Traditional

Minimalist cottage, the more rustic the better, LOL (obviously very eclectic)

My style is a rather eclectic blend of vintage cottage with Southwest/Native American and Mexican artwork. I love vibrant color too - and lots of it.

Old World Traditional but I usually break rules. Do what you like is my motto!

Arts & Crafts/Mission

My style has shifted over the years, from primitave country to country cottage, and traditional but somehow I've always maintained an Eclectic style. I think mainly because I love Estate Sales and auctions and collecting old things.
For me personally, I feel it's less boring and more creative, than having just one look. Only one other friend has the same style....Jane

My fave style is definitely Victorian.

Hubby's tastes are minimalist (no trim, pale colors, no decorations).

Needless to say this difference leads us to some rather interesting discussions.

The kitchen which we're working on together is winding up being transitional with a touch of country.

Decorating is very important to me - I got it from my mom so that's probably why my 1st decorating style was country & primitive country in my 1st house.

Then it morphed into to a very cluttered Paris Apartment style w/ Shabby Chis to boot. Then into a sort of minimal/ modern/ Victorian style mixed w/ hotel chic.

Now w/ kids I'm trying to pare down all of my 'stuff' & find myself leaning towards a sophisticated, traditional style w/ lots of dark wood, lighter walls, watery blues & greens, antiques mixed w/ chain store finds, less stuff (especially on the walls). Don't know what you call it.

I decorate far more & care more about it than any of my friends.

As I clean out endless boxes of STUFF I find that my taste has really changed in the past year. I'm learning just because you really like something doesn't mean it'll match in your house!
I like a lot of old world traditional stuff. Also like victorian and anything frou frou. I'm glad DH goes with the flow! :)

I don't have any style! ;-) Or, I guess, to put it a little nicer, my style is minimalist. I like clean lines and little clutter, so Mission furniture and Arts and Crafts adornments put me at ease.

Traditional, with a little country flair. Love antiques, but not stuffy, over the top decorating. Like to keep things elegant, but simple and comfortable.

None of my friends decorate any where near my style. One is old world, almost gothic, the other straight contemporary, other straight country. Some have no style at all and don't want any. LOL

I have one DS who has my taste in decorating, but another who is all over the place in her's.

Mine is more clean lines,retro/deco/modern. It's one of my changes in life.

Most of my friends are more traditional. Though, when they see my home, they want it.

I used to be more electic/traditional.

I don't what you call it but it's traditional and elegant but yet comfortable. I decorate even in my sleep. I get it from my Mom. I can't walk into a house without redecorating it in my head. Luckily my DH likes whatever I do.

This is just so interesting, no?

Mlraff53 your a girl after my own heart. A day and night decorator. lol

Mine is Eclectic Southwestern!

Although, I think I need help with my decorating at times..like now since my mind is at a total loss with painting!

auntjen: I'd like to see ideas and photos of your place!

I call my style modern country, but other people might call it something else, LOL.

Several years ago on another board, there was a thread called "What tacky thing would you never have in your home?", and I believe I came out the "winner" of the posessor of the most things other people think are tacky, LOL.

Carrie

I've been trying to figure that out for a while, but it really looks like what another poster named "Academic Messy" - books all over the place, oriental rugs, mix of vintage furniture styles.

What I'm seeing a lot of around here (San Francisco area) is a kind of minimalist-meets-Pottery Barn style, with an Asian influence. Fine, but I have teensy rooms and an even teensier budget :-)

I can totally relate to all the folks who said their styles have evolved. 20 years ago I spent nearly a month's salary on a pink and blue flowerdy chintz balloon shade and now I'm about to build a craftsman bungalow with mission style furniture. Not sure what you would call my current house. It is a very eclectic mix of family pieces and traditional furniture. If you would care to take a peek and tell me what you would call it, I would appreciate it. (The pictures on the "tour" at the bottom are a bit more detailed and show my new art that I got for mother's day!) Also I might add that my husband is sooooo ready for the pink flowerdy phase to end. LOL

Here is a link that might be useful: current house

Urban farmhouse. I live in a loft, with exposed brick and pipes, but I like Shaker, flat-weave rugs, and machine-age/Deco. 'Tis a puzzlement.

But I do love decorating, and seeing how all my bits and pieces can be taught a new dance.

postum...you really hit the nail on the head describing bay area style. My style is very different from the masculine/contemporary look most people around here seem to like. Over the years it has morfed into a conglomeration of FrenchCountry,EnglishCountry,ShabbyChic,&Cottage.

traditional with a little comtemporay

Rustic, traditional, handcrafted mountain lodge look.

Mexican-country-ecceltic-cowboy-mission-African-lodge-with a touch of carousel thrown in for good measure.

God I love it when a plan comes together!!!!

Chaotic bachelor tending toward eccentric codger as I get older.
Casey

I used to think my taste was contemporary, but after hanging around here long enough I've decided it's not really. Some of my rooms are kind of contemporary, but lately it seems that it's leaning more towards cottage style. There's a few traditional rooms in there, and then we have the early garbage theme that can be seen throughout the entire upstairs.

So, I guess it just depends on which room you happen to be in at the time!

I think eclectic best describes me also. I like to mix things up. I am traditional and we have many antique pieces. But I also lean towards cottage and english country. I probably break all the rules, but I do what we like and it seems to work. People come into our home and always comment on how we've done things and how comfortable they are in our home.

I'm always thinking about things to do to the house, I'd much rather shop for house stuff than for myself LOL.

tina

You might find this recent thread on a similar subject an interesting read.

As I said in that thread, "I'm sort of at the crossover point between the late Victorian and early Arts & Crafts periods. The (only in my imagination, of course) "backstory" seems to be the home of someone around 1910 or so who loves Granny's brass bed and Mama's Eastlake furniture, but who added in a few bits of English Arts & Crafts (especially Gothic Revival!), Mission, and the occasional Colonial Revival item as the money came along to purchase new things. The sense of passage-of-time is somehow comforting to me. "Quirkiness" (I hate the word "whimsy") is a must, I just like some very odd things!"

I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to decorate more than I do because I think it's an absolute blast, I'm just limited by cashflow and health issues. I am blessed by a patient, relaxed, and extremely indulgent DH who would "let" (ha!) me do pretty much anything I wanted but since he lives here too I like to take his preferences into account and he's very good about letting me know if something matters to him or I can just do whatever I'd like.

NONE of my friends decorate and they pretty much think I'm insane for spending so much energy, time, and money on it. (Of course, they pretty much think I'm insane in general, but lovingly so. And they're right, I even have paperwork to prove it.) It just doesn't register on their radar as something to do. It's not a financial thing either (all my friends are low-income), when the extent of my decorating was "Early Attic and Neo-Yardsale" (with a heavy dollop of Modern Dumpster) in the proverbial Unpaintable White Box Apartment I still tried, in some way, to pay some attention to color and proportion as well as basic functionality, while pretty much all my friends stop at "can I sit on it, can I put my books on it, etc." They'll put a picture on the wall but won't consider whether it's in the right frame, whether it's in proportion to its surroundings, yadda yadda. I have learned to keep my big mouf shut. :-) The only other person I have offline with whom I can "talk house" is my mom - she is as decorating-crazy as I am, although our tastes are very different (she's Laura Ashley, I'm William Morris) we still have plenty to talk about.