What Is Your Decorating Style?

Melissa from The Inspired Room shared a fun design quiz link today. It is from HomeGoods.

I did the quiz and found out -

Deanna, you are a COUNTRY CLASSIC

You have a naturally refined sensibility with an appreciation for tradition and history. You value beauty, craftsmanship, and family heirlooms, but you like to open things up with pretty, easy-going pieces like painted wood or distressed furniture, lovely florals and other patterns, and bunches of fresh flowers that give your home a breezy, relaxed feeling. You love unique finds, have a thrifty, creative side, and can make these things work together.

You value comfort. Your home is a warm and open friendly place, and you feel happiest when everyone is cared for and relaxed in your space. Elements like pillows, throws, overstuffed furniture, and good lighting set the mood. You may also enjoy layering different fabrics or mixing patterns to create a cozy effect.

I think this is pretty accurate for me. My style has changed from my youth when I loved the Victorian look. After I married I wanted our home to be comfortable for both my husband and I, and for us it meant no frou-frou!

I used to equate the country look with geese, country blue and mauve colors and gobs of baskets hanging off the ceiling! The country look I like has come from loving the look of English Country homes. The houses are pretty, comfortable and warm. They are lived in. They have "hand me down furniture" and new things side by side.

Here are some photos from my home.

This is the girls bathroom. We used colors from Pottery Barn for Kids as inspiration.

This is the main bathroom - the one that is used by our company. I love the bold, red color.
This is my kitchen as seen from the living room. The wall color is "Palace Chambers Yellow" a Williamsburg paint color, by Martin Senour.

The chairs in this room and one of the couches are hand me downs or finds by the road. The computer hutch is a hand me down as well. The beautiful china hutch I inherited from my great grandmother.

This classic country look at my home is born from having no budget for decorating. I am thankful for friends and family who have passed furniture off to us. I also am not above stopping alongside the road to check out cast off furniture! I am always thinking of ways to make our home and furniture work for us! Rearranging, organizing, mixing things up. We practice hospitality in a huge way here at our home, so we like it to be comfortable, warm and usable. To me there is nothing worse than a guest who is worried about touching anything.

Take the quiz and let me know what your style is!