Refresh Your Home With Trending Design Tips From Etsy's Decor Pros

Etsy’s resident trend expert Dayna Isom Johnson has the inside scoop on our hearts’ desires. She’s watched users comb through the marketplace’s handmade and vintage wares for more than a decade, and she has stats on what searches are spiking now. With all that experience and intel, one thing is very clear.

“People are ready to emerge like butterflies in the most beautiful, colorful way,” she says. “They’re integrating joy into their spaces and integrating things that are true representations of their personalities.” This spring and summer is all about “being in a space that’s a lived-in space — that looks like you, that feels like you.” From "it" items to the latest so-and-so-core, she’s here to reveal how Etsy’s must-haves can help you find your one-of-a-kind happy place.

Our interest in nature isn’t just evergreen, it’s branching out. Searches for nature-inspired decor in the first three months of 2023 grew to 218% of what they were over the same period a year ago. “I just love how we continue to see these iterations of nature continue to be sources of inspiration,” Dayna says. What’s budding now? Old-school takes on flora and fauna. “I love botanical-inspired wallpapers with vintage floral patterns,” she says.

BUY IT: (clockwise from top left) Chintz throw pillow; toile napkin set; chinoiserie table runner; toile cushion cover; floral poster set; vintage landscape wallpaper

Up 32% in searches since last year, toile art is bringing an air of sophistication and refinement to contemporary spaces. That said, today’s toile features colorways and motifs that situate them firmly in the 21st century. Consider this fierce fuchsia Brooklyn Toile designer Dana Schwartz used in her own Washington, DC, powder room. Paired with playful, monogrammed hand towels, it tweaks tradition in a way that acknowledges the past and looks forward at the same time.

Searches for floral items are up 118% this year as Virginia-based designer Jennifer Stoner demonstrates in this bedroom with a blossom-covered love seat and a ceiling papered with even more blooms. Well-chosen petals can give new builds complexity and character. The key to making prints like these feel fresh is to play with scale and placement. The oversized pattern she chose for the upholstery is a whimsical delight, as are the unexpected flowers overhead.