Why Do I Always Want to Redecorate? I Asked Psychologists to Explain What the Compulsive Urge Means, and How to Resist It

A living room with a white sideboard, checkerboard wooden flooring, a pink couch with green and striped cushions, and a dark amber table. Brown art and a framed painting are on the wall above the sideboard which holds a green lamp with a white shade, vases with flowers and a mirror.

Move the couch, swap the rug, shift the lamp, repeat. If this (or a similar) pattern of events runs through your mind much too often, then you're probably in a redecorating cycle that's tough to kick.

And with interior design trends being so much more in reach and often thrust upon scroll after scroll, it can be tough to stop and smell the roses by taking in the beautiful ambiance of your home for long.