What is your design aesthetic?

Nazi with a focus on the SS.

Coastal/beach cottage

Sanrio

Sanrio

Eclectic. Some minimalist/modern mixed with art nouveau and some antique French pieces. It's very random but it works. First time visitors to my place always compliment the decor.

Poor minimalist.

Beech Modern. Live in a city right by the water so I try to relate to my environment.

R6, that's call sitting on boxes in an empty studio.

R6, do you have any beech friends?

Traditional with a modern twist. If I see one more MCM room I'll scream !

Contemporary Tribal.

Refined like sugar.

Think Joan Rivers, but more overstated

OP, you sound like you would be an unpleasant person to visit.

[quote]OP, you sound like you would be an unpleasant person to visit.

Why??

Scottish plaids/tartans

Early Hansel and Gretel.

Seriously, German pine and folk painted furniture 1780s-1840s and linen natural or checked fabric. A few nice wood carved pieces removed from Baroque churches.

Honestly, here: our house is done in a 19th century "rectory with a secret and a wordly pastor" look. But I did take the chapel out - needed room for a library.

French Provincial. Observe:

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A mixture of utilitarian, Bahaus, antiques, art and Asian carpets.

I know, it's old a tiresome, but it's what I like.

Sterile operating theatre

Can I marry you, R22?

R19: really French provincial?

Contemporary meets mid-century with a dash of Asian and 1940's all underscored by some of two years ago Ikat and samples from the mart. Lighting plays an important role...everything is on dimmers. Mix in some plants too and quite a bit of color in the rusty ochre and moss families.

Sounds like shit but it works.

Gray carpeting, track lights.

Hello Kitty Chic

Art Nouveau and Edwardian.

Eclectic, emphasis on vintage 1920s through the 1940s, classic furniture, with abstract and traditional art. Art deco. I call it a toned down, less cluttered Liberace look, male nude statuary and paintings.

Mine is called Parental Throwaways. They've got great taste and money to burn. When I moved out I just scoured the basement and attic. Every now and then when I visit I'll point at something nice and say "let me have that".

Minimalist modern

Black leather, chrome and whips.

Comfortable, period appropriate. I don't see the point of messing about a perfectly nice home by trying to make it something it isn't. That said, I'm not going to do my washing with a copper and mangle or heat the place with a coal fire.

New traditional. Traditional base with modern elements mixed in. I really like designers Jake Alexander and Amber Lewis.

The spirit of English country. Mish mash, as I like, with what I've got. It has a look and feel but you'd never think oh, he had a designer do English country. It's my stuff in that aesthetic.

I try to suit it to the style/period of the house. But I always, always strive to have lots of color, good wall art, some personal pieces while reining in clutter. But I've never lived in a house that wasn't at least 70 years old. I honestly wouldn't know how to function in a new-construction shitpile.

My current aesthetic is Mid-Century Modest.

As in, most American family homes of the 1950s did not have wall-to-wall Danish-designed pieces throughout. There was a mix of comfortable older pieces with modern design (once it had trickled down and been filtered through mass retailers), and a degree of kitsch .

American Arts and Crafts 1890-1920.

Very monochromatic in the den with emphasis on blacks, greys, sepia, some dirty tans. The only outstanding deviation comes from the greens of the dozens of houseplants I have in that room. I have a lot of black and white prints all in black frames, a lot of old photos that I picked up at the flea market. I had some of these photos framed but quite a few of them came in their own photo display and quite a few of those are very art deco. Our bedroom is wicker and rattan stuff that I bought at an estate sale. The rest of the house is my husband's territory and I've left it alone. I do like his kitchen, though. It is very industrial, fitting for him since he is a chef.

British Colonial antiques. I like my home to look as though a British Diplomat assigned to a tropical outpost in the 1920's -30's was lving there. Bamboo, rattan, caned seating, slip-covered upholstered pieces and a bit of Chinoiserie thrown in.

Dolmabahce Palace / Louis Farouk

That's alotta dusting, R40.

R30 huh. Must be nice.

For domestic architecture, I love American Tudor, Victorian and Storybook style houses. My favorite mode of decor is Art Nouveau pieces and mahogany or walnut Victorian furniture. Pale painted walls, minimal clutter.

mid century garage sale

7/11 Glory Hole

Victorian hoarder