Reply to What is this style called?

Forum Index » Home Improvement, Design, and Decorating

Reply to "What is this style called?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

Good for you. People will feel the care you out into your home intuitively.[/quote]

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? [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics