Spring In The Living Room: A Mini Spring Tour 2025

Join us for a spring living room tour. Get ideas and inspiration for decorating a living room for spring.

It’s been quite the bustling spring season for us! I must admit, I’ve fallen a bit behind in capturing fresh images for a spring tour. But, this morning the light was absolutely perfect, allowing me to snap over 400 photos! After a bit of editing, I’m thrilled to share a glimpse into our spring-infused living room.

Recently, I’ve introduced just a few subtle updates to this space. For a fuller look, I’ve opted to hang curtains on both sides of our windows rather than just the outside. The center of the room now features two rush seat benches, repurposed as a coffee table. And, of course, some new pillows and seasonal decorations.

The standout change in our living room this spring is the introduction of the color green. There’s something about green that just works seamlessly with our neutral palette, especially with the views of the golf course right outside our windows. Green is also trending as a top color for 2025. I sensed its rising popularity back in 2024 and felt it was time to bring this vibrant hue into our home.

A Pop of Green

Green may always be a classic, but its recent surge as a trend has some great advantages. The market is now brimming with a variety of green home decor items, making it a joy to explore new decor. Plus, with many influencers incorporating green into their homes, there are lots of beautiful examples out there showing how to use green in our homes. Even better, because green is timeless, it remains stylish even when it’s not the hottest trend. With all that said, I absolutely LOVE green and am thrilled to incorporate it into our home this spring.

Adding a New Color to Your Home

Introducing a new color to a neutral palette might seem straightforward, but it’s not. Regardless of your room’s established palette, there are a few key aspects to remember to make sure a new color looks seamless and feels right.

One important element to consider is undertones. Undertones are subtle colors that reside beneath the surface of a color, and they can make or break the overall aesthetic of a space. Understanding and matching undertones can greatly enhance the beauty of your decor. For a deeper dive into this topic, you may want to check out my posts on Can You Mix Warm And Cool Colors In Decor and 8 Things To Know About Color.

Another important factor is the proportion of the new color you plan to introduce. Aiming to add 10 percent or less of a new color to your room is a good guideline. Strategically placing items of this color throughout the room can help achieve a balanced look.

The old adage that “all greens go together” is true, but some greens pair better than others. Our living room is filled with warm neutrals, so I chose greens that are more muted and warmer to complement these tones.

One standout piece is the bright medium green artichoke finial on the white buffet. An occasional outlier, like the artichoke, can add a layer of visual interest and create what we perceive as an engaging tension in the room. To be honest, when I stumbled upon this charming accent piece on Amazon, I was determined to incorporate it regardless of its shade. It now sits alongside a green and white chinoiserie jar, which usually lives our bookcase, creating an interesting contrast.

Using a Light Hand to Decorate for Spring

This spring, I decorated very lightly for the season at hand. When you step into our living room, you’re welcomed by cherry blossom branches in a large urn on the white buffet. This arrangement is such a statement piece in the living room.

I love these gorgeous faux branches. They’ve been part of our spring decor for a decade! They were quite the splurge at the time, but given how many seasons they’ve graced our home, these pretty cherry blossoms have truly turned out to be a worthwhile investment. The branches are quite long, so I’ve curled them inside the vase, which not only adds to the aesthetic but also keeps them securely in place in the urn.

Spring Pillows

This season, I added a few new spring pillows to our sofa and spindle chairs. I have a bit of a pillow obsession! It’s incredible how they can transform the look and feel of a space almost like magic!

This year, my favorite picks found their spot on the spindle chairs. Their muddy green flowers with a charming vintage look add just the right spring look in our living room.

Currently, the trend in pillows leans towards a mix-and-match style, combining a hodgepodge of colors and patterns that don’t necessarily blend cohesively. While I can see the appeal of this trend, I’m not fond of it. I have trouble making sense of it.

Have you ever found yourself trying to adapt to something you thought you loved but felt unsure about? That’s exactly how I’m feeling about the front pillow on our sofa. The colors blend beautifully with our spring living room, but the pattern is a tad too cute or stylized for my taste… or maybe it’s something else. What do you think?

Transitional Style

My decorating style leans towards transitional, neutral with a splash of color, and tailored. Our living room’s style is welcoming and unpretentious. We want guests to feel at ease the moment they walk in. I want them to grab a drink, find a cozy spot, and simply relax.

Like the rest of our home, this room is always evolving. I have a running list of changes and new ideas I’d like to experiment with here.

Decorating truly is a labor of love, my friend. I hope you find as much joy in it as I do, and may you never consider your home ‘completely’ decorated!

My Favorite Way to Decorate for Spring

Adding seasonal elements is one easy way to keep a room looking fresh, and it’s my favorite way to decorate. This spring, I did this by adding green to our living room.

One of the most natural ways I’ve brought this hue into the space is through plants. Available in every conceivable shade and tint, it’s wonderfully easy to find the perfect green plant to suit any room in your house. Plus, the indoor greenery beautifully mirrors what we see just about to pop outside, creating a seamless connection between our indoor and outdoor spaces.

One particularly special plant is the fluffy one by the window. It started as a lavender Christmas tree and has since grown rather wild! Later this spring, it will transition to a new home in our foundation beds at the back of the house.

The 10th Coffee Table

For spring and summer, two rush-seat benches have taken on the role of our coffee table. This is the tenth coffee table that’s graced our living room. Last year, I used a single rush-seat bench, but I’ve been searching for something larger to connect the sofa and spindle chairs.

I’m particularly fond of our current makeshift coffee table. It’s large and has a light visual weight. Our home is open and filled with natural light, featuring plenty of windows. This setup means we must be cautious with dark furnishings, as too much can make the space feel heavy and enclosed.

Decor on The Coffee Table

Currently, my coffee table is styled with a selection of books and a long, bone-inlaid box on one side near the sofa, while the other side features a white acrylic tray holding various decor items. I often use the same books because they are favorites that I frequently pick up and reread again and again.

A tray is an excellent tool for any coffee table. It neatly gathers accent decor together into a cohesive vignette.

In my spring living room, the plants are real, though the flowers are not. I’ve filled a small urn with green faux hydrangeas and fluffy white ball-shaped blooms, which sit prettily in the white acrylic tray. I typically prefer real flowers, but since I couldn’t get to our local grocery store, these green faux hydrangeas were a wonderful substitute. The white blooms help balance the green hydrangeas from looking too heavy.

Beside the urn, I’ve placed a metal bunny container and a few checked coasters in the white tray. The bunny, which usually resides in our bookcase, makes its annual appearance every spring.

I find that arranging three items on a tray, particularly when they vary in height and texture, creates a visually pleasing display. This method is nearly fail-proof, as groupings of odd numbers, especially three, naturally appeal to the eye.

Giving Our Eyes a Decor Rest

In a room where the white buffet and coffee table are decorated with spring-inspired elements, the Curlacue chest serves as a visual pause. It’s important to remember that not every flat surface needs to be covered in seasonal decorations. In fact, a more minimalist approach is often the most attractive-looking approach.

Currently, the only items on the chest are a lamp, a stack of wicker boxes, and a ceramic finial, shaped like a stylized egg, which subtly nods to the season.

The Mantel

This spring, I also introduced two small green ginger jars to the mantel, extending our theme of green for spring. Given the large artwork above the fireplace, I keep the mantel minimally decorated. This allows the artwork to command attention, so it remains the focal point without competition from other decor.

Next week, we will head into the dining room and kitchen for more of our 2025 spring home tour. The following week, I have a spring surprise in the foyer and a look at our spring front porch.

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Happy Spring, friends…