What is this style called?

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Anonymous wrote:English Country in the US. Favored style of Boomers

I would so take this style over the "country kitch" style our Boomer parents are into. I guess the good news is that we can easily avoid inheriting a bunch more crap for our house as I have no space for milk jugs, butter churns, rag dolls, or rooster-themed anything.

That's a very dated view of country, I doubt it is the preferred style of most boomers, but I could be wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:English Country in the US. Favored style of Boomers

I would so take this style over the "country kitch" style our Boomer parents are into. I guess the good news is that we can easily avoid inheriting a bunch more crap for our house as I have no space for milk jugs, butter churns, rag dolls, or rooster-themed anything.

That's a very dated view of country, I doubt it is the preferred style of most boomers, but I could be wrong.

Milk jugs, butter churns and rag dolls are more 70's "country." And then in the 80's all the rag dolls went on a chintz acid trip.

OP's "country" is more about putting your flea market wire basket on top of a Queen Anne antique.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is interesting to me because after we did a dramatic decluttering of our last house to sell, I decided I liked the minimalist approach and kept it in our new house for a few years. However, we just finished an addition, and in the process of decorating, I’ve found myself purposefully heading toward a more “English Country (or whatever we’ve decided to call this)” aesthetic. The Family Stone house is too cluttered for me, but our house is an old cottage style house and warmer, more eclectic decor fits it well. I also decided to go for more color after admiring my friends’ houses that are minimalist gray or cream, but also realizing that they all look like they were from the same magazine layout. Beautiful, but no personality at all. I’ve decided to decorate to please myself.

Good for you. People will feel the care you out into your home intuitively.

Are you combining your new style with a sort of Marie Kondo approach - the things have to spark joy - or are you letting yourself be a little less rigid about it? I find in my house I am sort of mixing the two. I LIKE having stuff around but I am also trying to make sure I actually LIKE the stuff I have. So far so good, I guess?

I really did the Marie Kondo thing in a big way when we moved. That, combined with the fact that we moved to a bigger house, kept things pretty minimal for a while. I inherited some art & rugs that I love, and I’m otherwise just adding things slowly. I’m trying to only add things that seem perfect. I’ve got a space that needs a desk, but I haven’t found just the right thing yet. One thing about covid is that I’m not thinking so much about needing to get the house put together for visitors, so it feels easier to take my time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:English Country in the US. Favored style of Boomers

I would so take this style over the "country kitch" style our Boomer parents are into. I guess the good news is that we can easily avoid inheriting a bunch more crap for our house as I have no space for milk jugs, butter churns, rag dolls, or rooster-themed anything.

That's a very dated view of country, I doubt it is the preferred style of most boomers, but I could be wrong.

I’m a younger boomer with lots of older boomer friends, and most of my friend’s houses are all monochrome cream or gray. Maybe a few “beachy” accents, but no country kitsch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:English Country in the US. Favored style of Boomers

I would so take this style over the "country kitch" style our Boomer parents are into. I guess the good news is that we can easily avoid inheriting a bunch more crap for our house as I have no space for milk jugs, butter churns, rag dolls, or rooster-themed anything.

Have you seen real English Country decor though? If there's too much of anything, it's clutter.

https://bibleofbritishtaste.com/the-paupers-cookbook-and-the-country-kitchen-china-compost-heaps-cold-frames-and-country-life-by-jason-goodwin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:English Country in the US. Favored style of Boomers

I would so take this style over the "country kitch" style our Boomer parents are into. I guess the good news is that we can easily avoid inheriting a bunch more crap for our house as I have no space for milk jugs, butter churns, rag dolls, or rooster-themed anything.

Have you seen real English Country decor though? If there's too much of anything, it's clutter.

https://bibleofbritishtaste.com/the-paupers-cookbook-and-the-country-kitchen-china-compost-heaps-cold-frames-and-country-life-by-jason-goodwin

You can’t do that here though. We don’t have country houses, the ones we have that are close are not old enough, and we don’t have enough people who are still rich but whose ancestors were really rich to decorate them.

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Anonymous wrote:Country Living magazine during the nancy soriano years (98 to 2010?) featured a lot of these homes as did the now defunct "cottage living" . Both can be purchased in bulk on eBay. The style is absolutely making a comeback: comfort, color, personal and layered. For some of us, it never went out of style.

I loved Cottage Living. RIP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:English Country in the US. Favored style of Boomers

I would so take this style over the "country kitch" style our Boomer parents are into. I guess the good news is that we can easily avoid inheriting a bunch more crap for our house as I have no space for milk jugs, butter churns, rag dolls, or rooster-themed anything.

Have you seen real English Country decor though? If there's too much of anything, it's clutter.

https://bibleofbritishtaste.com/the-paupers-cookbook-and-the-country-kitchen-china-compost-heaps-cold-frames-and-country-life-by-jason-goodwin

Ugh, I cringe just looking at all the clutter. There's no way to keep all that stuff clean. I love the Nancy Meyers look, but not that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:English Country in the US. Favored style of Boomers

I would so take this style over the "country kitch" style our Boomer parents are into. I guess the good news is that we can easily avoid inheriting a bunch more crap for our house as I have no space for milk jugs, butter churns, rag dolls, or rooster-themed anything.

That's a very dated view of country, I doubt it is the preferred style of most boomers, but I could be wrong.

Milk jugs, butter churns and rag dolls are more 70's "country." And then in the 80's all the rag dolls went on a chintz acid trip.

OP's "country" is more about putting your flea market wire basket on top of a Queen Anne antique.

You only live once and these days we're doing it mostly inside our own homes. Go crazy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is interesting to me because after we did a dramatic decluttering of our last house to sell, I decided I liked the minimalist approach and kept it in our new house for a few years. However, we just finished an addition, and in the process of decorating, I’ve found myself purposefully heading toward a more “English Country (or whatever we’ve decided to call this)” aesthetic. The Family Stone house is too cluttered for me, but our house is an old cottage style house and warmer, more eclectic decor fits it well. I also decided to go for more color after admiring my friends’ houses that are minimalist gray or cream, but also realizing that they all look like they were from the same magazine layout. Beautiful, but no personality at all. I’ve decided to decorate to please myself.

Good for you. People will feel the care you out into your home intuitively.

Are you combining your new style with a sort of Marie Kondo approach - the things have to spark joy - or are you letting yourself be a little less rigid about it? I find in my house I am sort of mixing the two. I LIKE having stuff around but I am also trying to make sure I actually LIKE the stuff I have. So far so good, I guess?

I really did the Marie Kondo thing in a big way when we moved. That, combined with the fact that we moved to a bigger house, kept things pretty minimal for a while. I inherited some art & rugs that I love, and I’m otherwise just adding things slowly. I’m trying to only add things that seem perfect. I’ve got a space that needs a desk, but I haven’t found just the right thing yet. One thing about covid is that I’m not thinking so much about needing to get the house put together for visitors, so it feels easier to take my time.

I'm the PP - and it's so funny, I almost feel the opposite. Now that I am home SO MUCH I feel like I am finally getting around to making my house the way I want it. Wayfair is intimately familiar with my preferences. I know which Target brands I really like and have become very aware of when they go on sale. I used to like trips out to our furniture consignment stores and flea markets to look for treasures, but COVID's put a stop to that. Turns out it's much easier to get stuff online than to search for perfect pieces in person, when you're on my kind of (lowww) budget.

The upside is things are starting to look more pulled together here chez nous! Hopefully by the time we CAN have guests again, we'll have a nicely done up house. In our comfortable, eclectic way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:English Country in the US. Favored style of Boomers

I would so take this style over the "country kitch" style our Boomer parents are into. I guess the good news is that we can easily avoid inheriting a bunch more crap for our house as I have no space for milk jugs, butter churns, rag dolls, or rooster-themed anything.

That's a very dated view of country, I doubt it is the preferred style of most boomers, but I could be wrong.

Milk jugs, butter churns and rag dolls are more 70's "country." And then in the 80's all the rag dolls went on a chintz acid trip.

OP's "country" is more about putting your flea market wire basket on top of a Queen Anne antique.

There's a difference between farmhouse and country. English Country means country home, like, second home. Rich.

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American Rich Country is new and bigger, like Gils Schafer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:American Rich Country is new and bigger, like Gils Schafer.

I just looked him up, I like this a lot. I think this is a tier up from what OP is talking about but along the same general style.

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Anonymous wrote:American Rich Country is new and bigger, like Gils Schafer.

I just looked him up, I like this a lot. I think this is a tier up from what OP is talking about but along the same general style.

He’s like Walt Disney for billionaires.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:American Rich Country is new and bigger, like Gils Schafer.

I just looked him up, I like this a lot. I think this is a tier up from what OP is talking about but along the same general style.

He’s like Walt Disney for billionaires.

I have to disagree. Everything he does looks classic and nothing looks phony. It's just...expensive. So yes to the wealthy clients.