50%
of surveyed U.S. homeowners plan to take on a renovation project in 2026.
Houzz, 2026 U.S. Houzz & Home Study, January 2026Smart Art Prints Reference
Home decor & wall art statistics
A current, sourced snapshot of the U.S. home-decor landscape, from decorating plans and renovation budgets to online retail and the wider arts economy.
Last updated September 2, 2026. Every figure links to its original source.
The latest picture
Home is still a place people choose to shape.
Wall art sits within a larger set of choices people make as they refresh rooms, personalize new spaces, and buy more of those finishing touches online. The figures below are useful context for writers, retailers, designers, and anyone following the market around the walls we live with.
At a glance
U.S. home decor and wall art statistics
41%
of surveyed U.S. homeowners plan to decorate their homes in 2026.
Houzz, 2026 U.S. Houzz & Home Study, January 2026$15,000
is the median planned renovation spend reported for 2026.
Houzz, 2026 U.S. Houzz & Home Study, January 202654%
of surveyed homeowners completed a renovation in 2024.
Houzz, 2025 U.S. Houzz & Home Study, April 2025$340.2B
in U.S. retail e-commerce sales was estimated for the second quarter of 2026.
U.S. Census Bureau, August 18, 202616.4%
of total U.S. retail sales came through e-commerce in the second quarter of 2026.
U.S. Census Bureau, August 18, 202612.4%
was the year-over-year rise in U.S. retail e-commerce sales in the second quarter of 2026.
U.S. Census Bureau, August 18, 2026$1.17T
was the value of U.S. arts and cultural economic activity in 2023.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, April 2, 20254.2%
of U.S. gross domestic product came from arts and cultural economic activity in 2023.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, April 2, 2025What the numbers show
Decorating decisions are part of a wider home investment.
The latest Houzz study points to steady interest in changing the home, with decorating remaining in the plans for more than two in five surveyed homeowners. That matters for the smaller details as much as the big projects, because art, color, and framing are often the choices that make a room feel finished.
At the same time, online retail remains a meaningful share of U.S. shopping. For people who want a personal, flexible way to update a room, a digital art download gives them control over the size, paper, and frame without waiting on a standard product format.
Methodology & sources
Where these figures come from.
Smart Art Prints compiles the most recent available figures from the named original publishers. Statistics describe the time period reported by each source and are not estimates of wall art purchases alone.
- Houzz, 2026 U.S. Houzz & Home Study, published January 2026.
- Houzz, 2025 U.S. Houzz & Home Study, published April 2025.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales, released August 18, 2026.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account, released April 2, 2025.
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Smart Art Prints. "Home Decor & Wall Art Statistics." Updated September 2, 2026. https://smartartprints.shop/home-decor-statistics
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