Living Room Decor Ideas to Refresh Your Space in 2025

In most homes, the living room is home base for all things cozy, comfy, and welcoming. Whether you’re curled up with a good book, enjoying a movie with family, or gathering with friends for a glass of wine, the living room is the perfect place to express your personal interior design style. But sometimes it’s good to mix things up and when that time comes, we’re often searching for inspiration and guidance. Which is why, with the turning of the new year, we’ve tapped designers to share some of the most popular living room decor ideas for 2025.

Whether you’re looking to make a few little tweaks here and there or want to revamp the whole thing, our experts Jenna Morrow of Morrow Design Studios, Theresa Butler of Theresa Butler Interiors, Lauren Lerner of Living with Lolo and Tina Guevara of Juliette Sebastian Interiors shared the living room decor ideas they’re excited to see come to fruition in 2025. If you’re ready to transform your living room and refresh your space in the new year—read on.

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The Best Living Room Decor Ideas for 2025

2025 continues to be a year of bold design trends. We’re staying both fearless (moody hues, rich color palettes and curated maximalism) and soft at the same time (earth tones, curves, calm spaces). Interior trends move a bit slower than fashion trends, since we’re not completely re-styling our homes every year. 2025 is an extension of last year—we’re collectively craving highly personalized, peaceful spaces. Especially living rooms.

So why make a change? Think of your living room as a sanctuary for comfort and inspiration. It’s a place where the best ideas make their appearance in a less-intimate environment than the bedroom. Living room decor speaks to stylistic choices made from a place of comfort that simultaneously reflects the energy you want to wake up to each morning. With this in mind, we love incorporating new trends into your lived-in space without completely overhauling the vibe.

The idea of re-vamping a frequented space is always appealing, yet our designers note that incorporating the living room decor ideas for 2025 can be done with a few subtle shifts. However you’re looking to switch up your space in the year to come, there’s bound to be a trend for you.

Color Drenching

Last year, deep, bold hues re-entered the interior world in a big way. The moodiness isn’t going anywhere in 2025. One way to make a large impact in your living room is to try color drenching—another big trend for the year. 

“Don’t be afraid to play with bold but muted colors in a room’s entirety by color drenching it,” Morrow says. “Commit to painting the walls, trim, and ceiling in one color to add dramatic flair to the space.” Not sure what color to start with? If you’d like to go dark, Morrow suggests navy. “This is a shade that’s bold but sophisticated,” she says.

Statement Stoneware

Maximalist style continues to be popular this year, and if you’d like to ease in with a statement piece for your living room, Guevara suggests looking at stoneware. “Natural stone with bold veining—travertine, marble, and onyx—is taking center stage in coffee tables, fireplaces, and decor,” she shares.

While it’s perhaps easier to think of stone in kitchens and bathrooms, don’t underestimate it as an excellent focal point in your living room. Guevara suggests pairing stone with soft textures like wool or boucle to keep it from feeling too cold.

Curved Furniture and Decor

Have you heard? Hard edges are out. Curves are being fully embraced and incorporating soft edges into your living room will make it all the more cozy. Morrow suggests curved furniture for your living room, like a sofa or chair. “These pieces will create a welcoming and cozy space that’s easy to flow through—whether it’s just you at home or you and your closest friends,” she shares.

Not in the market for new furniture? Morrow suggests curved decor too. “You can also add decorative pieces that are curved such as curved statement lighting, oval accent trays on the coffee table, and round accent pillows,” she continues.

Hand-Crafted, Artisanal Furniture

If you’re on the hunt for new living room furniture this year, be on the lookout for hand-crafted, artisanal pieces that will last a long time. “Cheap, mass-produced furniture is on the decline as sustainability and high-quality craftsmanship take center stage,” Butler says. “I think people are seeing the value in investing in quality pieces that can be passed down from generation to generation. People are looking to get more from their furniture.”

Morrow agrees. “Hand-crafted furniture will add uniqueness to your space as hand-crafted pieces vary,” she says. “One coffee table style made by the same artisan will contain slightly different appearances due to being hand-crafted.”

Biophilic Design

If your living room doesn’t have any plants, this is the year to add some greenery to your space. Guevara suggests bringing the outside in to create a peaceful, happy living room. “The biophilic movement is becoming a big focus in 2025, as it shows how connecting with nature at home can improve your mental health and lower your stress,” she says. “Studies show that being around greenery reduces stress, boosts your productivity, and improves your mood.”

Even if real plants aren’t your thing, or perhaps your living room doesn’t have much natural light, faux plants will work as well. Even adding green drapes or accent pillows to your sofa can create more calm in your space.

Wallpaper

“Wallpaper is experiencing a resurgence, bringing fresh excitement to the design world—and it’s already here,” Butler exclaims. As someone who wallpapered her office for her birthday last year, I can attest to this. Wallpaper in your living room would make a huge impact on your space. 

 “Today’s wallpaper comes in a variety of colors, textures, and patterns, and it’s being used not just on vertical walls, but even on ceilings,” Butler continues. “Its revival unlocks endless opportunities for incorporating texture, color, and pattern into spaces, encouraging more creative and bold design choices.”

Earth Tones

Switching up your living room color palette is a great way to revamp your living room, whether your budget is big or small. Not sure what colors to look for? In 2025, warm neutrals and earth tones are a great place to start. “Earthy color palettes will reign in 2025,” Guevara says. “Colors like terracotta, muted greens, beige, caramel, and even brown will appear in fabrics, rugs, and decorative pieces.”

One way to add earth tones to your living room is to use natural elements like wood, stone or woven materials in both your furniture and decor. Natural materials look beautiful against neutral color palettes, especially when there is a pop of green from a plant nearby.

Highly Personalized Space

The one trend that is holding strong in 2025 is highly personalized spaces. That is—tossing trends to the side and embracing the colors and textures you love. “Living rooms are becoming injected with more character, moving away from solely light and bright interiors by introducing darker, more dramatic tones that captivate and feel more intimate,” Lerner says.

So if you love stripes, deep purple, or that cool art you found at the flea market—add it to your home. Unique furniture? Lerner says go for it. “For furniture, unconventional designs and curves that offer both aesthetic appeal and comfort are being embraced as people increasingly opt for bolder choices that can serve as a unique form of art.”