DIY home decor enables you to make your living room personalized, creative, and stylish, and with limited cost. Creating your own decorations is not only a personality adding activity, but it provides you with a rewarding manual experience. These are 12 brilliant upcycled IKEA home decor projects to get any room looking fresh in 2025 with projects any skill level and taste can take on.
Painted Accent Wall
Another DIY thought that is one of the simplest and most effective to execute is to paint an accent wall in a color or pattern that you like and that is uncommon in your house. Select trending 2025 colors, such as dark navy, terracotta, or dark greens and be creative with geometric patterns or stripes. This makes your space look good with the cost of wallpaper or even painting the entire room.
Customized Gallery Wall
Gather your favorite pictures in frames, paintings, or inspirational quotes that you like and make them a personal gallery wall. Combine frame sizes and frames with different styles to achieve an eclectic effect, or have all the frames in the same color. It is an excellent method of displaying memories and also provides visual appeal.
DIY Floating Shelves
Floating shelves are easy to set up and are very functional in that they assist you to utilize space efficiently and also allow you to display decor in a very elegant way. Select wooden planks according to the style of your room and set them up with brackets which remain concealed and give your room a perfect appearance. Use them to store plants, books or collectibles.
Upcycled Furniture
Repurpose old furniture to get a fresh start by sanding and hand-painting them in trendy colors or distressing to look distressed. Rehabs should be re-upholstered with decorative material to make it look special. Upcycling is cheap and friendly to the environment.
Handmade Planters and Terrariums
The home garden can be enhanced with homemade planters and terrariums constructed using glass jars, wooden boxes and ceramic pots. Use your imagination and decorate them. Plants purify indoor air and make the environment relaxing.
DIY Candle Holders
Turn the common glass jars or tins into beautiful candle holders using metallic paints, glitter and carved patterns. Place some of these in tables or mantels to create cozy warm light that is very pleasant and classy.
Macrame Wall Hangings
Macrame is a simple knotty trendy as well as fun method of making textured wall art. Use natural cotton or colored cords and make patterns in line with your style of decor. These cover-ups give it a boho-chic and touch appeal.
Fabric Covered Storage Boxes
Decorate plain storage boxes with fabric or decorative paper by gluing these pieces on the cover. These are fashionable storage tools which mix very well with the look of your room as an agent of organizing a mess.
DIY Mirror Frames
Turn an ordinary mirror, with a simple frame crafted of wood (reclaimed or colored tiles or seashells, etc.), into a mirror. This fast upgrade is an addition to the mirror in your room and a complement to your house design.
Wall Decals and Stickers
Wall decals and stickers are ideal when it comes to renters or people seeking to keep their nails nimble. They are available in endless designs, such as botanical to abstract designs, and may be applied, and removed easily, so as to make them flexible to the purposes of decorating.
Rope or Fabric Rugs
Make your own small area rugs out of rope or scraps of fabric that have been braided and tied or stitched. They add possibility and charm to floors particularly at entrances or snug spots, and display your artistry.
Personalized Throw Pillows
Paint up plain pillow covers or embroider them or stick up appliques to suit the color and style of your room. Sofas, beds or chairs are immediately uplifted by personal throw pillows.
