Today is Day 4 of a 31 day series on creating and cultivating an eclectic home. For some crazy reason, I have accepted The Nester’s challenge to write on the same theme every day for the month of October. This may end up killing me. Or you. But, I appreciate you reading and welcome your comments.
It was so fun to read your comments from yesterday’s post on defining an eclectic style mix. You guys named a lot of creative mixes, and I love that it allowed each person to decide what they love and make it their own.
Now, I’d like to take the style mix idea a bit further. A lot of you have asked how to put your style mixes together, and the place I always start is with what I consider my base style. In my own home, I know that vintage is my base style. It is the single style I am drawn to the most. I use my base style to define the major pieces my room should have and then let the other styles in my mix (modern and industrial) come in via accessories and flourishes in the room.
Confused? Well, let me show you some examples (from Pinterest, of course) to illustrate my point. Take this farmhouse style table pictured below. You can see that when it’s paired with similarly styled chairs, it really has a farmhouse feel. This is traditionally what you would expect to see in such a room.
But, if your base style is farmhouse and one of your mix styles is, say, contemporary, you could remove the farmhouse chairs and replace them with something like the ghost chairs pictured here:
Doesn’t that completely change the look of a farm table? You could even do something a little different if your style mix was modern vintage. How about these yummy Eames chairs?
That look is a far cry from the first photo, isn’t it?
By choosing a base style and using it to determine most of your large furniture pieces, you will find it less daunting to add your other styles into a room.
What’s your base style?
I found this so helpful. Thanks!
The last line in this post is heaven to my ears! Great post!
I have no idea what my base style would be. I guess I didn’t really pin down my style like I thought I did yesterday!
So, I think I figured it out. I think I was confused because I was trying to think about my style based on what I have instead of what I would have if I could afford what I REALLY want. I think it is farmhouse, but it could be cottage. They seem to overlap a little.
new to this site and love it. I think my base style would be modern because I like clean lines, crisp colors and symmetry. However, I feel that I like so many other styles…industrial, contemporary, farmhouse, asian etc! The last post is great because most of my house is eclectic because I have not been able to afford the modern furniture that I like!
Thank you for doing this series! I’m enjoying it as I’m trying to find my style. Keep up the great work and ideas!
Great images, I’ve been noticing a lot of “Farmhouse Modern” lately!
I think my style would be rustic modern craftsmanesque? You think that could be a style? LOL
I’ve never considered what I have as any style. It is what it is. I can’t afford to replace so I’m online to learn how to update, recycle, accessorize, re-do, etc. I am always drawn to country charm, cottage colors and shabby chic and I absolutely LOVE anything to do with trees or leaves. The tree in your “entryway?” is wonderful! I found your site today and I am hooked!