6 DIY Trends That Should Stay in 2024, According to Your Favorite TikTokers
The end of the year is always a good time to think about trends — which ones you’ll set your sights on in the new year, and which ones you’re ready to leave behind. (Just consider those home trends of years past, like chevron and checkerboard patterns, mushroom everything, disco balls, painted arches … the list goes on.) Home decor trends can quickly take over social feeds and store shelves, so by the end of the year it can be easy to get a little tired of at least some of them.
Apartment Therapy spoke to top DIY TikTokers to get their expert opinions on which DIY trends they’re ready to ditch in 2025, and what they see coming next. If you’re looking for a fresh — not hackneyed — DIY to do in your home next year, keep reading!
Say goodbye to muted tones.
Popular DIY and home TikTok creator Tina Le Mac (@tinalemac) believes that muted neutral colors will stay behind in favor of brighter and bolder hues.
“As much as I love brown color palettes, adding in a deeper, bolder color in your home makes it feel more alive,” she says. “It can be as easy as trying the unexpected red theory and painting something a pop of red to stand out in a sea of neutrals.”
Something elevated will replace stenciled floors.
When Lauren Comer (@pinchplateparty) started DIYing in 2020, stenciled floors were a big thing. This usually involved using a pattern stencil and painting over it or, for those with extra artistic flair, drawing a design by hand. However, Lauren feels that the trend is outdated.
“DIYers were priming over large plain 12×12 tiles and painting on eclectic patterns as an alternative to pulling up tile and replacing,” she explains. “I feel like this trend is starting to feel outdated, and DIYers are moving into a similar but more elevated alternative.” For something a little more elevated than a stencil, try a terrazzo or marble peel-and-stick instead.
It’s time for bows to bow out.
This year and last, bows took center stage in home decor, thanks to viral design movements like the coquette decor trend. However, DIYer Aurora (@auroramccausland) says that bows have had their moment. “I think the over-use of bows in decor is out. I love a dainty bow, but I think the days of seeing dozens of bows in every influencer’s home are over.”
Slatted wood walls are slated to leave.
Feature walls designed with wood or MDF shaker-style paneling have been favored among the DIY community for a while, especially because they’re a relatively cheap way to add architectural interest. And although DIYer Sharn (@sharnshouse) installed exactly that in her vibrant kitchen-dining room, she still believes that the trend is passing. “I feel that these rigid, linear styles are on their way out. Interiors have become a lot softer, more about comfort and coziness at home, and these boxy graphic styles give the total opposite,” she explains. “But at least it means no more nail guns, spirit-level hell, and hours spent chopping up MDF.”
DIYer Sana (@apieceofmyglamhome) agrees: “While slatted wood accent walls are known for adding character and texture to a space, leaving them incomplete or only covering half a wall makes the design feel unfinished or out of place. Full-slatted wood walls tend to create a more polished and cohesive look, which is why partial-slatted designs are falling out of favor.”
Bye bye, black paint.
While dark, dramatic walls have become a hugely popular choice, Scarlett (@lady_muckmack) foresees warmer neutral hues taking their place, as seen by many 2025 color of the year choices like Pantone’s Mocha Mousse.
“I think choosing black paint is fading in popularity,” she says. “It really had a moment, but I think we’re heading to earthy shades now!”
So long, spackle art.
Spackled wall art involves using sponges in small, circular motions to create a textured, undone effect. The trend was big on TikTok in 2024, but Mallory Wackerman (@malloryinteriors) thinks that the trend will stay behind. “I’m picturing more Roman clay-style art, which has a ton of texture but without the thick spackled look.”
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