you progress. Your wall clocks can also influence the style of your interior based on their design, with antique clocks signalling a more traditional interior and glass, plastic, or metallic clocks reflecting a modern touch.
4. Wall Art
Abstract wall art that elevates your interior and takes it to another level is a must if you want a harmonious living space. The artwork displayed on a wall can include a scenic painting, a unique and creative piece of art, or an elaborate abstract that spans over not one but three frames in a continuous flow. How you choose to decorate your walls is entirely up to you. Just remember that without wall art, you’ll be leading your visitors into a room with bare walls that are begging for some personal touches. Many homes in Pakistan are also decorated with religious wall hangings, reflective of their beliefs.
5. Personal photos
Small yet personal, framed photos can be hung on walls, placed on end tables, or even kept on eye-level shelves. Personal photos of memorable trips and occasions are the ideal way to create a cosy and comfortable home. Framed photos can also be used to create a photo wall with some ingenious placement of the frames.
6. Mirrors
We all have mirrors in our bedrooms and dressing areas, but those aren’t the ones we mean here. The mirrors used for home décor are strategically placed to give the illusion of a larger and more spacious room, accompanied by gorgeous frames and stained glass. While they perform the same purpose as all reflective surfaces and light up the room, the use of mirrors in central living spaces is essential in modern home décor designs.
7. Books
If you generally read a book and place it back on the shelf, you’re doing it wrong. If you don’t have kids running around that might damage your paperbacks, consider placing a few on your side consoles, coffee tables, or countertops. Make sure you don’t ruin the books with a sudden spill, though. Adding books to your home décor is one way to give it a lived-in feel, and all the best furniture shops use this same technique when they style their interior displays for you to browse through.
8. Throw Pillows
As far as home décor essentials go, you cannot miss out on this one. Throw pillows are the ultimate way to add more comfort to your couches and sofas. They can also bring colourful hues into your monotone interiors once you can easily change the fabric covers of the pillows. Perfect for a pillow fight, or a quick snooze, no home should be without half a dozen throw pillows to be used as and when needed.
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