feels like home

My Decorating Style.

Is COMFY COUNTRY. And that is according to this quiz. Though I am afraid that our current nest is not as pretty as I wanted it to be. But it is comfy, I must say.

COMFY COUNTRY
Classic country style is almost universally appealing, especially when it’s pulled off with the panache that you bring to interior design. Your family home is warm and welcoming and lovingly lived in. Whether consciously or instinctively, you pull together rooms around key pieces, matching or complementing pattern and colour so as not to overwhelm the viewer.

Living Room
Your living room brings the best of outdoors inside. The living room is usually the hub of the home, and the country look is perennially popular: it’s warm and inviting and unpretentious. In its most classic incarnation, the focal point is the fireplace, and this is certainly a style that’s all about comfort, hospitality and connecting with nature, the soul and the seasons. Modern accessories can work well in a country-style living room. The look can handle the right sort of clutter so try grouping objects together for maximum impact. Neutral wall colours provide a calm, easy background, while glamorous prints and patterns are fun and stylish. Make comfort the priority in your living room: it’s where you naturally go to watch TV, relax and de-stress.

Bedroom
Yours is a ‘modern master’ bedroom. Sleep is fundamentally important to our well being. In busy towns and cities, noise can often hamper a good night’s sleep. Soft furnishings really do absorb sound, and touch is such an important sense in the bedroom, from crisp, linen sheets to wool or even sheepskin underfoot. You make quite a statement with clean, strong lines in your bedroom, using vibrant colours to make a bold statement.

Dining Room
You’re a maestro of minimalism using carefully chosen ingredients. At home, ‘less-is-more’ simplicity appears effortlessly stylish. With so little on show, every single item comes under scrutiny, so it’s important that you give time and thought to your choice of china, glass and cutlery. Try to avoid the ‘designer cliche’ trap, whereby every single piece has impeccable provenance: at best this looks like showing off, at worst it’s sadly predictable. When it comes to entertaining, children usually take centre-stage.

Home Office
You have a place for everything and everything has its place. Working from home is an increasingly popular solution to the challenge of bringing up a young family and making ends meet. A dedicated home office - even if it’s just the corner of a room - will help keep you focused and separate work from hectic family life. The modernist adage that form should follow function is nowhere better demonstrated than in the home office: keep things simple and add your own sense of style by using a splash of colour or a single, well-chosen decorative piece.

Kids’ Room
Let a child’s room reflect his or her personality — not yours! If you have the space for a designated playroom, great. If not, then giving your kids the biggest bedroom can be a smart move, certainly once they’re past the toddler stage: it gives them a designated space to play, enabling you to keep the rest of your home more, rather than less, how it used to be. Cheap and cheerful is ideal when it comes to most things in children’s rooms: not only do kids grow fast, they also grow out of fads and phases at an amazing rate.

Conclusion
Snug without being overbearing, home is where the hearth is.

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