Add A Natural Touch To Your Home Decor With A Joanna Gaines Style Tip (It's Free!)

Styling a space can feel intimidating sometimes. From the furniture layout to the finer details of decor, there's a lot to factor in. But don't get bogged down by trying to select the perfect pieces for your home. Lifestyle icon and interior design queen Joanna Gaines encourages you to prioritize the story your home tells over the actual stuff you accumulate. Sure, our furniture and decor lends a hand in expressing that story, but it's not necessary to stress over garnering all the latest trendy items for your interior design to look it best. In fact, so much of what contributes to the soul of a space doesn't even cost money. You would be surprised how much you can elevate your decor by foraging around your backyard for natural elements to bring inside for a natural touch.

"The simplest thing you can do, especially in spring, is go forage in your own yard for early blooms or branches and give them a place on your dining table or kitchen counter in a vase that you love. It costs nothing, and I promise you'll have so much fun getting outside and letting yourself be curious and creative," Gaines told Good Housekeeping. Whether you're collecting flowers in the warmer months or branches and dried foliage as the seasons change, there are so many bits and pieces of nature that you can bring into your home to cultivate a beautiful, warm atmosphere.

Even with our concrete buildings and sprawling cities, at our cores, we still crave a connection to nature. While we don't all have access to hiking trails and untouched natural areas, we can still bring those natural elements into our homes. Each season has its own beauty to offer. Look around your backyard or local park for wild florals, foliage, seed pods, branches, pine cones — whatever catches your eye. To create a stunning flower arrangement every time, keep the 60-30-10 rule in mind. Pick a primary color that will make up 60 percent of the arrangement, a secondary color that will make up 30 percent, and a final color to fill in the last 10 percent. You can also feel free to divert from this rule if you want to go for a more monochromic look or add even more color.

Handpicked floral arrangements are just one decorative detail that Joanna Gaines suggests to create more of a natural flow in your home. "Whether it's through new plants and florals, I swap out my blankets and throw pillows for lighter fabrics like cotton and linen in a softer color palette or delicate pattern," Joanna shared with Good Housekeeping, "Then I incorporate any natural elements, like woven baskets and ceramic pots, into different spaces. Texture that feels heirloom, like it was always there, has a way of warming up a space in a really natural, organic way." Keep the story of your home at the heart of your design with natural elements that feel meaningful to you, not because they're trendy but because they are yours.