My still is definitely eclectic. I lean towards traditional, with a mix of antiques and newer pieces. Throw in a touch of cottage and english country and that's us!

tina

I'd say I'm more eclectic. Which I find is my biggest problem when trying to put a room together. I just like too many styles!

OT...Amy, I thought of you the other day when my friend sent me a classified listing from her work. Little 8 wk old Tibetan Terrier. Ohh..I was so temped!! But, we have 3 dogs already (including my TT). I swear that's the only breed I'll ever own again.

MT4B, it's funny....my little guy is so emotionally complicated. I love him to pieces, but I often think I will never have another TT! I sometimes wish I just had a simple, normal dog. Oh well, he's still my baby.

"Amy and ttodd: I think of all the homes I see on here, yours show the most unique style. I say unique, because many of the rooms I see are easy to analyze and understand why they work. When I look at Amy's house, it is definitely a case of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. It's happy and I love it, and it's not even my style. With ttodd, I could look at your pictures forever and still never figure out how you do what you do. Your home is ethereal.
Dee"

I agree.

They are my two favorite houses (and allison's kitchen). That's why I feel like I'll never be finished. I love so many different styles. Just adore Amy's use of color, rugs and art. The simpler lines of her furnishings, mixing of patterns and contemporary bent, with some vintage thrown in for good measure...just inspiring.

Ttodd's spaces are like what Funkyart and I used to call jeans and pearls , and it's done to a T. Mixing gorgeous vintage with some newer pieces, a true gift for accessorizing and a fearless use of unique color application (black ceiling).

Allison's kitchen is one that I could see myself giving up on my own designs, showing a GC her pics and just saying "I want what she has" .

Paint chips, thanks for the well traveled as travel is my favorite hobby. I opened an email from RH this morning as they were showing an antique? Paris map. I know that they are probably considered ubiquitous (I hate that word) but I've always wanted one. The price was an astonishing $1,799.

Think I'll pass. :)

Two different homes, old and new photos, in various stages of completion and seasonal decoration (eg, bookshelves in fam room are not arranged yet)

Phew, igloochic! Not that your rooms aren't wonderful, but I was having trouble picturing them together! Teehee. Having a four-year-old does make for interesting design decisions. I love the jungle bedroom, btw, and the big bear in the former coal room! I miss those days. Our style is now dictated by the dogs and invloves sheets over furniture most of the time. Oh well.

Parma, for the price of the RH map, you could fly to Paris and buy one from a stall on the west bank-lol. I have one I love that I brought back to my parents after a semester abroad in 1973. Bought it for about $3.00! I have it hanging in my house now. Even if the price has risen, it would be more fun than paying RH!

begoniagirl, from what I have seen of your home, it is my favourite. I think it exudes warmth and coziness. Love all the color and different elements. I think you may have converted me to liking wallpaper something I have never found appealing before. To me your style is english country. Hope to see more of your home.

Wow - so many great spaces!

First off Iglooo - I have to ask if you know anything about that square oak table setting between the 2 chairs in your LR? I picked up one exactly like it this summer at an antiques dive on Long Island. I got it for DD's bedside table. Talked them down from $60 to $30 and I hardly even tried!

whitdobe - Traditional?! Wasn't yours the home that was either featured for a Christmas spread or on a Christmas Tour? I love your use of red and green. I tried so often for a color combo like that but was never able to pull it off. And I kept trying - and failing. I (DH) was so happy when I realized my red and green shortcomings and learned to admire red and green spaces from afar - takes a certain knack to pull it off as well as you!

loribee - I'd also say traditional too. While all of your spaces are beautiful the pic of your DR is spectacular. Def. magaizine or blog worthy like Romantic Homes.

segbrown - Lets see - loks like a young updated version of classic country mixed w/ lodge and dabbed w/ some traditional elements. It's really great. Hmmmm - if Cottage Living were still around (insert brief moment of silence here) I could totally see your place in it. I really like your use of navy blue. Any tips? I just got a bunch of new pillow shams from PB that are navy, tan, cream and brown and I'd like to incorporate bits of navy in the rest of the house but have never attempted to use that color before.

Thanks for all of the really nice comments - clearly some of you remember my pics pre-Spring before I decided to totally change all of the color in the house and redecorate w/o buying making any new major purchases. I can't wait to be able to show real (ok - staged) pics of the rms. once some of the final things arrive over the next few months and I pull it all together.

Here are the words that come to mind -- it isn't necessarily a style, but the immediate association I drew

judydel: scrubbed farmhouse
loribee: romantic
igloochic: versace (summer), layered (winter)
ttodd: parchment (don't ask me, it just popped in my head -- probably has to do with the photos/documents/textures/colors)
parma: accessories (probably because I don't have any right now)
amysrq: smart
whitdobe: proper

declansmom: funky antique (I think, pics are small)

ttodd, I have no sage advice on blue. I've just always loved it, and it seems pretty easy to use as far as accessories. Blue and white china, blue pottery, blue in oriental rugs, and different shades of blue can look really cool together. (As opposed to different shades of red, which can be tough.) Oh ... I just thought of tips: the new House Beautiful is all about decorating with blue!

It's funny about PB pillow covers. Behind the *other* door in this armoire is a huge stack of pillows and covers, most of which are from PB. Batiks, crewels, things like that. I switch them out a lot, depending on season/holiday/level of boredom.

Scrubbed Farmhouse I love that. And it's very appropriate since my DH is scrubbing all that travertine as I write!

What about Prill? Maybe Americana?

And what about for your comfortable abode Seg?

oh, I thought I had done prill. My head said New England

How about a contemporary eclectic twist 1960's style.
DR and LR are under construction. We are trying to decide if we want to add moldings and we need a buffet and art, etc. Drapes are temporarily hung and are stationary. Chandy is a little higher than recommended due to view from stairs. The entry way color is deeper than the photo. It's teal blue.

I'm French Country/English Cottage girl. I love things with curves and softness, and things that are gently worn. Lately I've been trying to figure out how to make my french country look a bit more edgey...french country has a tendency to become a litle too sweet, IMO.

I need to figure out how to post pics so I can show you some of my rooms..

This is so fun...rather like snooping in windows to see how people decorate!
Lovely pix~

"I'm French Country/English Cottage girl. I love things with curves and softness, and things that are gently worn. Lately I've been trying to figure out how to make my french country look a bit more edgey...french country has a tendency to become a litle too sweet, IMO."

Andreadeg, I know just what you mean. That's what I run into, also. What you call sweet I call precious .

I've ended up with a couple too many curves and not enough angles.

It's a challenge, isn't it?

segbrown - we must have been typing our posts on things we love at the same time. They're pretty similar - old pine - blue and white - antiques. I LOVE your amour - it's beautiful. And that pine mirror on the mantle in one of your pics - I've been hunting and hunting for one just like that.

I need help,
I think my style is early american dog hair.

Here are some quick picks maybe you can help me figure
it out so I can order fabric to have drapes, kitchen
curtains etc.. made.

Thanks in advance.

My favorite color to decorate with is Red.
But I am having trouble. I blame it on this rug that
I fell in love with but it does not quite go with
my leather sofa. The sofa is more a deep velvet red rather
than the cherry it looks on the monitor.

My rug, please ignore the dog hair, I was playing
on GW when I should have been cleaning....

Help what do I put on the fireplace now.
And ignore the ugly dog bed on the floor.

My kitchen. Recently painted a soft grey sage that has
been muted to almost white.

This is before it was painted the soft grey sage white
I have this picture so you can see how dark the floors are

My floors is two different colors. Dark on 1/2 of the house
and light on the other. I was going to have the lighter
color made darker like the rest but I kinda of like it.
Does it look tacky?

My red dining room

My house. Do I follow the style of my home? What
style is this? Center colonial with a flair for modern?

Thanks everyone.

~Boxerpups

Please dont hate me, but I dont like the two different floor colors. I LOVE the color of your dark floor. I think the dark color would look amazing with your red sofa and area rug.

Prill, I actually bought that mirror at Hobby Lobby, but it was a few years ago. I have no idea if they still carry them.

Roseabbey,

In person it looks nicer but your right. I was going
to have my floor guys come out last Oct.
I keep putting it off becasue I am not sure what
I want or like. I am in decorating purgatory.

I agree it will look so much better when the entire first
floor is done in the dark stain.

Thanks for your vote. Now p-lease please help me with
the rest of my house.

I think I need to loose the rug too.
~boxerpups

Here's my dining room, it's the only room that usually stays clean. It's not a formal room, nor is it an "eat in kitchen". There's a peninsula separating it from the kitchen.

What style would you all call this? Ignore the wreath on the wall, I put it there until I figure out what to do with it.

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TT you're kidding? 30 bucks? Does yours have the dolphin feet?

A store on the top of the hill does reproductions of my table...they run around $300. They have an original at $500 available but it's not as nice (not that mine is beyond perfect...I have water marks on the top from all the freaking plants they kept here...all the tables do I think). But still 30 bucks...no fair missie LOL

Here's the table somewhat close up:(taken on a prepurchase visit)
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It's described in the inventory as "Victorian Dolphin Table" LOL Is that any help? I do know it's been reproduced so it must be a style that's not all that uncommon (since I doubt the mold was taken from my table heh heh). But I haven't found any online using that example. It's a fun side table though :) It throws the whimsey in my stuck up room that I think is necessary :)

Jerzee I never use cool colors...dont' ask me why, I just don't, but when I see your space I just want to take a paint brush to my golds and go icy blue :)

LOL Boxer....early american doghair!!!! Yes somewhere in my versace world lies about six inches of cat fur...disquised as a rug :) Often confused with the six inch tall fur dog...who looks like a dust mop...and I can never find the dust mop :op

Seg great descriptions :) I actually even get the parchment one....soft, elegant, something you want to touch when you see it...at least that's how I see the parchment.

I think my china is about as close to versace as I get :oP But layered...that one I embraced LOL I have layers of doiley, dust, cat hair, somewhere in there is furniture and then the carpet...that red carpet is painfully bad.

I'm interviewing wallcoverings today...what fun :) I'm trying to pull my versace into victoriana...

We should ask the question...if there was nothing stoping you (budget, time, family, life etc) what would your style be LOL

Igloo, I still want a vitrine like yours. :)

Boxerpups, I love your house! Are you wanting to decorate in the Early American style? If so, then your dining room is almost spot on. I grew up with EA so I feel like a pro on the subject. lol. Think "I Love Lucy's" country home. :) It was a great replica of Early American.

I'd get furniture in the same wood (usually medium stained maple), and get a sofa with wooden trim. Leather isn't EA, but your sofa is pretty.

Ohhh Parma Thanks you :) I am so excited, we finally got that thing finished and framed out (not in the picture above...that was just the box sitting in the wall). Now it has a picture frame molding around it so it has a nicer defination around the piece...terrible pics but here it is:

It used to sort of just jut out of the wall and now it's really much more like a hanging piece of art:

Anyhoo, terrible pics, but I sure do love that piece. If I had my druthers there would be a couple more in that room :) It's a great way to steal a bit of space when you have NONE for storage.

You know...I could use a few of those in the victorian....now that you remind me :) Obviously free hung verses built in, but still...e gads now I gotta go get inspired again LOL

I love threads like this as people end up posting lots of great pics. I truly really like everything I'm seeing here.

Lately I've been really drawn towards rustic and masculine things. I don't believe either are in my home!

I guess my style would be more traditional? Always a work in progress.
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I've eliminated some accesories & tweaked the arrangement since.
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Island's not done
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Ok I got brave and here are pics of my hodge podge lodge. it is of course a work in progress, will be done when I am done. going for comfy and cottagey. ah heck not in any kind of order. side porch,living room (13 1/2x26), kitchen, dining room this summer at DDs 21st birthday.All of the oils are by DD. I have fabric to make slipcover for the blue flowered chair but need to wait until more recovered from surgery. I can't find some of the stuff that my DH put away when Christmas came out. You can see the blizzard through some of the windows. and no the ac didnt get put away this year. Hitting submit before I change up my mind LOL
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SHeeshare, Can I ask what brand your dining chairs are I love them?

Cooper somehow knew it was your house before I even saw the name! I do think I saw your kitchen once before on here and I absolutely love it btw. Your home looks so comfy and cottagey.

sheshare I don't know what you were hesitant about. I love your home. It is very comfy and cottagey. And I love the blue print on that chair so if you don't get a chance to recover it don't worry : )

I guess I'm "casual contemporary"

Sue it's about time! I adore the white room. I can see myself with a cup of tea and a good book (and I rarely see that anymore let's be frank). Part of that vision is going to include you and little J in another room while I relax...but after he plays outside with you for a while you can both return...maybe not to the white room...he's rarely white!

We've had conversations about your daughter's talents in the past...but WOW sue she's a great artist. I hope that will feature somewhere in her future life.

Terriks...gorgeous colors! And I think you nailed your style wonderfully.

shesharee: warm
cooperbailey: charm
terriks: sushi (that's a compliment, not an allusion to raw fish)

Cooper, your art work is stunning. Truly gorgeous. I
wonder where the artist went to college. It looks so
familiar to me. I wonder if they went to UCLA or UNLV or
maybe in Washington State... I swear I have seen shoes
done like that in charcoal and graphite. I think yours
are oil. Wait, did you paint them?
And as for your house: I love how you decorate. It is
cottage with warmth, softness, pleasure and beauty all
rolled into one. Your favorite things about you.

Terricks, My dh would love how you decorate. Clean lines,
serious colors but a sense of radiance and beauty.
The warm textures abound but not overwhelm. They flow
together but create a space that is fresh but warm.

GWebbers,
I wish I had your talents to fix up my space.
~boxerpups

Judydel...we DO have the same rug- don't you love it?
I move it from room to room for fun, lol! Overstock?!?

Lovely pix girls....keep 'em coming!
It seems like most of us are traditional/eclectic~

This is SO interesting!

Our house is still completely in reno mode, with unpainted walls and an unfinished kitchen, but here are some shots. The brick wall, much as I like the charm of it, makes the kitchen just too dark, so at some point it will either be sheetrocked or skim-coated, and painted.

The living room is as yet unpainted; the red pan on the woodstove is a temporary steamer (will get black); the teak cases will go away because DH is building built-in bookshelves around the wood stove, and the couch will be replaced or reupholstered.

New master bath:

Master before the bathroom/closet area was renovated; it's slightly different now and we're adding a more traditional built-in white boookcase.

I have no idea what style this is!!! A lot of the quirky stuff is souvenirs from our travels, old family things, etc. Is this Transitional? Eclectic? What???

Here's another clue: photos of the DR in our last home. WE are looking for someplace in the new house to put the awesome steel sculpture, but can't find a big enough wall except over the master bed...

Thanks, I have never posted my rooms- cept for the kitchen.
Igloo- white room? which sue? I don't have any white rooms!LOL the color is actually a green called dancing light. The flash threw it off.
Cooper and Bailey would be thrilled to have J to play with in the snow!!
All of the paintings are by my DD - when she was in high school working from props in the art room. This is her last semester in college and she is taking painting for the first time there! Unfortunately she has informed me that her paintings - at least some will go with her when she gets her own place.:( Good thing I didnt splurge on frames for the shoes over the sofa, like I had planned.
Thanks, I am truly surprised that my rooms evoked postive reponses, especially with all of the variety, breathtaking rooms and talent on this forum.

staceyneil: so who's the architect? :-) alternatively, I thought "clean"

"Unfortunately she has informed me that her paintings - at least some will go with her when she gets her own place.:( Good thing I didnt splurge on frames for the shoes over the sofa, like I had planned."

Clue her in.

Hasn't she heard that "possession is 9/10 of the law"? :)

I think my style is old and I have a lot of junk!!

Igloo - sorry wrong table. It's the table in pic #4 that you posted (small Christmas tree is on it) and in pic #3 between the 2 chairs.

Boxerpups - but you have us!

I really like this thread in the fact that now I can associate even more places w/ members whose sign on's I only see. Love it!

segbrown-

Unless you live in Maine, you probably wouldn't recognize him. He does some residential but mostly schools and libraries and art galleries at universities and stuff.

My brother, on the other hand, is all over Google. He works at Snohetta in Oslo, Norway and has won a few important competitions for his rather out-there designs.

And my dad's wife is also an architect in Boston!

It's nice to have architects in the family, but it really puts the pressure our renovations--- are they up to their standards? ;)

parma LOL- that is exactly what I told her. Didn't work though. I do have slides as well as the photos saved on my computer. The photos were taken for her AP art portfolio, so I do know I can get them printed onto canvas.
But I am hoping that she will like her new work now that she is painting again and lets me keep these.

staceyneil, that wasn't actually a question, it was just a continuation of "thing that I thought when I looked at your interior." I thought, There must be an architect in the family. ;-)

Jaybird, i'm very interested to know where you purchased the 'sink decor'. LOL

At the Fuzzy Friends rescue :^) She is quite a character!!

LOL TT ok the turned leg oak tables :) More common than my dolphins but still for 30 bucks...you got a great deal. They are the quintessential victorian side table, seen in all shapes and sizes and almost always oak. You got it for about ten percent of it's value...nice work!