'Your home isn't weird enough, and that's why it looks like everyone else's' – this one piece of advice got me out of an interior design rut and now I think everyone needs to try it too

Image of an eclectic living room with white walls and a large yellow painting above a marble fireplace with a scalloped rattan chair and eclectic furniture.

I’ve always loved a perfectly styled room, but lately I’ve noticed how many homes –mine included – have started to play it a little too safe. And as somebody who looks at a lot of homes per day, I'm getting a little bored of such rigid interior design rules.

The antidote to my design rut? Weirdness. 'Your home isn't weird enough, and that's why it looks like everyone else's,' says Denver-based interior designer Lily Walters, opening her viral TikTok video.