Planning & Design Tool > Identify Your Style
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Which words stand out as the most appealing to you for your space?




















At first glance, would you consider your style to be:
Traditional style interiors are comforting and classic. Traditional decorating is calm, orderly, and predictable. There is nothing wild or chaotic in a traditional room. Furnishings are classic, with shapes and fabrics that are easily found and can range from generic to full custom pieces. Pieces often match (or are more consistent) in color/finish and style, and symmetry often plays a large part in design. Traditional style homes feel comfortable for any age group. It's a familiar look that dominates magazines and furniture show rooms. A traditional room can range from rich and luxurious to somewhat casual or informal.

You might like the contemporary style of decorating if you like to keep stray from the designs of the past. While it's been thought that modern interiors are cold and minimalist, today's contemporary interiors can be comfortable and welcoming without being cluttered and dark. It's a style that is equally appropriate for offices and stores, lofts and homes. Fundamentally, simplicity, subtle sophistication, nontraditional texture and clean lines help to define contemporary style decorating. By focusing on color, space, and shape, contemporary interiors are sleek and fresh.

Eclecticism is a blend of furnishing styles from a mixture of sources and/or time periods. This is definitely not a hodgepodge or jumbled assortment of random items, but a planned deliberate design. An eclectic styled interior designed room is brought together when the cabinetry and furnishings relate to each other in color, pattern, scale, texture, finish, or shape. The color schemes used can be diverse, but as a general rule, neutral colors are important, both as a backdrop and for larger pieces. Contrast is an key element for colors and materials in eclectic style interior design.

Regional style is best described as an adherence to certain colors, styles and materials that relate to a particular part of the country or world. Having a regional style preference does not have to dominate your design. The overall room may be traditional, transitional, contemporary, or eclectic, with accents and signature pieces that evoke the region of your choice.
Which region?








If there is a particular architectural period in time you would like your space to emulate in layout, colors/finishes, styles, and décor, then you will want to be clear with your designer. Hearkening back to the past can be comforting and interesting at the same time. You may also wish to combine your time period preference with other styles, which will prevent your space from becoming restricted to one century or decade, while still including recognizable design elements. A good designer should also be able to modernize representative features to fit the life and style of today.
Which architectural period?