In the days leading up to January 1, there's a delirious energy, revving its engines to start afresh. Motivation and aspiration peak around the New Year, and we're all busy making promises to ourselves. In 2025, you will look at your phone less. You will work out at least two times a week. And, you will finally clean out the office/pantry/hall closet. That yen to declutter is almost universal; so much of our happiness is tied to our environment, its no wonder then that home projects often make an appearance on our New Year's resolutions. The urge to revamp your home isn't unique to design newbies. Even interior designers, the experts who spend all year decorating other peoples homes, often have their own projects piling up. (See, they're just like us!) And their plans for home improvement can serve as a blueprint for our own. To help jumpstart our design to-do list and facilitate creating a more streamlined and calm home, we checked in with six interior designers to see what they are planning to tackle in 2025. Spoiler alert: Decluttering and rethinking the post-pandemic home office are top tasks.Related StoriesExcise the ExcessDaniel Cortez//Getty ImagesFor the New Year, San Francisco-based designer Jon de la Cruz of DLCID is making an effort to get rid of the extra stuff cluttering his cabinets. Instead, he wants to focus on the items he really loves and needs. "It's a reset from the past few years of padding my nest during (and after) the pandemic," explains de la Cruz. His first task: editing his kitchen and pantry. "Between the amount of china glass and serve ware that I've collected over the yearsand even the abandoned spices and cans from the ambitious recipes I never madethese spaces definitely need thinning out."Designer Nicole Arruda of Nicole Alexandra Design recently purchased her first home, an old Spanish revival in Larchmont, N.Y. Her resolution is to streamline her collection before moving into the new space. "I'm letting go of excess dishware, towels, bedding, and more clothes than I'd care to admit, along with dcor pieces that no longer resonate with me," she says. "What I'm keeping are the vintage treasures, artwork, and everything else that continues to inspire me."Transition a Kid's Room to a Tween RoomElliott FuernissA bedroom by Atelier DavisWhen kids hit milestone agesin interior designer Jessica Davis' case that would be 10 (double digits!) and 13 (teenager!)it's time to revamp their rooms. "I want to make their rooms less juvenile and better places for them to hang out with their friends and do homework," says the Atlanta-based designer and founder of Atelier Davis. An instantly impactful first step is to remove the childlike wallpaper in each room and replace it with fun paint color. In her daughter's room, her plan is to bring in a sage green dresser, and add a built-in desk/vanity in an existing niche with a fun lamp and mirror. To finish the space, Davis will update the bed with a half-round wall-mounted headboard and new nightstands. In her son's room, which the designer says is pretty small, she plans on adding built-ins that include a closet ("right now he uses a locker as a closet"), a long desk surface, and shelving. Sort Out The Home OfficeNicole PapierPapiers Craft RoomThe pandemic created huge shifts in the way we live and work at home. While some of us are returning to in-person office life and are reclaiming that home workspace for other purposes, others now know they are permanently working remotely. And for them, it's time to double down on a home office. During Covid, Charlotte-based designer Natalie Papier's kids' craft room became her spouse's office. "Now that my husband works there so much, the mood doesn't fit the decorespecially when he's on a Zoom call," says Papier. The art-loving designer, who just released a book called Start with the Art, says the quickest way to change up a vibe is with paint color. "The ceiling currently is this very vibrant blue with a grid wallpaper on the walls," says Papier. "So I'm going to take off the wallpaper and repaint the room in a moody cognac brown color." Shes then going to layer in new lighting so there's different levels throughout the day. And finally, she'll find another home for the taxidermy marlin hanging in the back of the desk.Refresh the BedroomPhoto : DOUGLAS FRIEDMANOver the past few years, de la Cruz has focused his home projects on his living spacespecifically, integrating a work-from-home area that's both functional and attractive. Now that the designer is going into the office regularly, he's ready to makeover his bedroom. On his wish list: a new mattress set, a custom bed assembly with integrated nightstands, and, of course, new crisp luxury sheets. "The perfect nightstand has a drawer (for storage) and open shelf below for charging a device and slipping a book into, and a pullout tray for a water bottle and a pair of glasses," says de la Cruz. For his narrow bedroom, he's integrating wood nightstands with a fully upholstered headboard panel. "I'm cleating it to the wall to take advantage of every inch," he says. As for bedding, he's coveting Linen Society's cool and crisp Vintage Percale. Upgrade Tech In-House and In the GarageFuse//Getty ImagesOne New Year's to-do on designer Sondra Ganz's list is to streamline the bluetooth sound capabilities in her San Francisco home. "Right now we have miscellaneous bluetooth speakers that need to be charged all the time in addition to these really cool-looking old-school speakers," explains the founder of Studio Ganz. "I want to find the right balance between invisible technology and purposeful sound decor so we can enjoy music in various rooms of our home more easily." Another tech project on her list is to upgrade the electrical and wall storage in the garage to accommodate the familys hybrid vehicle and bicycles.Find Your Home Decor Holy GrailDaniel Drobik / 500px//Getty Images"We've been looking for the perfect dining chairs for 10 years," Ganz says. "This is the year Im committed to making that happen." Since dining chairs are a big investment, Ganz and her husband are on "the second round of 'test' consignment chairs" to see what style and fit they like best. "Investing in some temporary furniture that you can resell easily is a great way to test proof a concept," she says.Art is another room-changing item that takes a time to find the perfect pieces. Finding the right piece requires combing through sites, galleries, flea markets and more. "We were never really able to finish finding art for our house," says San Francisco-based designer Regan Baker of Regan Baker Design. This is the year she is ready to invest in pieces for several walls throughout their home and especially to their stairwell. Once that mission is accomplished, 2025 will be shaping up beautifully.Follow House Beautiful on Instagram and TikTok.