Prime Highlights
- A new report by Houzz identifies painted interior doors as a fast-growing home décor trend that delivers a strong visual impact without major renovation.
- Designers say adding color to doors helps homeowners express personality while creating depth, polish, and a refreshed mood in any room.
Key Facts
- Experts recommend choosing timeless shades such as deep blacks, earthy blues, and muted greens, while avoiding overly trendy tones that may date a space quickly.
- Proper preparation, including cleaning, sanding, priming, and using a durable high-gloss finish, helps prevent chipping and ensures long-lasting results.
Background:
More homeowners are now choosing psychology-based interior design to improve their daily lives, and Olga Naiman is leading this trend. Through her practice, Spatial Alchemy, she focuses on how a home feels, not just how it looks. She helps people create spaces that support their well-being.
With a background in psychology, Naiman begins by understanding her clients’ habits, goals and lifestyle. She then redesigns their homes to help them build better routines. Many clients say the experience feels life-changing, and some compare it to therapy.
Her approach is simple and practical. Instead of costly makeovers, she often uses things people already have. She advises removing 10 to 30 percent of belongings from each room and rearranging what remains. According to her, this simple step can instantly refresh a space without any cost.
The designer applied the same principles in her own life when she and her partner moved out of New York City in search of a calmer lifestyle. While living in a rental home with her family, Olga Naiman chose not to treat the space as temporary. She cut down on their belongings and brought in calming touches like earthy colours, soft fabrics and low furniture to create a peaceful setting.
Along with decluttering, she advises people to replace simple daily-use items, such as bedside essentials, with ones they truly like. She says small, beautiful objects can lift mood and improve everyday routines. She also recommends that televisions should not be the main focus of a room. Instead, homeowners can place the TV to the side or blend it with artwork or wall designs.
As more people seek comfort at home, Olga Naiman shows that small design changes can improve daily life.
