Monday, April 25, 2011

What's Your Style?

Anybody here watch the HGTV show named Secrets of a Stylist?  Decorator Emily Henderson is the host. She quizzes her clients and diagnoses their design styles. I love the names she comes up with, like Eclectic Cool, or Mad Men Bohemian for their decorating preferences. I would love to know what name she would assign to my this and that style. Maybe I would be Frustrated Artsy Mod English Country. What do you think she would name your style?

I'm a lover of stuff.  Especially when it is artfully arranged on shelves or hanging on the walls.




The pictures on the wall are actually framed book covers, which I think is a clever idea for a different kind of art.
I love color, so I'm always attracted to rooms with rich hues and shades.

But most of all, I love rooms that are flooded with natural light. There is no substitute for big windows and wide open spaces.

What about you?  What kind of room would you be at home living in?
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12 comments:

  1. Lisa at GreenbowApril 25, 2011 at 6:38 AM

    I don't watch that show but I like the idea of different names for styles. These names seem more to the point. My style is hmmmm. Isn't it difficult to name ones own style. I do know that our house colors are very brown and green. I had a black and white cat once and she stood out like a sore thumb. She couldn't hide anyplace. Ha... Maybe you would say my style is Earthy Traditional with a touch of whimsy. I think the word Ecclectic would fit here too.

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  2. Sandi Linn AndersenApril 25, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    I'm hooked on Emily Henderson and like you, love the names she gives to a person's style. I am trying to figure out if I have a style. New furniture for our living room arrives tomorrow and the 1980's stuff has been sent to the basement. Maybe my style would be called "Out with the old, in with the new!" LOL!

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  3. CharApril 25, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    actually i think the mad men bohemian suites me. i love comfy, early to mid-century (20th), vintage, but i love touches of gypsy/bohemian with candles, throws, etc. in the kitchen i want comfortable farmhouse but modern.

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  4. GailOApril 25, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    I must have similar tastes to you as I love all these photos you posted...I think they would call my style "Hand-me-down and flea-market eclectic"

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  5. Betsy BrockApril 25, 2011 at 10:28 AM

    I'm such a mix of interests, too. I love all the photos you chose here. Lots to look at and great conversation pieces. I have walls and shelves just like these...love my 'stuff'. The problem is dusting! ha. It's impossible.

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  6. UnknownApril 25, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    So I'm curious any of the above taken from your home? I know silly question. I don't have full cable so have not seen this show. It might be a good thing I don't because I would not get anything done. :)

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  7. DarylApril 25, 2011 at 12:56 PM

    We made the move from college dorm to adult when we bought the love seat and got the lady slipper arm chair ... my style is cluttered with a lot of what Toonman calls 'still lifes' .. what you call artfully arranged stuff, LOL ... eclectic is my style ... sort of cottage/Boho ...

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  8. julie kingApril 26, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    of all the photos you've posted the style closest to mine is all the letters on the yellow wall. looove that! my style would be called vintage boho mid-life crisis. hee hee

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  9. soulbrushApril 26, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    these are absolutely lovely- and so neat and tidy, I live in a messy (but clean) place which I guess I must like. Every know and then I fervently tidy everything away only for it to start reappearing within ten minutes.

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  10. BethApril 26, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    I like much of what you like, but would not think, on my own, to make such combinations!

    I'm a bit schizophrenic in my style preferences. Half of me strongly likes airy, white, barely there decor, and the other half loves wild eclectic color (Anthropologie!)

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  11. Pat @ Mille Fiori FavoritiApril 27, 2011 at 9:49 PM

    My style is comfy and lived in. I like "stuff: and books, too, and have a lot of collectibles neatly arranged. I also have lots of family photos on the wall in mismatched frames. I love my house to be lived in!

    I hope all these bad storms and tornados are far away from your area, Stevie. It has been a terrible tornado spring so far!

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  12. Betsy BrockApril 28, 2011 at 7:21 AM

    checking on you...those tornadoes were all around you! Are you ok?

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