Inspired Design: Me

Blame It On Paige

Today, over on Little Nostalgia, Paige shared a style quiz by HomeGoods. I'm usually not much for these quizes, but I took the bait. All you had to do was pick 5 pictures that tickled your fancy from the selection they gave you and viola, your design style is thus proclaimed.

Apparently, I'm Urban Funk with a touch of Bohemian, boho for short. Personally, I'd say it's more like the other way around, with a little classic, industrial, beachy, cottageyness thrown in for good measure. What? You've never heard of cottageyness? Mark it on your calendar, you heard it here first.

I'm a study in opposites. A plethora of differing tastes.  This is apparent all through my life, not just in my design styles....it's the friends I have, the things I cook, the books I read, the clothes I wear, the music I listen to. I could go on, but you get the idea. Of course, it's no surprise to me. My tastes are all over the place and I'm ok with that. Just try to pigeonhole me and you'll have hell to pay.

The funny thing about the quiz, is after they tell you your design style, they suggest blogs to you that are blogging about your style. Lo and behold, for my bohemian side, they suggested San Fransico Girl By Bay. Check. Already reading that. My urban funk side? Making it Lovely. Check. Have it bookmarked. Hhhhmmm, perhaps HomeGood's quiz is based on more than just a group of random pictures after all.

Here's some inspired design to paint you a better picture of my 'personal style'. That is not to say this is what my house looks like, but rather, dreamy vingettes I'd love to somehow take bits and pieces of and incorpate into our little corner of the world.

1. Miss Maple Chandelier - folded wood paper via elisa strozyk. 

 What I love: possibly the coolest chandelier I've seen yet.

Folded wood? Seriously. originally found via sfgirlbybay

2. & 6. rooms made for living via San Francisco Girl By Bay
copyright agent bauer, styled by camilla krishnaswarny

What I love: the comfortableness, the mix of classic- like the bentwood chairs, with the modern- like the paper lantern pendant lamps

3. classic chandelier via ranchatsanpatricio
What I love: the classically romantic style

4. Kerman Rug via large rugs and carpets

What I love: the colors in Kerman rugs. There seems to often be a beautiful, rich robbin's egg blue and it sings to me. That said, there isn't a rug from my sponsor that I wouldn't want in my home, if it were a bit bigger.

5. bedroom with a touch of urban funk & boho via making it lovely

What I love: That crazy chandelier. It's unexpected in the bedroom and that makes me smile.

6. see # 2

7. sweet sitting area via house and home

What I love: This little sitting area exudes romance.

Quite unapolgetically I might add and it works. 

The unfinished nature of the chair and the wall,

give the romance the perfect edge. 

6. simply gorgeous velvet couch via pinterest, google image photographer unknown

What I love: The tufted, gray velvet. Simply classic.

9. office space via we heart it
via tea for joy, photographer unknown
What I love: It's a little messy, just like me. It's a little all over the place, just like me. It's got inspiration right there in front of you.

Although I try to keep things organized to some extent,

I still tend to favor and organized mess.

10. bedroom, pillows and shelf via sania pell

What I love: Cari-Jane from Hybrid Handmade introduced me to Sania. I love just about everything she does.  There's an ease about all of her styling.

11. classic and modern living room, via house and home
What I love: a mix of styles. I dig the neutral colors, but I find it hard to incorporate that fully into my own life, though I do enjoy seeing it in other's homes.

12. killer armoire via olssonjensen

What I love: that they've taken something we all know- lockers- up a notch with the mirrors. I want this piece for my very own.

13. loft living via decoist
What I love: the red leather chaise. The library ladder even more.

The concrete. It's a loft that still looks like a comfortable place the hang, and I think the red chaise warms the space up.

I guess that's me, or my design style anyway, in a nutshell. What about you? Did you take the quiz? What styles do you gravitate towards?

Oh no, I think it may have been time for another shop and blog link up party. Guess you can blame that on Paige too. Perhaps tomorrow.....

I hope your Thursday is going swimmingly in your corner of the world. It's a glorious day here, complete with sunshine and blue skies. Hopefully it stays that way so I can get a field walk in for the 3rd day in a row. It would make me and the hound happy.

Ciao for now,