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DIY wall decor ideas to make your living room organized and inviting

Living rooms are the heart of every home, where people can unwind, relax, and entertain themselves and their guests. Have you been wanting to spruce it up a bit to make it even cozier and more welcoming? Transform every inch of wall space in your living room into something practical, artistic, and lush with these DIY wall decor ideas. 

VIHALS living room set-up
VIHALS living room set-up

DIY garden living room decorations

Bring the outdoors inside your home and design your living room walls with potted plants and artificial plant walls.

Display potted flowers for a floral touch

Feel nature’s warmth by adding potted plants and injecting some color into your living room. Hang a shelf on the wall and get creative with displaying these colorful plants.

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FEJKA plants in living room
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Enjoy a wall of greens

Install artificial plant walls and enjoy a lush living room. The best thing about this DIY wall decor is that you don’t have to worry about having a green thumb.

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FEJKA wall mounted plants
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Embrace nature’s beauty

Love flowers and everything floral? Have a look at our DIY flower decorations to see how you can transform your living room into a floral haven.

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SMYCKA flowers
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Great ideas for a spruced up living room

You don't have to give up style or comfort when adding functional elements to your living space with these DIY living room wall decor ideas:

Living room set-up

Functional DIY ideas for living room walls

  1. Have a place for thinking
    Make your living room a meeting place for all ideas by hanging a magnetic memo board. Use it to organize your thoughts, set reminders, or reminisce about life with pictures.
  2. Create messages with style
    Craft your messages on a dark gray pegboard with 426 letters, symbols, and numbers. This DIY wall decor for the living room allows you to greet visitors, leave notes, or simply remind yourself with a quote.
  3. Keep everything at arm's length
    Organize every item in your living room with a storage board set. Store everything from pens to smartphones on this multi-purpose board, which features a shelf, a container, clips, and hooks.
  4. Display your favorite things
    Display everything you like on a bamboo picture ledge, such as plants, pictures, trophies, and more. This DIY wall decor for your living room allows you to switch up your decorations whenever possible.
  5. Keep everything organized with wall shelves
    Get more things in order by installing wall shelves. These wall shelves have a modern design ideal for displaying books, toys, plants, and everything else.
  6. Get extra storage with wall cabinets
    Limited living room space? Make it feel more spacious by mounting small cabinets on the wall. Adjust the design of the shelves to your liking and store your belongings inside for extra living room space.
  7. Convert a space to hang clothing, bags, and hats.
    Never forget your bag, jacket, or hat again with a mounted hanger rack in your living room. This wall storage that doubles as a wall decoration helps store items you frequently use and need when traveling.
  8. Add more illumination
    Use a wall lamp  that cast light up, down, and in between the metal shades to illuminate your living room's walls. Its design creates a cozy atmosphere, perfect for a relaxing evening with your loved ones.
  9. Save space with a mounted table
    Make the most of limited floor space with a mounted drop-leaf table drop-leaf table on your living room wall. Its sleek and simple design makes it the ideal shelf and table for eating, reading, and writing.
  10. Keep track of time in style
    Always be aware of the time with a decorative wall clock with large and readable numbers. Its classic pocket watch design is timeless, making it ideal for an old-fashioned DIY living room wall decor idea.