Determine Your Personal Style!

I wonder why we like the style that we do? Like cozy cottage with a hint of mid-century modern, organic modern, or farmhouse but with industrial hues..

So you can probably point to specific images and say "I like that!" but do you know what to call your style? To know this sure will help you put together a home you love so let's figure it out!

Determining your style can take a while, and making it a reality can take even longer. You can buy things to fill it up but intentionally collecting or making things will give it that warm cozy feeling, and you can't buy that!

Like have you ever walked into a OLD home and felt that homie feeling? Yeah, it took so many years and living in it to get that. The bumps in the stairway rails or quirky corners all is what makes a home - home.

First of all - embrace your home for what it is then make it work for you, adding your style along the way. If you're in an old home and the weird things about it are annoying, just remember they lived differently than us so they made it work for them.

So go through and take notes about which ones styles you like (tip: try to narrow it to 1-2). From there we can tie in your homes CORE style and make a game plan on how you can add or DIY things in your homes to make it your style!

Modern:

Clean lines, not a lot of color (outside of black or wood), big windows, open and airy spaces!

Fixtures: black accents

Cabinets: wood, white, or black low profile

Floors: wood with simple rugs

Textures: linen, smooth surfaces, leather

Tip: to make your home feel more "homie" use more wood.

Suggested Modern Color Pallet:

black, white, brown, tuape/grey, deep greens

Contemporary:

Touch of glam and maybe a tad more color than modern, but for sure more plays with shapes and pattern! Tables, chairs, doors, fixtures have fun designs but the main color is a clean white and texures are very much "classy" smooth and

Fixtures: black or gold accents

Cabinets: deep blue, white, grey, or black

Floors: wood, light stain or grey, with patterned rugs

Textures: Softer linen, even velvet

Suggested Contemporary Color Pallet:

Deep charcoal grey, midnight blue, light sage, camel brown, tuape/grey, and white.

Art Moderne

This design style came out after Art Deco, and sometimes can be confused!

Art Moderne emphazes horizontal lines, curvy movement, rounded edges, and sleekness (long lines, smooth walls) while Art Deco focuses on fun shapes and vertical movement.

Fixtures: black or gold accents

Cabinets: wood, white - flat panels

Floors: wood, light stain or grey, with patterned rugs

Textures: linen, smooth surfaces

Suggested Art Moderne Color Pallet: not a big fan of dark colors. Various off-white shades, rare pops of color.

Art Deco

I like to call it "elegant drama".. Uses fun shapes, rich colors, clean lines, luxurious materials, and loves symmetry. Think plush velvet couches, mirrored surfaces, lots of color contrasts, fancy lights, and patterned rugs!

Fixtures: brush bronze or brushed gold, crystal lights

Cabinets: painted fun colors, usually dark shades

Floors: dark stained wood, with patterned rugs

Textures: fun wallpaper, velvet

Suggested Art Deco Color Pallet: vibrate colors! Bold greens (or blue), yellow, dusty rose, a couple of neutrals to ground it.

Mid-Century

This style reigned 1930-1970 and is know for being minimalist with clean-lines, lots of fuctionality, well-crafted pieces, and timelines. I love elements of this style because it loves wood (yano those panels) and that makes it cozy. This style typically isn't "light and bright".

Fixtures: brush bronze or brushed gold

Cabinet: mid to dark wood with flat panels, most no pulls

Floors: dark stained wood

Textures: wood, simple shapes, organic elements

Suggested Mid-Century Color Pallet: 

Walls a creamy white, wood everywhere, pops of colors in furniture textiles.

Minimalist

The definition of "light and bright!" Using the bare elements to create a simple uncluttered space. Simplicity, clean lines, and a monochromatic palette with muted colors as an accent.

Fixtures: brushed gold or nickel

Cabinet: shaker style, thin trim.. white and sometimes mid-tone woods to warm it up.. do a dual tone kitchen!

Floors: mid to light wood

Textures: wood elements, glass, pottery, textiles, and canvas.

Suggested Mid-Century Color Pallet: 

Warm white, but can get away with bright bright, black, dark green, light blues, tuape-grey.

Scandinavian

Similar to Minimalist - this style is to take it down to the simplest of states to make a space feel airy, bright, and elegant. Lots of natural shades, lots of light and whites! Contrasts with black. Warm up the space with wood as well as softened aquas and nude tones in furniture, art, rugs, etc.!

Fixtures: nickel or silver

Cabinet: Flat panels, can get away with a skinny trim around it.. white and light to mid-tone woods to warm it up. Light counter tops - white or concrete color!

Floors: mid to light wood

Textures: Plants, wood, low profile cozy furniture, open shelves.

Suggested Scandinavian Color Pallet:

Lots of nudes, warm or cold white, lights greys, and muted aquas, and blues.

Shabby Chic

Loves vintage furniture and pieces, destressed of course, crystals,

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