15 Steps to Improve Your Notion Dashboard Aesthetics:

1. Use Dark Mode (Ctrl + Shift + L)

• From a purely aesthetics point of view you can't deny that dark mode looks way better.

• It's also a lot easier on the eyes.

2. Use Animated Covers

• You can upload GIFs as Notion covers and icons

• Checkout my Notion cover Pinboard for 100+ animated pixel covers:

  
  

3. Hide database titles

• Hide all of your database titles

• It looks messy and there is a better way…

4. Remove database view names

• Rename database views with a space to remove the text

5. Rename database views

• If you need names for your views, use lower-case letters

• It just looks a lot cleaner

6. Add icons to your database views

• Change the default database view icons

7. Group list views to relations

• Organize list view databases to relations with icons

8. Put databases inside of callout boxes

• Set the callout box color to default and drop your database inside

9. Add an icon and title to your callout box

• Add an icon to your callout box

• Add your database title in bold, underlined, and add a color

10. Create multi-column layouts

• Drag callout boxes next to each other to create multi-column layouts

• Build out your dashboard

11. Use template buttons for icons

• Add icons to all your database entries by using template buttons

12. Change how relations are displayed

• Change the relation property to show as it's own section or as minimal

• Select which properties you want to show

13. Organize separate pages into 1 database

• Instead of having 10+ pages in your sidebar, add them to a list-view database

• Group and organize these pages according to a relation

• Make the page open as a full-page default

14. Use widgets

• Widgets are a great way to add that extra bit of personalization to your dashboard

15. Use Notion Charts

• Visualize your monthly progress for your Habit & Finance Trackers