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How To Find Your Home Decor Style

How To Find Your Home Decor Style

“I want to be able to create a home that we can truly feel at-home in, but [my new husband and I] still haven’t figured out what our “style” is. How can we find our home decor style without buying & trying different items? How can we figure out our tastes and preferences without spending a bunch of money, creating waste, and/or accidentally getting swept up by what’s trendy?”

 

It happens to the best of us: we search high and wide for the perfect decor that will transform our homes from lived-in disaster zones to ones reminiscent of those within the glossy pages of decor catalogs (I get it; I’ve been there too!). But “home” isn’t a place; it’s a feeling, and neither trinkets nor furniture have the power to make a house a home.

Today I’m answering a listener’s question about how to determine your home decor style. I’m also offering my best advice on how to avoid costly mistakes when purchasing furniture and other expensive home items.

Here’s a preview:

[3:45] Home isn’t a place; it’s a feeling

[7:15] 5 ways to find your home decor style

[17:30] How (and why) you should “date” your home before furnishing it

[22:45] Practicality versus aesthetics

[24:00] Thoughts on personalizing your space without spending a lot of money

 

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It happens to the best of us: we search high and wide for the perfect decor that will transform our homes from lived-in disaster zones to ones reminiscent of those within the glossy pages of decor catalogs. But "home" isn't a place; it's a feeling, and neither trinkets nor furniture have the power to make a house a home. On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast: how to determine your home decor style and avoid costly mistakes when purchasing furniture.

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2 thoughts on “How To Find Your Home Decor Style”

  1. Listening to the episode and want to recommed an interior design book that focuses on the personal feeling and how to obtain that and knowledge- not shopping!

    Frida Ramstedt is the author to Interior Design Handbook.

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