LR, Entry Hall and office pics:

My Beloved TV Armoire (wall color is gray now):

What I was going for was European eclectic...what I've ended up with (only halfway through) is a recession fueled economy version of my plans. Was supposed to have some funky custom WTs that were hung from close to the ceiling, Soumak rugs and decent art. Oh well.

Those are the formal rooms. Our great room still need the fireplace finished and the cat has ruined all the furniture. At least she hasn't started on the front of the house...yet.

I like that...I think I can use it myself! For me (and I'm sure for a lot of us) ingenuity has to work overtime as a substitute (or supplement) for money.

In your room, parma, it hardly looks like the economy version. It must be working!

What is a soumak, by the way? A kind of kilim?

my Living Room

Partially, newly rejuvenated kitchen

you can kind of see the dining room from this shot

Sort of. It's woven like the kilims but many aren't quite as Southwestern looking. If you do a search, here on GW, there's a post that has some gorgeous ones.

Pal, you're a hoot. :)

No idea what style lives here .... hoping for Alchemy! (dross into gold)

LOL!

Jan at Rosemary Cottage

Lets see:

Parma - thanks!
Now I'm not sure if it's because I know of your love of France and it may be suggestive to me but I've often found your style to be an elegant updated French Country (but not farm country!) look w/ a bit of Bohemian thrown in (that fabulous Ikat material and wood mirror!). The curvy darker wood pieces mixed in w/ the great lighter pieces of furniture here and there so that it doesn't look stuffy. The wonderful warm light wall colors.

Prill - I'm getting a Traditinal North East kind of vibe from your hme. A more comfortable Colonial touch here and there. Your kitchen is WONDERFUL and again I think it has a clonial/ mdern feel w/ the traditional colonial style fixtures, hutch and yelloware(?) but totally updated w/ the color palette, stainless steel and marble counter!

Judydel - well your bedroooom looks like it's right out of an English Manor and I would like to spend the night LOL! It's beautiful! Wow - can't stop focusing on it. As I look at yur kitchen I think English again - like a working English kitchen - again another great kitchen showing.

I prefer to think of it as eclectic traditional modern country victorian with a twist :oP

Judydel - your bedroom is beautiful!! LOVE it.

It is fun to see everyone's styles.

Hey Prill....I live in Happy Valley. How 'bout you?

I am learning a new decor style myself, which is honestly a wonderful challenge and great fun. I've never liked high style victorian so what do we do??? Go buy a fancy victorian house that screams for high style. I've always said that I can find joy in any style (maybe not live in it but certainly love seeing it) but this is the one I always saw as a challenge heh heh

I adored doing the alaska house...I had no rules to follow and could let my eclectic crazyness go wild :) From panthers to chickens to monkeys it was FUN to do. The whole house is elegant fun...from the monkey room to the kitty castle (my cats had a little private suite in there with a chandelier, 20's cat art, etc done up with venetian plaster and a travertine floor).

So now I'm going to have fun in the victorian, probably a pretty hefty Eastlake influanced victorian, but victorian none the less. Then after this house (which could take years) DH and I are arguing about either a wonderful 50's place or a stone mansion in the middle of no where that no one will ever see LOL (Duluth MN....they give away their castles there...and they're WONDERFUL!!!)

So what's my style besides skitzo? I'd say "open" :) I'm honestly open to any style and embrace the fun of doing it right.

Prill...your house is charming...and we own many of the same lamps LOL :) Maybe we could arrange a swap just to shake things up...your blue shade for mine in red? heh heh

:O)

I'll have to pick up before I take pictures. Evening time is not a good time for picture taking at my house. lol.

What I do like is how I have a darkish living room which eventually leads to a bright dining room and kitchen.

My style is rustic meets farm meets vintage meets elegant country. Oh, and kind of Victorian too! Yup, it's a hodge podge!

JudyDel, your bedroom pic looks so perfect, like a scene from a movie. I can just imagine Julia Roberts rolling out of that bed and starting on some adventure.

I just now finished a two-day project of finally cleaning the entire house top to bottom after being torn apart in some area or other since last May with remodeling, painting, and repairing. Wish I could post some photos but don't have enough for a true representation.

Really admire all the photos included in this thread and would love to spend the night in a few of those gorgeous bedrooms....

ttod, prill, paintchips I'm glad you like my bedroom : ) The funny part is right now it looks like a dump. We emptied out all the junk from my DD room so we could paint the walls, rip out her carpet and install hardwood. All the junk that she didn't want back is still strewn all around the master. Sigh, maybe I'll get to it this weekend.

Here's another photo of the master pre-junk.

Igloochic you crack me up : ) Your bed is incredible and so is that fireplace surround. Your homes are very interesting and look like cool places to live in.

Lovely room everyone!! So let's see. Are there any design experts out there that can tell us what everyone's style is??

tina

OT...Amy, I thought of you the other day when my friend sent me a classified listing from her work. Little 8 wk old Tibetan Terrier. Ohh..I was so temped!! But, we have 3 dogs already (including my TT). I swear that's the only breed I'll ever own again.

I agree.

They are my two favorite houses (and allison's kitchen). That's why I feel like I'll never be finished. I love so many different styles. Just adore Amy's use of color, rugs and art. The simpler lines of her furnishings, mixing of patterns and contemporary bent, with some vintage thrown in for good measure...just inspiring.

Ttodd's spaces are like what Funkyart and I used to call jeans and pearls , and it's done to a T. Mixing gorgeous vintage with some newer pieces, a true gift for accessorizing and a fearless use of unique color application (black ceiling).

Allison's kitchen is one that I could see myself giving up on my own designs, showing a GC her pics and just saying "I want what she has" .

Paint chips, thanks for the well traveled as travel is my favorite hobby. I opened an email from RH this morning as they were showing an antique? Paris map. I know that they are probably considered ubiquitous (I hate that word) but I've always wanted one. The price was an astonishing $1,799.

Think I'll pass. :)

Parma, for the price of the RH map, you could fly to Paris and buy one from a stall on the west bank-lol. I have one I love that I brought back to my parents after a semester abroad in 1973. Bought it for about $3.00! I have it hanging in my house now. Even if the price has risen, it would be more fun than paying RH!

First off Iglooo - I have to ask if you know anything about that square oak table setting between the 2 chairs in your LR? I picked up one exactly like it this summer at an antiques dive on Long Island. I got it for DD's bedside table. Talked them down from $60 to $30 and I hardly even tried!

whitdobe - Traditional?! Wasn't yours the home that was either featured for a Christmas spread or on a Christmas Tour? I love your use of red and green. I tried so often for a color combo like that but was never able to pull it off. And I kept trying - and failing. I (DH) was so happy when I realized my red and green shortcomings and learned to admire red and green spaces from afar - takes a certain knack to pull it off as well as you!

loribee - I'd also say traditional too. While all of your spaces are beautiful the pic of your DR is spectacular. Def. magaizine or blog worthy like Romantic Homes.

segbrown - Lets see - loks like a young updated version of classic country mixed w/ lodge and dabbed w/ some traditional elements. It's really great. Hmmmm - if Cottage Living were still around (insert brief moment of silence here) I could totally see your place in it. I really like your use of navy blue. Any tips? I just got a bunch of new pillow shams from PB that are navy, tan, cream and brown and I'd like to incorporate bits of navy in the rest of the house but have never attempted to use that color before.

Thanks for all of the really nice comments - clearly some of you remember my pics pre-Spring before I decided to totally change all of the color in the house and redecorate w/o buying making any new major purchases. I can't wait to be able to show real (ok - staged) pics of the rms. once some of the final things arrive over the next few months and I pull it all together.

judydel: scrubbed farmhouse
loribee: romantic
igloochic: versace (summer), layered (winter)
ttodd: parchment (don't ask me, it just popped in my head -- probably has to do with the photos/documents/textures/colors)
parma: accessories (probably because I don't have any right now)
amysrq: smart
whitdobe: proper

It's funny about PB pillow covers. Behind the *other* door in this armoire is a huge stack of pillows and covers, most of which are from PB. Batiks, crewels, things like that. I switch them out a lot, depending on season/holiday/level of boredom.

What about Prill? Maybe Americana?

And what about for your comfortable abode Seg?

I need to figure out how to post pics so I can show you some of my rooms..

Andreadeg, I know just what you mean. That's what I run into, also. What you call sweet I call precious .

I've ended up with a couple too many curves and not enough angles.

It's a challenge, isn't it?

Here are some quick picks maybe you can help me figure
it out so I can order fabric to have drapes, kitchen
curtains etc.. made.

Thanks in advance.

My favorite color to decorate with is Red.
But I am having trouble. I blame it on this rug that
I fell in love with but it does not quite go with
my leather sofa. The sofa is more a deep velvet red rather
than the cherry it looks on the monitor.

My rug, please ignore the dog hair, I was playing
on GW when I should have been cleaning....

Help what do I put on the fireplace now.
And ignore the ugly dog bed on the floor.

My kitchen. Recently painted a soft grey sage that has
been muted to almost white.

This is before it was painted the soft grey sage white
I have this picture so you can see how dark the floors are

My floors is two different colors. Dark on 1/2 of the house
and light on the other. I was going to have the lighter
color made darker like the rest but I kinda of like it.
Does it look tacky?

My red dining room

My house. Do I follow the style of my home? What
style is this? Center colonial with a flair for modern?

Thanks everyone.

~Boxerpups

In person it looks nicer but your right. I was going
to have my floor guys come out last Oct.
I keep putting it off becasue I am not sure what
I want or like. I am in decorating purgatory.

I agree it will look so much better when the entire first
floor is done in the dark stain.

Thanks for your vote. Now p-lease please help me with
the rest of my house.

I think I need to loose the rug too.
~boxerpups

What style would you all call this? Ignore the wreath on the wall, I put it there until I figure out what to do with it.

A store on the top of the hill does reproductions of my table...they run around $300. They have an original at $500 available but it's not as nice (not that mine is beyond perfect...I have water marks on the top from all the freaking plants they kept here...all the tables do I think). But still 30 bucks...no fair missie LOL

Here's the table somewhat close up:(taken on a prepurchase visit)

It's described in the inventory as "Victorian Dolphin Table" LOL Is that any help? I do know it's been reproduced so it must be a style that's not all that uncommon (since I doubt the mold was taken from my table heh heh). But I haven't found any online using that example. It's a fun side table though :) It throws the whimsey in my stuck up room that I think is necessary :)

Jerzee I never use cool colors...dont' ask me why, I just don't, but when I see your space I just want to take a paint brush to my golds and go icy blue :)

LOL Boxer....early american doghair!!!! Yes somewhere in my versace world lies about six inches of cat fur...disquised as a rug :) Often confused with the six inch tall fur dog...who looks like a dust mop...and I can never find the dust mop :op

Seg great descriptions :) I actually even get the parchment one....soft, elegant, something you want to touch when you see it...at least that's how I see the parchment.

I think my china is about as close to versace as I get :oP But layered...that one I embraced LOL I have layers of doiley, dust, cat hair, somewhere in there is furniture and then the carpet...that red carpet is painfully bad.

I'm interviewing wallcoverings today...what fun :) I'm trying to pull my versace into victoriana...

We should ask the question...if there was nothing stoping you (budget, time, family, life etc) what would your style be LOL

I'd get furniture in the same wood (usually medium stained maple), and get a sofa with wooden trim. Leather isn't EA, but your sofa is pretty.

It used to sort of just jut out of the wall and now it's really much more like a hanging piece of art:

Anyhoo, terrible pics, but I sure do love that piece. If I had my druthers there would be a couple more in that room :) It's a great way to steal a bit of space when you have NONE for storage.

You know...I could use a few of those in the victorian....now that you remind me :) Obviously free hung verses built in, but still...e gads now I gotta go get inspired again LOL

Lately I've been really drawn towards rustic and masculine things. I don't believe either are in my home!

I guess my style would be more traditional? Always a work in progress.

I've eliminated some accesories & tweaked the arrangement since.


Island's not done

We've had conversations about your daughter's talents in the past...but WOW sue she's a great artist. I hope that will feature somewhere in her future life.

Terriks...gorgeous colors! And I think you nailed your style wonderfully.

Terricks, My dh would love how you decorate. Clean lines,
serious colors but a sense of radiance and beauty.
The warm textures abound but not overwhelm. They flow
together but create a space that is fresh but warm.

GWebbers,
I wish I had your talents to fix up my space.
~boxerpups

Lovely pix girls....keep 'em coming!
It seems like most of us are traditional/eclectic~

Our house is still completely in reno mode, with unpainted walls and an unfinished kitchen, but here are some shots. The brick wall, much as I like the charm of it, makes the kitchen just too dark, so at some point it will either be sheetrocked or skim-coated, and painted.

The living room is as yet unpainted; the red pan on the woodstove is a temporary steamer (will get black); the teak cases will go away because DH is building built-in bookshelves around the wood stove, and the couch will be replaced or reupholstered.

New master bath:

Master before the bathroom/closet area was renovated; it's slightly different now and we're adding a more traditional built-in white boookcase.

I have no idea what style this is!!! A lot of the quirky stuff is souvenirs from our travels, old family things, etc. Is this Transitional? Eclectic? What???

Clue her in.

Hasn't she heard that "possession is 9/10 of the law"? :)

I think my style is old and I have a lot of junk!!

Boxerpups - but you have us!

I really like this thread in the fact that now I can associate even more places w/ members whose sign on's I only see. Love it!

Unless you live in Maine, you probably wouldn't recognize him. He does some residential but mostly schools and libraries and art galleries at universities and stuff.

My brother, on the other hand, is all over Google. He works at Snohetta in Oslo, Norway and has won a few important competitions for his rather out-there designs.

And my dad's wife is also an architect in Boston!

It's nice to have architects in the family, but it really puts the pressure our renovations--- are they up to their standards? ;)