I Easily Get Bored With My Home — 5 Simple Swaps I Always Make to Update My Space

It feels like I see a new home decor trend I’d like to try every other day. Whether it be a new shade of paint, a new decor style, or even a new design style entirely—there’s always something to try. 

I get bored with my home pretty easily. I love a project but once all my DIYs are done, I’m ready to try something else in the span of a few months. This isn’t the most sustainable practice, but I’ve found ways to make it work for me. Here are 5 simple swaps I make to update my home yearly. 

Changing Cabinet and Drawer Pulls 

It may sound really simple, but that’s because it is! You don’t really realize how many knobs and pulls you have around your home once you get used to them, but swapping them out makes a big impact. 

I love buying ornate ones from Etsy or even going to my local Home Depot to score more in bulk—but it really makes a difference, especially in an open floor plan with a visible kitchen. 

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Swapping Out Rugs 

I love how a good rug can tie a whole room together, however, I often get bored with it the fastest. Whether it’s the material, the pattern (or lack of), or the size—something eventually needs to be changed. 

Since rugs can really change the look of a whole room and add just the pop of color you need, rugs are usually my most-swapped thing. I will admit that I usually buy more affordable rugs, so that might also contribute to my choice to swap them out so often. 

Moving Wall Art

This is the easiest thing to change in your home, and it doesn’t have to be yearly. I’m usually attached to my wall art, so it’s not something that I get rid of often.

Instead, I’ll move things around so they’re in a different orientation, or swap my art from room to room. That way, every room can still feel curated but will also look different enough for me to feel like a change was made.

Getting New Planters 

I have a few plants scattered around my home, and I look at them pretty often to maintain their health—which means I get bored with their planters very quickly. I love thrifting for planters, and over the years, my taste has gotten more eclectic. Sometimes, my “old” planters are just things like mugs that could be reused elsewhere.

I normally keep my plants in plastic nursery pots, so making these swaps for my planters has very little impact on my plants’ overall health since they’re left undisturbed. 

Swapping my planters often has also been an easy way for me to stay on-trend without breaking the budget, since these are some of the lower-cost items I usually change. 

Changing Lighting 

Even though lamps are pretty underrated, the impact their design can have on a room shouldn’t be ignored. I’ve taken my living room from drab to fab in seconds with just a well-placed ornate lamp. 

Changing my lighting is two-fold: some years, I’ll swap out a lamp or two around the house, and other years, I’ll just change the kind of bulbs I use. I go through phases of preferring yellow lighting over white lighting, or even wanting colorful bulbs instead to liven up a room, so these get changed pretty often.