TikToking Your Home: The Interior Trends Aunties Might Side-Eye, But Secretly Approve

If you've been scrolling TikTok between family WhatsApp check-ins and your dad’s unsolicited Zillow recommendations, you’ve probably noticed that the app is basically HGTV on caffeine. With over 8 million home makeover videos floating around, here’s your guide to the 2025 decor trends that feel fresh and a little familiar, because let’s be honest, we’ve been doing half this stuff before TikTok caught on.

Eclectic Chic: Your Grandmother’s Brass + Your Art School Phase

This is where maximalism meets meaning. The rule? No rules. Mix colors. Clash patterns. Put your nani’s vintage diya next to your thrifted mushroom lamp. Somehow, it works, like chai with oat milk or your cousin who came back from studying abroad with a new accent and an indoor fountain.

🪩 The Vibe: Thoughtfully chaotic. Think “this was curated over years” (even if it was an Etsy spree last week). Modern eclectic design is the must-have trend for 2025.

“Bookshelf Wealth”: AKA Your Overachieving Past Has Interior Value

You know those MCAT prep books you can’t throw away because of trauma? Keep them. Display them. “Bookshelf wealth” is all about showcasing clutter that feels personal, the art of making mess look meaningful. That leaning tower of New Yorkers your dad refuses to recycle? Now it’s your design anchor.

That stack of chai-stained cookbooks you never actually use? It’s giving nostalgic intellect.

📚 The Vibe: Lived-in. Warm. Slightly chaotic in a “don’t touch anything, it’s all intentional” kind of way.

Color Drenching: The Bold Wall Move That Might Alarm Your Landlord

White walls? Groundbreaking. 2025’s boldest interiors are soaked in a single hue, walls, trim, ceiling, even furniture. They call it “color drenching”, we call it “bold energy only.”
Go full turmeric, jamun, or deep mehndi green. If your mom says it looks like Seema mami’s 90s living room, just nod and say it’s heritage-forward.

🎨 The Vibe: Monochrome drama. Deep shades. Big feelings.

Bonus: You’ll never lose your AirPods in a white room again.

Plant Parenting: Because You’re “Nurturing Life,” Just Not the Kind They Expected

Next time your mom brings up grandchildren, show her your pothos. Your mint corner. Your microgreen tray that exists purely to garnish homemade chaat.

Plants = low-stakes caretaking + peaceful energy + one more excuse to visit the farmer’s market.

🪴 The Vibe: Cottagecore, but global. A little bit spiritual, a little bit practical. Top plant and plant decor trends for 2025.

Vintage Renaissance: Your Dad’s Taste Finally Has a Moment

TikTok has spoken: old is gold. (Literally. Have you seen the price of brass right now?)
Mix in your family’s hand-me-downs with modern silhouettes. That teak coffee table your dad wouldn’t part with for 30 years? Suddenly iconic.

Just don’t let him know he was right. Trust us.

🪑 The Vibe: Time-travel chic. The “I know my roots and my resale value” look. Vintage is making a huge comeback in 2025.

Modern Farmhouse (But Make It Global)

Forget shiplap. The farmhouse trend has finally evolved past Pinterest wedding energy. Now it’s about earthy, grounded materials: wood, stone, clay, that echo your ancestral home’s vibe, minus the mosquito coils. Add a carved wooden bench, brass bowls from the family pooja stash, and lots of textured neutrals.

WiFi strong, spirit stronger.

🏡 The Vibe: Warm minimalism. Rooted, not rustic. Earth tones and global farmhouse are trending on TikTok.

How to Pull It Off (Without Starting a Family Group Chat Debate):

• Start small: A pop of color here. A thrifted mirror there.

• Mix new and old like you mix masalas - with intention.

• Avoid turning your living room into an aesthetic crisis.

• When the aunties ask “What happened to the white walls?,” smile and say, “It’s mocha mousse.”

Loved this? There’s more brewing every week. ☕