# Drew Barrymore: Designing Her Home as a Meditative Practice

**URL:** <https://home.renovation.reviews/t/drew-barrymore-designing-her-home-as-a-meditative-practice/34959>\
**Category:** Interior Design\
**Created:** [September 10, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/drew-barrymore-designing-her-home-as-a-meditative-practice/34959 "2025-09-10T17:35:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/drew-barrymore-designing-her-home-as-a-meditative-practice/34959/1 "2025-09-10T17:35:14Z")

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Introduction

Actress, talk show host, and entrepreneur Drew Barrymore has revealed that home design plays a deeply personal and restorative role in her life. For Barrymore, the process of transforming her living space goes beyond aesthetics—it functions as a form of meditation, helping her achieve clarity, calmness, and balance.

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Home Design as Meditation

Barrymore describes designing her home as a therapeutic act, likening it to meditation.

The process allows her to be present, creative, and mindful while reshaping her environment.

She embraces hands-on involvement, from wielding a hammer to selecting décor, making the process both artistic and grounding.

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Key Design Philosophy

1. Creating Wellness Spaces

At the 2025 Real Simple Home, Barrymore designed a “feel-good” room inspired by a spa waiting area.

Painted in Valspar’s Rosy Sandstone and filled with cozy furniture from her Walmart “Beautiful” line, the room promotes calm and restoration.

It includes wellness tools like Bala Balance Blocks and a Stakt fitness mat, supporting both physical and emotional well-being.

1. Downtown Rustic Aesthetic

Barrymore describes her style as “downtown rustic”—a blend of city sophistication and rustic warmth.

She incorporates bold florals and earthy tones, reflecting her love for nature and artistic playfulness.

1. Tidiness Equals Clarity

Barrymore believes a clean home brings mental clarity: “Your head is as messy as your room is.”

She instills this principle in her daughters, teaching them the value of maintaining an organized environment for emotional balance.

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Everyday Mindfulness

Beyond design, Barrymore finds meditation in simple daily routines.

She has previously shared how doing laundry felt restorative during her teenage years, offering a sense of control and peace.

This reflects her broader approach: ordinary acts can become rituals of mindfulness.

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Broader Impact

Barrymore’s design philosophy resonates with a growing cultural trend where home is viewed as a sanctuary for wellness and mental health. By combining creativity, order, and mindfulness, she demonstrates how design can be a tool for emotional well-being, not just decoration.

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Conclusion

For Drew Barrymore, home design is far more than an aesthetic pursuit—it is a form of meditation, a way to find calm, and a path to emotional clarity. Through creating restorative spaces, embracing tidiness, and finding mindfulness in everyday tasks, Barrymore has redefined design as a practice of self-care and healing.

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**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/drew-barrymore-designing-her-home-as-a-meditative-practice/34959/2 "2025-09-10T17:36:23Z")

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Truly inspirational and motivational

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**Author:** ![Yungstar](https://home.renovation.reviews/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/71c47a/32.png) [@Yungstar](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/Yungstar)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/drew-barrymore-designing-her-home-as-a-meditative-practice/34959/3 "2025-09-10T17:36:26Z")

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This is a really good work

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**Author:** ![Bobby\_Michael](https://home.renovation.reviews/user_avatar/home.renovation.reviews/bobby_michael/32/2057_2.png) [@Bobby\_Michael](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/Bobby_Michael)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/drew-barrymore-designing-her-home-as-a-meditative-practice/34959/4 "2025-09-10T17:43:09Z")

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Gained lots of ideas from this

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**Author:** ![iamade147](https://home.renovation.reviews/user_avatar/home.renovation.reviews/iamade147/32/9369_2.png) [@iamade147](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/iamade147)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/drew-barrymore-designing-her-home-as-a-meditative-practice/34959/5 "2025-09-10T17:43:12Z")

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Wow she’s so good in renovations

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**Author:** ![Bianca](https://home.renovation.reviews/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Bianca](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/Bianca)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/drew-barrymore-designing-her-home-as-a-meditative-practice/34959/6 "2025-09-10T17:43:30Z")

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Thank you for sharing this

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**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/drew-barrymore-designing-her-home-as-a-meditative-practice/34959/7 "2025-09-10T17:46:53Z")

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I’m learning new things here man

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**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/drew-barrymore-designing-her-home-as-a-meditative-practice/34959/8 "2025-09-10T17:47:37Z")

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Thanks for the update

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**Author:** ![Michelle\_Brown](https://home.renovation.reviews/user_avatar/home.renovation.reviews/michelle_brown/32/2325_2.png) [@Michelle\_Brown](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/Michelle_Brown)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/drew-barrymore-designing-her-home-as-a-meditative-practice/34959/9 "2025-09-10T18:57:07Z")

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Definitely worth the effort and time.

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**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/drew-barrymore-designing-her-home-as-a-meditative-practice/34959/10 "2025-09-10T18:57:28Z")

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She is a pioneer lol

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**Author:** ![MichaelRobert](https://home.renovation.reviews/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@MichaelRobert](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/MichaelRobert)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/drew-barrymore-designing-her-home-as-a-meditative-practice/34959/11 "2025-09-10T19:01:15Z")

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What a great idea friend

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**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/drew-barrymore-designing-her-home-as-a-meditative-practice/34959/12 "2025-09-10T20:17:07Z")

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Nice article right now because I love this

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**Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/drew-barrymore-designing-her-home-as-a-meditative-practice/34959/13 "2025-09-11T02:04:10Z")

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Hone renovation is definitely creative
