10 Minute Decorating Ideas
I love simple 10 minute decorating ideas that you can do in… well… 10 minutes. So often we want to spruce up our homes, but we can’t dedicate an entire week or day to the project. So what can do you in 10 minutes? A lot, really.
Here are some of my favorite 10 minute decorating ideas.
BRING THE OUTDOORS IN
Clip some branches from a shrub in your yard and put them in a vase with water. This is my very favorite tip and it’s really simple and easy. What a difference it makes to have a little bit of something living inside the house. It’s great to cut blooms from your yard, but these branches below don’t even have any blooms, but they still add a breath of fresh air to the room.
You might enjoy our recent episode on our favorite 10 minute decorating tips.
GET RID OF CLUTTER
I feel a little bit like a broken record, but seriously removing clutter will make you feel so much better. You won’t even realize how much it was dragging you down, until you get it out of your house. Moving is a great motivator for getting rid of excess stuff, but you can do it in small doses even if you aren’t going any where. I limit the stuff on my desk to the stuff I can fit on this tray. That way my husband can set his gym bag on the desk when he’s getting ready for the day. So keeping clutter to a minimum makes our marriage better too.
PAINT IT
If you don’t like it any more, paint it! Spray paint is super fast and works for many things. I ended up painting this tray with a brush rather than spray paint since I didn’t want to paint over the green tiles. On many occasion I thought I was going to get rid of something, but painted it, then decided it was worth keeping. I keep white spray paint in my cupboard just in case I need it in an emergency.
ADD PILLOWS
Pillows are a great way to add freshness to a room very quickly. You can rotate them from one room to another or rotate them in and out of a closet. Try keeping a set for each season. If you really want to save on storage space, then have one set of pillows, but several sets of pillow covers. Then you only need to store the covers that you aren’t using.
Today’s podcast episode is about creating a fall vignette.Listen below.
Where did you get the large blue bubble vase?
Judith, that’s an antique European demi-john. I got it at Round Top. Try an antique store near you.
These are all such great ideas – and I have used them all on occasion! But hands down, removing and “forwarding” clutter is perhaps the most powerful and fulfilling! Thank you for these reminders! I also loved the pod cast on this subject!
I am thankful for your tips for a 10 min decor Thank you for sharing and God bless
I have one question that you may not have an answer for. How do keep clutter from others in your household controlled? I’ll have everything cleared up and then come home to my son spread out through the entire house. Thanks!
My daughter keeps her stuff in her room. My husband keeps his piles in the study. That helps.
Love the ideas ! And I had to smile about your keeping white spray paint “for emergencies “! Who does that? ME!!
My fav is gold spray paint to gilz it up.
Love your blog….keep informing us.
Thanks Liz!! Too funny!
Spray paint can turn a ho-hum piece into an “I love it” piece! I had two decorative urns that I liked but didn’t love. Both had “silver” lids that just looked cheap. I spray painted them in oil rubbed bronze and I love the results. I also used black spray paint to update brass wall sconces. The brass just didn’t look right next to my antique gray armoire but the size/shape worked well on the wall space. Spray paint solved my problem. Thanks for tips!
Great ideas. I really like the idea of the tray on the desk. I think that would be good to apply to other areas like the kitchen table, dining table, etc.