Your home is not just a backdrop. It is a living space that shapes how you feel, think, and connect every day.

Through our in-home interior design services, we have seen firsthand how the right design choices can transform not just a room but your entire state of mind. When your home feels calm, confident, and beautifully put together, you do too.

If you are looking to elevate your space with contemporary interior design, these ten styling tips will help you create a home that lifts your mood and relieves stress.

What Is Contemporary Interior Design?

Before we dive into the tips, let’s clarify what contemporary interior design means. This style emphasizes clean lines, open spaces, natural materials, layered textures, and a harmonious balance of form and function. It’s not about following every trend, but about exploring curated style collections that feel fresh, relevant, and timeless.

10 Styling Tips to Elevate Your Contemporary Interior Design

1. Tell a Story With Objects
   Choose pieces that reflect your experiences, memories, or aspirations. A space filled with meaningful objects will always feel richer and more authentic than one filled only with trend-driven decor.
2. Play With Scale for Drama
   Juxtapose oversized pieces with delicate accents to create a sense of drama and balance. An enormous mirror above a dainty console or a chunky light fixture over a slender table adds instant visual intrigue.
3. Let Patina & Imperfection In
   A space feels more soulful when everything is not pristine. Incorporate vintage pieces, aged metals, or reclaimed wood to add character and the feeling that your home has a life well-lived.
4. Use Contrast to Add Energy
   Pair opposites to create dynamic tension. Mix glossy with matte, smooth with rough, structured with organic. This contrast keeps the eye engaged and gives the space personality.
5. Float Furniture to Create Flow
   Resist pushing everything against the walls. Floating a sofa, adding a chair on an angle, or placing a console behind a couch opens up the room and invites movement.
6. Incorporate Natural Materials
   Surround yourself with materials like stone, wood, linen, and wool to bring grounding energy into the space. These elements connect you emotionally to the outside world and create a calming atmosphere.
7. Add Unexpected Pops of Color
   Even in a neutral palette, a surprising dash of color — perhaps inside a bookshelf, under a table, or as a single accent pillow — can enliven the space and prevent it from feeling flat.
8. Mix Metals With Intention
   Combining different metal finishes can create a look that is intentional and chic when done thoughtfully. Try using one dominant metal and one or two accents to create a collected, layered look.
9. Use Books as a Design Element
   Books bring warmth, texture, and a sense of life to any space. Stack them on coffee tables, layer them into shelves, or even use them to elevate smaller objects and create height variation.
10. Trust Negative Space
    Resist the urge to over-decorate. Sometimes the most powerful spaces in a room are the quiet ones, where open space allows your eye to breathe and the surrounding pieces to shine.

Ready to Bring Contemporary Interior Design Into Your Home?

At Change Everything, we curate beautiful furniture and accessories, and offer real design help to transform your home into a place where you feel calm, confident, and completely yourself.

You deserve a home that makes you feel good every single day. Our in-home interior design services help you create a home with beautifully curated pieces and design that reflect who you are.