TikTok Design Trends – May 2025
Experts from NellyRodi’s Home Department share the latest TikTok trends from this month. Take a look at what’s inspiring our interiors right now:
Home Tech Is More Design-Oriented Than Ever
Increasingly present on TikTok, the Home Tech trend reflects a growing enthusiasm for smart, aesthetic, and practical domestic technologies. Tech is now serving health needs, with air monitoring devices cleverly disguised as decorative objects—whether hidden in an IKEA table or shaped like a bird perched on a branch that flips when air quality drops.
Conversely, sound is now being displayed more freely, with boldly designed speakers showcased as decorative centerpieces in interiors. Sound diffusion is no longer purely functional but has become an integral part of interior design.
Tech elements are also making their way into hobbies shared on TikTok: treadmills for home workouts, gaming setups, projectors, and other functional accessories are all featured in “Home Tech Aesthetics” rankings, valued as much for their design as their practicality.
@mr.jodigo Five of my favourite aesthetic home tech I use everyday! Which one do you need? 👀 Product mentioned: 1. @Birdie® 2. @KEF q concerto meta, @MorningBlues r1, @Transparent Speaker small glass speaker 3. @KingSmith WalkingPad US a1 treadmill 4. @simplehuman automatic soap dispenser 5. @LG Electronics USA cinebeam q #homedecor #interiordesign #tech #smartliving #hometech #cozyapartment #gadgets ♬ original sound – Jodi Go
Home Security as a Tool for Privacy
Security remains a major concern in the home, driven by several dynamics. With urban anxiety on the rise, tech innovations dedicated to safety are becoming more affordable. On TikTok, there’s a trend emerging around furniture, cabinets, and closets that appear perfectly ordinary but actually serve as secret safes.
At the crossroads of tech, psychological well-being, and personal empowerment, this trend also reflects a growing quest for privacy—through the use of smart door locks that are less about preventing burglaries and more about controlling access to certain rooms, creating a private sanctuary. For younger users, the bedroom is portrayed as a safe, intimate space—shared on social media but fiercely guarded in real life, where they can express themselves and retreat. This need for refuge is now being met more strongly through tech accessories.
@the.logan.walter Tap in lock out!!!#fingerprintdoorlock #homeaccessories #security #springtok #tiktokmademebuyit #fyp #doorlock ♬ act ii: date @ 8 – 4batz
@ghost_systems Are you sure?…🤡 #homesecurity #securitysystems #ikea #furniture #safebox #safe #hiddenstorage #realestate #techfurniture #realestate ♬ original sound – GhostSystems
Getting Rid of the "Cheap" Look
We’ve already highlighted the trend toward premiumization of interiors, with Gen Z sharing tips on how to give their homes a more upscale feel. But in recent weeks, the opposite has emerged. The “things that make your house look cheap” trend calls out items that supposedly make interiors look low-end. Among these are mass-produced or overly popular objects, deemed “throwaway” by users—illustrating the fashionization and acceleration of trends in home decor, and the increasing need to stage one’s interior aesthetic.
Overly matched furniture is also considered “cheap,” along with fake windows, fake fireplaces, neon lights, etc. Even essential items like cat trees or storage bins—recognized in the comments for their functionality—are not spared.
@spifforganizing Don’t hate me, just my opinion as someone who loves design 😮💨 . . . #homedecor #decor #interiordesign ♬ Anxiety – Doechii
