In your decorating, do you have a "theme" throughout your home, or is each room totally its own space, with its own style? For instance, would you have a "French country" kitchen with a "Bohemian Chic" bedroom or "Moroccan bazaar" living room with an "art deco" bathroom? Or is there a fairly consistent style tying together each room, even if it has its own individuality -- each room clearly "belongs" in your home.
I see lovely photos of beautifully decorated homes shared here and in magazines, etc, and I think without exception (that I've seen!) there's been a clear aesthetic linking each room to the others within each home. I'm not talking about eclecticism in decorating -- even those whose photos I've seen who were extremely eclectic in style, were the same kind of eclectic consistently through each space. If that makes sense.
I was wondering if this is sort of a no-brainer for successful decorating, to really develop one aesthetic and committing to it, or if its just that I haven't seen the homes where that isn't the case - where the "French country" kitchen leads to a "Moroccan" living room, and it looks great? If you do NOT have a consistent style from room to room, do you have ways of making that successful?
I'm thinking that because my kitchen, dining room, and living room are all open to one another, that I have to consider them one larger space, and decorate accordingly, even though I see them very differently. I just have very different images in my mind of a great living room and a great kitchen. They don't really seem to be on the same page at all! But if I make the whole downstairs a certain theme, then I feel obligated to carry it everywhere (or I wouldn't know where was a non-abrupt place to segue into another style) and that just seems like too much of one thing.
I know a lot about what I like, but haven't figured out any kind of cohesive style, I suppose.
I see lovely photos of beautifully decorated homes shared here and in magazines, etc, and I think without exception (that I've seen!) there's been a clear aesthetic linking each room to the others within each home. I'm not talking about eclecticism in decorating -- even those whose photos I've seen who were extremely eclectic in style, were the same kind of eclectic consistently through each space. If that makes sense.
I was wondering if this is sort of a no-brainer for successful decorating, to really develop one aesthetic and committing to it, or if its just that I haven't seen the homes where that isn't the case - where the "French country" kitchen leads to a "Moroccan" living room, and it looks great? If you do NOT have a consistent style from room to room, do you have ways of making that successful?
I'm thinking that because my kitchen, dining room, and living room are all open to one another, that I have to consider them one larger space, and decorate accordingly, even though I see them very differently. I just have very different images in my mind of a great living room and a great kitchen. They don't really seem to be on the same page at all! But if I make the whole downstairs a certain theme, then I feel obligated to carry it everywhere (or I wouldn't know where was a non-abrupt place to segue into another style) and that just seems like too much of one thing.
I know a lot about what I like, but haven't figured out any kind of cohesive style, I suppose.