How to Refresh Your Space With French Country, Cozy Home Decor

I have recently taken down all of my Christmas decor items, and I want to make sure my house feels warm, cozy, and inviting once again. I know that whenever I put away all of my Christmas decorations my house always seems so bare and lifeless at first.

To remedy that, I am going to focus on setting out some new cozy home decor pieces. I am confident that these French country decor ideas are just what is needed here.

Master bedroom

I am going to start my French country decorating project in the master bedroom. I love making my bedroom super cozy and coming in here at the end of the day.

I find it so relaxing to see my bed made so I can just dive in and fall asleep.

I have this picture here on my wall, and I love the pops of red in here, however, I was really getting tired of the gold frame. Because of that, I am going to take that off the wall, take it apart, and paint it white.

The paint I am using is Rust-Oleum satin finish in all white.

While that is outside drying, I am going to make a little bouquet of flowers. I love putting fresh flowers in my bedroom.

Sometimes I use silk flowers, but there is nothing like having a bouquet of fresh-cut flowers on your nightstand.

There is a Casablanca lily in here and when that blooms it will make my whole bedroom smell amazing.

Taking a step back and seeing how everything looks right now, I really like the bareness of the wall with just those sconces. I feel like it is very refreshing and it does not have a crowded feeling.

My bedroom is extremely small, and I almost do not need to put this frame back on the wall, but I really need some color in here.

This is what the frame looks like all painted after I let it dry outside for a day a day and a half.

I want to add just a subtle hint of color in here besides all of the white, so I dug through my closet and found some pillow covers that I made a really long time ago with some inserts that fit perfectly in them. That blue color is perfect for the winter months, and I love that pretty lace on the ends. It adds to that romantic feel in here.

Lighting a candle makes everything complete with the flowers and all of those fluffy pillows, giving me those comforting vibes in here.

1. Family room

Now that the bedroom is complete, we're going to head downstairs into the family room. As you can see, I do not have anything on the sofa or anything on the mantel. I have everything cleared away at the moment, so there is not much to look at.

All the rooms in my home are not very big, so it does get a little challenging when I want to add any type of French country decor.

I have been trying to add less lately, and I am loving it because before I would just throw a ton of decorations into a room, and even though it would look pretty, after a while it would start to give me a cluttered feeling.

That being said, I am going to try not to do that as much and see what happens, but I'm going to at least add some fluffy pillows to the sofa.

A really simple way to incorporate some French country decor in the living room is to make your sofa look inviting and cozy is by adding simple things, like big, fluffy pillows and super comfortable throw blankets.

Since we are still in the winter months, I wanted to keep things simple and very neutral, so I am throwing my white fluffy blanket on here and then I'm going to add this longer pillow. I love the colors in here, and I feel like they're slightly warm and very neutral.

I have a couple of big, fluffy pillows that are all neutral colors, and it doesn't overwhelm the eye with a ton of bright colors and different patterns, so that is what I am going with. I am adding a pop of color for that long pillow and then neutrals for the rest.

I found this chair at the thrift store the other day, and it was only $11. I could not pass it up. I plan on recovering it, and I think I am going to strip the trim and just give it a barewood look.

Now we're going to decorate the mantel and I want to keep it simple.

I want to go with some warm candles in different sizes and textures. I had this pretty urn, and I am sticking a larger candle in there.

I also have these little pedestal candle holders that I am placing up there as well.

I love that they are different colors, but all the candles are white.

1. Dining room

Now, I am going to switch out this planter box that I have in my hutch. I have some pretty burgundy flowers in the planter box at the moment.

I am going to switch them out to some whites.

1. Kitchen

Now, we're going to head into the kitchen.

First, I am just going to switch out my valance to a white one.

Next, I am giving this countertop a little bit more life with a faux plant and some fresh flowers.

I am going to get my diffuser started after that, and I am going to be diffusing some lavender and rosemary.