There was an earlier decorating quiz? Where? I need to be quizzed on decorating...

This page is asking for a sign-in, but I know my style: it's Something Old Something Not So New Something Off the Street Hey Are You Throwing Away That Old Mattress?

Early Late Neo Victorian Post-Rokoko Modern Cutiepunk.

Is that self-diagnosed, or did the quiz tell you? Either way, I like it.

I think it's the title of the newest Puffy Ami Yumi release, Taz.

Cutiepunk is a great word. AND, I know at least 2 or 3 people that I could totally call "cutiepunks". I am a lucky person.

Back to the topic at hand, I fear I have little style. Especially in terms of decorating.

wow, i now have to dig through all my memory to think of which cutiepunks i have known in my life.

Bummer about the sign in. Evidently my style is "cottage chic".

Taz, I linked to another style quiz like this one. It used pics like this. I think it was from a European magazine's website.

I'm "Old World, New Way".

I'm "Furniture? There's Furniture In Here? I Thought Those Were Just Exceptionally Large Piles of Dog Hair."

"Spanish-Inspired", despite not picking anything that looked especially Spanish. "Hand-woven textiles, vivid colors, stout furniture grounded by earthy textures and rich history. Rustic and warm" is true, though. Retaking it with two different answers changed the result to "French Country", which is "Rustic, casual and welcoming. Cheerful combinations of deep, rich colors. Full of natural materials and handcrafted flair" (emphasis added). A blend of both is probably correct, so let's go with "Moor of Provence".

the alternate version of Cutiepunk is Punkitty.

Okay, I did it. I'm Classic Casual. AKA transitional. A mix of contemporary and traditional. Usually updated, graceful, enduring.

How boring is that? Except I get to have an AKA. Just like the guys down in the post office.

Oh, but check this out: tomorrow some producer is coming here for interview 2 with my house. A location scout came around earlier and took a bunch of photos because they might want to use our place for a shoot, and now the producer is coming. If he decides he wants to use it, they'll give us a pile of money, and we'll have nowhere to live for three days. o_0

There is no way this is right. I'm quite sure I'm Urban Shabby Chic but it says I'm "Mediterranean-Inspired."

Uh-ah. That aint happening anywhere near me.

Ok, that's better. Just took it again and I'm sure I did everything nearly the same save one image and got Eclectic. Whew! The kicker that determined it was the first image I guess. I thought that bright bedroom would be a neat hotel room.

Eclectic? I want eclectic. *goes to do quiz again*

Any one of these style types + an income under $150k/year and/or sentimental attachment to comfy old furniture or whatever got you through college = eclectic, I think.

Hello again! Every time I see that word I think Electric! Loose! Eclectic! You wanna call a truce!

Ugh. I didn't like any of the rooms shown, everything looked like some god-damned overstuffed cartoon. I picked the things that didn't look too monstrously Nouveau Riche or like set-dressing for a thrid-rate drama.

I got:

Your style is Classic Elegance

Traditional but not typical. Classic lines, tailored fabrics, a neutral palette with warm accents. Traditional and Victorian styles work in my home.

huh.

My style is "Easy to clean and not a load of useless crap cluttering shit up. Except books. There will always be books".

Evidently I am sleek and streamlined. Like a greyhound.

Tastefuly bordellolicious.

Your style is Mid-Century Mod

Open, airy, organic spaces, all about form and function. Sophisticated and sleek yet approachable, alluring. My home is Mid-Century Modern.

Doesn't surprise me all that much.

My style is Cottage/Shabby Chic. This doesn't surprise me. My real love is Arts & Crafts but not much of what they offered lent itself to that. I re-did the test with A&C in mind and came up with Spanish Inspired.

You have to be a member. I'm toooo lazy to sign up. For a decorating quiz.

Maybe that gives a hint about my style.

Well, my house just had it's audition. Man, did that feel uncomfortable! First of all, I was expecting this one guy... and, like, six people showed up. I couldn't even offer coffee to six people; I had enough for maybe three. I couldn't even offer water to six people, because we're in crisis drinking glass stage.

I also felt weird because I had dusted with this sort of citrusy essential oil dotted on the duster... and it might have smelled... weird. Anyway, I scampered off down to the courtyard with Sky so they could look around unhindered, and also so I wouldn't have to talk to them. They didn't stay very long, so I have the feeling they probably won't use it. Which is okay by me, because I wasn't looking forward to it at all, except for the money.

But after they left, I felt icky. As though they were wandering around looking at things and going, "Where did they get this? The dumpster?" Why yes. Yes, we did. That's an unusual feeling for me, feeling sort of embarrassed that way - but I guess I felt as though we were putting it forward to be judged somehow, which isn't the case at all. Since V. works in the industry, we know all sorts of directors, producers, prop/set directors, etc., who visit here, so our place comes up occasionally as a possible location. It certainly wouldn't be a thrill for me, the mostly antisocial hermit crab lady of Athens. Anyway. gah.

I was kind of excited that they may use your place, taz. I'm sure they weren't judging your stuff. I know how you feel regardless. It's never easy to have your environment scrutinized. I remember you posted pics or your place and it was beautiful. Who knows why they gave it a pass. It could be something technical, like sun exposure, that you have no control over.

It would be a relief for me as well. I'm in a tizzy preparing for friends. I couldn't imagine opening my house for a film crew.

Mine came out as Isn't it time you unpacked these boxes? All the pictures were that overdone magazine style, which I don't find appealing. All very of the moment. My house is a mix of cast-offs, hand-me-downs, clutter (unfinished projects), funky stuff and good ole' Ikea. Some of the castoffs are pretending to be antiques, but in a friendly way. And I like colors, even colors that aren't fashionable this year.

Yeah, on some of the pages I didn't like anything. I picked a bedroom that reminded me of my honeymoon. It was the dark heavy bed with the green floral quilt. It was the only one that appealed.

Yesterday on Apartment Therapy they showed an apartment that I loved. It's not overloaded with crap and doesn't look like a magazine layout. One of the things that always bothers me about design shows is that they crowd small sofas with tons of throw pillows. They would be on the floor and trashed in minutes in my house. Where are you supposed to sit with all of those pillows?