Interior design

[Tink]

There is a school of thought that your homes decor should center arond one single color in every room with different accent colors in the different rooms. Such as a blue/taupe living room, blue/green kitchen... using this idea. what color would you build around?

What style of interior design most appeals to you?

Do you like metals in a room? Do you prefer brass or silver?

Do you like wood or glass shelves better?

[Brooke]

I don't like the idea of using one color through out the whole house... So i wouldn't.

I like wood, As far as sinks knobs and door knobs I like the old fashoined porciline white.

I like country, or sea scape style...i also LOVE log cabin look, and south western...my home is in country style though.

[DianaB]

There is a school of thought that your homes decor should center arond one single color in every room with different accent colors in the different rooms. Such as a blue/taupe living room, blue/green kitchen... using this idea. what color would you build around?

We built a new house in 1999 and I used taupe as my base color and then I've added different colors with it in each room. Kitchen & dining room pink, cream, and taupe.....bathroom #1 blue, pink, taupe.....bathroom #2 green, blue, taupe.....living room barn red, green, taupe.

What style of interior design most appeals to you?

I love using antiques through out my home. I like the shabby chic and country looks too. I mostly decorate with what ever I love. It's very interesting!!

Do you like metals in a room? Do you prefer brass or silver?

I prefer the shiny brass but only as accents.

Do you like wood or glass shelves better?

In our home we used oak shelving. With the antique look that I love glass shelves just wouldn't go.

[Marilyn]

Our home decor is Tuscan/Country Italian. Lots of wood, oil rubbed bronze and glass. Nothing in my home is white. The interior doors and some of the trim is painted an off white/light cream.

Personally, I don't like the metallic, modern decor. It just looks cold to me. I have found from living in several new custom homes of varying styles from American Country, Southwest to French Country, that earth tones, natural colors, woods and stone are where I feel the most comfortable, the most at home.

Attached are some pictures of our home's interior. It was in a Parade of Homes and that is when these pictures were taken, so if you see signs in some o[f the pics, that's the reason. The furniture is ours.

1532 resized.jpg1516 resized.jpg1522 resized.jpg1519 resized.jpg

[Marilyn]

By the way, we are selling our current home, even though we love it. Have been here for 3 years and it's time to build again. This is life with a custom home builder. Our children have lived in 7 different homes in 21 years all in the same town. They say it has taught them that it's the people inside the home that matter, not the brick and lumber.