Decorating style

I think I'm part hippie. At least my DH tells me I decorate like one. My style is very eclectic...Nothing matches, but everything just sort of goes together. I love browns, gold's, olive green, and deep red. I am a.subscriber to HGTV magazine and I always see those bright colors they use and I like it, but it isn't me.

I am traditional, with a touch of country, I would say. I like things a little more casual than a true traditional.

We remodeled our main floor 2 years ago. I pinned everything I liked for the kitchen, then would periodically edit the pins. I'd show the pins to DH and delete what he didn't like. It really helped us narrow it down to what we both liked.

I would add that the older I get, the more minimalist I become. I like less clutter, fewer things on the walls, that sort of thing.

I go through phases when it comes to decor, right now
I'm into the farmhouse look. I love the distressed wood, cute signs, metal windmills, cotton still on the bush, shiplap. I blame Joanna Gains for all of this lol. I don't like it overdone though and not to cluttered.

It hasn't spilled over to my actual home yet..in fact as far as decor it's bare. We moved in back in July of 2016 and we have some home improvement things to get done like drywall so I want to wait until the drywall/painting gets up at least them I'll start adding things.

I don't know! Classic, slightly modern,?

Our first floor (main living) is earthy, beamed cathedral ceilings, brick wood burning fireplace decor that is creams, Browns, navy and kiwi.

The rest is more lighter--master bed and bath are beach glass colors, we wanted it to be easy to relax, sleep, and remind us of the beach we frequent.

No clutter, but original art on walls, pieces we love.

In living areas, I change out pops of color with season (pillows, bowls, plants and flowers).

We always have fresh flower arrangements in the house!

We live in a heavily wooded area so we like having our living space as an extension of the outdoors--we have girnormus windows and sliding doors with no curtains (except for one--purely decorative and not light blocking)

Southern traditional on the less frilly/floral end. Southern Living has always been my decorating bible.

I have an eclectic mix of traditional, farmhouse, mission style furniture and am not sure what my style really is lately. I gravitate toward warm, rich jewel-tone colors. The past couple years I have had a piece of gray furniture in the mix with an area rug that has some gray in it but also matches other colors from the house to pull it all together. It's ok, but feeling like I need some different - I just don't know what yet.

I would go with eclectic. My decorating theory is that if I like it, it goes.

Typically though, in reality is that I trend toward neutrals for the big stuff and the rest is the things I like. I have a lot of wood antique furniture. I don't like ornate antiques, so most of it has very clean lines like Mission/Arts and Crafts style but with a lot of it the kind of primitive, some dude made it out in the barn, style.  

Lots of natural stuff too, but mixed with some funky very modern pieces. For example, on my table is a metal woven bowl filled with shells, sea glass, and drift wood that I tend to pick up when I go to the beach. I am also not above picking up silly art work at Goodwill and putting it on the wall...like the very much amateur painting of a river that is signed on the back 'to grampa, love mark' ... it makes me smile to think someone did it for their grandfather.  Or the fact that I am currently using a vintage garden wrought iron and glass table as a side table in my living room. 

Anyway, there really is no rhyme or reason to a single thing in my world, but it all seems to work. 

Apparently my style is called transitional, which I'd never even heard of until last year when I did a "What is your Decorating Style" quiz. I like things as a balance between contemporary and traditional, muted colors (my house is almost all shades of gray) with splashes of color (my favorite is teal). I have a few plants, some wall art, but nothing over the top. I like a mixture of textures, like teal furry pillows on a gray leather couch, for example. It's neither masculine or feminine and I never get tired of it.

With that said, I appreciate visiting friends whose style runs to boho or modern or traditional. I just couldn't live in very iconically styled spaces for long.

Bookshelves. LOL!

I adore Craftsman style. As it stand, my house is your typical, boring Ranch. Though, there is color on the walls. I can not deal with white walls. The furniture style is eclectic. It's all been chosen because I love the peices.

contemporary/modern. Our home is a MCM/Frank Lloyd Wright mix of architectural design. Inside is lots of straight lines, muted colors, pieces or art. HUGE windows. I would have liked to build even more modern, but we have to sell the thing at some point of that style of home does not sell in the area we are in.

It was really hard to furnish - the kind of furniture that I needed (size/structure) is not available in my city. I had to go to Chicago to do all my finishes, fixtures, and furniture shopping.