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10 Modern Spring Home Decor Ideas (without a lot of fuss)

Spring is a time of renewal, so it’s no wonder that this time of year I’m always ready to refresh and decorate our home for the new season.  If you’re feeling the same way, today I’m sharing some simple spring decor ideas, along with a few tips for decorating a spring mantel, as well.  

Since I’m all about keeping things easy, the spring decorating ideas in this post involve creative ways of using colors, textures, and items you already have around your house, like greenery, woven elements, trays, and pillows.

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Whether you like to go all out with decorating for spring or prefer to just add a few simple seasonal touches here and there, I hope these modern spring home decor ideas and spring mantel ideas will help you embrace the season, indoors and out.

If you’re looking for spring table ideas, you might also be interested in my post, Beautiful Spring and Easter Table Setting and Centerpiece Ideas for 2024.

When to decorate for spring

I usually start decorating our home for spring in early March, or at least by the first day of spring.

However, whenever you feel a desire to refresh your home for the new season, I say go for it!  Life is too short to live in spaces that don’t bring us joy.

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10 Simple Spring Decorating Ideas for 2024

Below, you’ll find 10 easy spring decor ideas featuring natural elements and lighter hues, for a fresh and modern spring look without a lot of fuss or expense.

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1. Use organic, natural elements for a modern spring look

When decorating our home for spring, I like to begin by gathering fresh branches and greenery from outdoors.  There’s nothing easier — or more beautiful — and it’s one of my favorite tips for decorating for spring on a budget. 

A look at spring decor ideas for 2024, with simple tips and spring decorating ideas for the home and mantel, including the living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, patio, and more - akb design studioAKB Design Studio

Here’s a beautiful space showing how the simple addition of a few spring branches, along with some wood elements, pottery, and framed artwork, can create a modern spring look in the kitchen. 

Love this beautiful kitchen design with light gray kitchen cabinets, brass hardware, and spring branches - kitchen decor - kitchen cabinet ideas - kitchen remodel - amber interiors - tessa neustadtAmber Interiors

This is the perfect time of year to gather freshly-cut tree and shrub branches and place them in water, allowing them to blossom indoors. 

Beautiful spring home and mantel decorating ideas - studio mcgeeStudio McGee

It’s a beautiful and inexpensive way to decorate your home for spring.

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Adding fresh flowers to your spaces is one of the easiest ways to decorate your home for spring.  I love the idea of adding some flowers to the bathroom!

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If fresh flowers aren’t available, green and flowering house plants are a great way to bring the beauty of nature indoors.

Beautiful and inspiring kitchen design with beamed cathedral ceilings and black framed windows - mixing metals in the kitchen - Jean Stoffer DesignJean Stoffer Interior Design

The bathroom is one of the best places in the home to add a touch of green for spring and summer.

Love this beautiful bathroom design with a freestanding tub and light neutral decor - studio mcgeeStudio McGee

Trader Joe’s is my favorite place to find affordable fresh greenery and flowers. 

Love this beautiful modern organic kitchen design with a light wood island and a warm aesthetic - pure saltPure Salt Interiors

Adding some fresh fruits and vegetables to your kitchen countertops is another great way to bring a touch of spring to the kitchen.

Love this beautiful organic modern kitchen design with woven pendants, wood counter stools and neutral decor - 2024 kitchen cabinet trends - brandon architectsBrandon Architects and Patterson Custom Homes

If you don’t have access to fresh flowers or plants, then faux is the way to go.  I’m often amazed at how real artificial plants and flowers can look. Many give off the same fresh vibe as living plants.

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Faux plants are the perfect solution for shelves, coffee tables and other wood or marble surfaces, because you don’t have to worry about ruining your surfaces with water. 

2. Add some interest with textiles

Next, throw in a few pillows, throws, and layered rugs in lighter spring tones and textures. 

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One of the easiest ways to bring a fresh look to your couch, chairs, and beds is by adding new pillows — or simply rearranging the pillows you already own.  

Freshen up your home's interior with neutral pillows, featuring modern, classic and global-inspired finds for the bedroom and living room - house of jadeHouse of Jade InteriorsPillows

A new pillow arrangement in our living room is my favorite way to update our home for springtime.

H & M, Pottery Barn, and West Elm are great sources for spring pillow covers.  They offer linen, cotton, and velvet versions in every hue.

I love the beautiful mix of pillows in this stylish living room:

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Adding layered bedding in neutral tones is a great way to update your bedroom for spring while retaining a feeling of coziness:

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Here’s a gorgeous spring bedroom with layered bedding and pillows in light spring hues:

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Alexis Andra Austin

For tips on creating pillow combinations for your sofa and bed, see my post, How to Mix and Match Throw Pillows on a Bed or Sofa.

3. Refresh your styling

Lightening up your home for the new season can be as simple as making little styling tweaks to coffee tables, side tables, console tables, shelves, mantels, and kitchen countertops. 

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Intimate Living Interiors

Even the mudroom or laundry room can benefit from a spring refresh, via some fresh or faux flowers in a pretty basket.

Love this beautiful mudroom with a bench for seating, cubbies for storage and organization, hooks, and panel molding - mudroom ideas - mudroom decor - entryway - laundry room - oakstone homesOakstone Homes

A bowl of lemons and/or lush green plant is a beautiful way to refresh your kitchen for spring.

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Even something as simple as a new dish towel draped over the sink can add a fresh touch of spring decor to the kitchen. Here’s my favorite source for pretty dish towels.

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4.  Update your bedding for spring

Spring is all about awakening, so this is the perfect time to freshen up your bedroom for the warmer months with some new spring bedding in lighter tones and textures.

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If you’re looking for spring bedding for 2024, Serena & Lily and Pottery Barn both have a beautiful selection of bedding, including linen duvet covers and sheets.  

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Or, simply refresh your look by switching out your heavy winter blankets, throws, and pillows with lighter-weight and lighter-toned versions.

Pure Salt Interiors – chandelier

I love white bedding year-round, but especially in spring and summer, because it makes the bedroom feel calm and cool. 

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5.  Rearrange the furniture

One of the easiest ways to update your home for spring is to rearrange your furniture.  Sometimes I forget what a huge difference this simple tweak can make. 

Love this beautiful living room design with marble coffee tables, a large sectional, and neutral furniture and decor - the life styled co.

The Life Styled Co.

Rearranging the furniture only costs a few minutes of time (and maybe a few sore muscles), but it can return dividends in satisfaction, making you fall in love with your home again.

Home Beautiful

Not only does moving the furniture change the look of your home, it can change the way you use and live in your spaces during the warmer months.

For more living room ideas, see my post, Living Room Ideas and Trends for 2024. 

6.  Sprinkle in some color

For a fresh spring look, think about adding lush greens, sky blues, sunset pinks, and cloud whites to your spaces. 

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These nature-inspired hues never fail to bring the vibrancy of the season inside.  

Coastal home decor in the living room - jane at homeHearth Room

When it comes to adding color to your home, you can never go wrong with pairing colors that exist together in nature.  

A contemporary living room with warm coastal stylePure Salt Interiors – similar coffee tables here and here

Reminiscent of the sea and sky, blue is the perfect way to bring a fresh spring feeling to your space.

Shiplap walls, a natural fiber rug, and a glorious blue door create the quintessential coastal entryway.  From Barrow Building GroupBarrow Building Group

7. Freshen your mantel and shelves for spring

To decorate a fireplace mantel or shelves for spring, flowers, foliage, leaves or branches picked from your garden or bought from the supermarket are easy ways to breathe life into a spring mantel or open shelving without a lot of fuss.

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Mixing a mirror with smaller artwork and adding a couple of candle sticks and/or greenery creates a curated and interesting look without going overboard. 

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Sentimental objects, perhaps a favorite piece of artwork or photo from a family vacation, can inject personality and can give new life to a fireplace mantel.

Julie Howard for Timber Trails

A spring garland, draped on top of or along the front of a mantel (using small Command hooks), is another great way to make your mantel look fresh in an instant. 

Target, HomeGoods, Marshalls, and TJ Maxx are a few of my favorite places to buy affordable spring mantel decor.

Spring mantel styling tips

Here are a few styling tips for decorating a mantel — or just about any surface.

  • If you don’t have a TV above your fireplace, create a central focal point with a mirror or large piece of artwork.
  • Use a stack of books to raise objects off the mantel. If you don’t like the way the book bindings look, turn them around to reveal their lighter-colored pages.
  • Combine items in groups of threes–preferably with a tall item, a shorter sculptural item, and a horizontal item.
  • Balance hard and soft objects, as well as things with different textures, colors, tones, and styles.
  • Layer by placing some things in front of others and some off to the side, to create more depth and give your mantel a natural look.
  • Edit — move things around until you achieve the look you’re going for.

8.  Update your artwork

One of my favorite spring decor ideas is to switch out artwork for something that reflects the fun, carefree feeling of spring and summer.  

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Any space can benefit from an instant spring refresh with a new piece of artwork.  Here, a large landscape print adds a fresh touch to the entryway:

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9. Let in more light

As the hours of sunshine increase each day, this is the perfect time to maximize the amount of light in your home by replacing heavy or dark curtains with white or lighter-colored versions–or removing them altogether!

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Another easy way to let in more sunshine is to raise your window shades a bit higher during the day.  

How to add a touch of spring decor for a fresh new look in the kitchen - jane at homeKitchen

In the same vein, think about tweaking your artificial lighting sources, too.  Replacing lamps and light fixtures with new ones can give an entirely new look to a room.

Love this beautiful master bathroom with two light oak wood vanity cabinets, a freestanding tub, and vintage rug - bathroom remodel - bathroom ideas - bathroom decor - alexis andra austinAlexis Andra Austinchandelier

We recently added the pendant lights shown in the space below to our kitchen and I love how they instantly transformed our home.

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For more lighting ideas, see my post, Kitchen Island Lighting Ideas for 2024.

10.  Freshen up the patio and porch

The patio is one of my favorite spaces to decorate for spring and summer.  I love the fresh feeling of the outdoor space below.

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Here’s a look at our covered patio, decorated with plenty of blue and white and an abundance of flowers and plants for spring.

Patio idea - blue and white outdoor rug and decor with string lights - Jane at Home - #patio #patiodecor #porchideas #homedecorPatio

Adding outdoor curtains and a few pillows and decorative pieces makes this area feel like a spring and summer extension of our home. 

See my post, Beautiful Patio Ideas for 2024, for more decorating ideas for your patio and outdoor spaces.

Spring wreaths

Adding a wreath to your front door is one of the easiest ways to decorate your front porch and home for spring.  It instantly refreshes your home and gives your guests, neighbors, and the Amazon delivery person a reason to smile.

Target Studio McGee Spring 2024 Outdoor collectionWreath

If you’re looking for fresh wreaths to decorate your home for spring and Easter, many nurseries, home improvement stores and grocery stores carry beautiful wreaths this time of year. 

Or, you can order amazing fresh and dried natural wreaths online.  My post, Spring Wreath Ideas, shares all sorts of beautiful spring wreath ideas for 2024.

I also share some beautiful and affordable spring home decor ideas in this post:  The New Studio McGee Target Collection.

I hope you found these spring decor ideas helpful. Let me know if you have any questions on how to decorate your home and mantel for spring! xo jane

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2 Comments

  • Karen Conner
    April 11, 2020 at 2:16 pm

    Hi Jane, Where did you get the window shades that are in your kitchen?

    Thanks

    Reply
    • Jane
      April 11, 2020 at 5:00 pm

      Hi Karen! They’re the Rustique Bamboo shades from Overstock; unfortunately, the company has discontinued these exact shades with the dark vertical stitching and is now carrying a version called Petite Rustique with lighter stitching, which can also be found at Amazon, Walmart and Home Depot. I recently found the following shades that look very similar to mine, but I can’t speak as to their quality: https://rstyle.me/+gZbTBHNd5jXJPeieqg8hLg

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