STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Your favorite:

type of home style/architecture? I am not up on what the different styles are called.  however, i think I am very eclectic.  I mix and match a lot.

color to decorate with? i am looking around...i think i have to say black.  it sounds dreary, but it is a great accent color.

type of flooring? wood

paint color? i still live in a rent house and can't paint...but i would love a dark navy room or walls

wood color? anything dark - mahogony, walnut, black

type of kitchen countertop? i like the big rough ceramic tile

hardware color of choice? anything but brass

least favorite thing to decorate around? television, electronics (too small a space for a big amiore or something to hide it)

furniture piece in your house? my favorite is my grandmothers dining table and buffet...but since we are renting the world's smallest house...my mom currently has custody of them

type of home style/architecture? I have a bunch - mid-century modern, craftsman, california bungalow, spanish mission

color to decorate with? copper

type of flooring? tie - wood or polished concrete

paint color? desert sand - looks just like it sounds

wood color? anything dark

type of kitchen countertop? granite

hardware color of choice? polished nickel

least favorite thing to decorate around? home office clutter - I am a neat freak and can't find suitable solutions to really keep it hidden

furniture piece in your house? my vanity

My apartment is snorey-boring post collegiate right now...*sigh* 

type of home style/architecture? I like Victorian homes with large porches (east coast) and California beach bungalows from the early 1900s (west coast)...however I would never decorate according to the architecture...no Victorian in a Victorian home.

color to decorate with? my favorite colors to wear are the same colors I'd love to put in my home...warm pinks, earthy greens, deep rich reds, and plums. I like the idea of accenting with  blacks mixed with deep woods.

type of flooring? HARDWOOD!!!!!! It rankles deeply in my soul that I have apartment-issue being carpreting. Ideally, I'd like a paler birch or maple colored hardwood floor, but I'll take anything that isn't too ridiculously dark.

paint color? I like warm sagey/mossy greens

wood color? for the floors, super pale birch or maple. for the furniture, I love dark brown stained walnut.

type of kitchen countertop? never gave much thought to this, but I do like granite 

hardware color of choice? brushed nickel or stuff like this.

least favorite thing to decorate around? I hate all electronics, but I hate televisions the most.

furniture piece in your house? I'm not into most of them, but I do like my dining room set. It is an outdoor set that I'm using in a very indoor place, though.

I bought it from Ballard Designs three years ago. It's this set in black but I bought the larger table and a set of four chairs.

type of home style/architecture? tie between mediterranean and victorian

color to decorate with? Green

type of flooring? wood

paint color? warm earthy tones

wood color? mahogany & cherry

type of kitchen countertop? you know what would be cool? travertine countertops but i've never actually seen it.

hardware color of choice? silver/nickel

least favorite thing to decorate around? anything electronic

furniture piece in your house? sage green overstuffed couch called the "charleston" couch from pottery barn

My favorite:

type of home style/architecture? English Tudor, but I love Arts and Crafts as well

color to decorate with? anything, I guess... My house is predominantly a mix of camel and burgundy with dark turquoise and black accents.  my kitchen is terracotta and cream with turquoise and black accents.

type of flooring? wood, slate, but I love terrazzo flooring and would like to have it one day.

paint color? I prefer deep rich colors with crisp white trim.

wood color? dark

type of kitchen countertop? corian because it doesn't stain, and it can be easily modified needed.  I am also intrigued by pigmented concrete.

hardware color of choice? bronze, copper although my current hardware is mostly antiqued dull/dark brass.

least favorite thing to decorate around? Electronics

furniture piece in your house? it's between my mammoth mahogany 4 poster bed with a half tester, or the wing back chair in my living room.  I have to tell a story about the wing back chair...

One weekend, my husband was running some errands and took a way home that he normally wouldn't take. He saw an estate sale sign, took note, came home and told me about it and we decided to go check it out (this was in a city adjacent to ours.)  We went through the sale, didn't really see anything, and went to go check out what was in the garage.  In the garage was this wingback chair with cream textured upholstery that looked like a dog got mad and shredded it to pieces.  The chair had good bones though - I lifted the cushion and the label read Hickory Chair which is pretty good quality.  After much dickering, I talked the lady down from the $150 she wanted to $40, as it would cost a fair amount to purchase fabric and have it reupholstered.  We left with the chair, and as my husband was trying to load it into the car, he started reciting our home address, like 3 times... I'm like, "what are you saying our address for?!?" and he said right here - on the bottom of the chair - it's our address.

This chair had been ordered by the first owner of our house, and the shipping label was still attached to the bottom of the chair.  I supposed it wanted to come home! What are the chances of that? Anyway - it was pretty freaky. But pretty cool too. It's since been upholstered in a tone on tone burgundy stripe with antiqued brass nail head studs

My favorite:

type of home style/architecture? colonial (I'm from New England) but now that I live in LA - I love spanish colonial

color to decorate with? cream, red, moss green and light blue.

type of flooring? wood.  someday to be covered by expensive persian rugs :)

paint color?   cream

wood color? medium and with an interesting grain.

type of kitchen countertop?   Granite, though I like the idea of travertine too.

hardware color of choice?   Brushed nickel.

least favorite thing to decorate around?  wires!  Why does everything have so many wires these days?

furniture piece in your house?  Hmmm.  my big cushy mossy gray couch...so inviting after a day at work :)

type of home style/architecture? Traditional brownstone or Victorian, I live in a brownstone, it's a really old house

color to decorate with? Blue

type of flooring? wood and flagstone

paint color? ecru and various shades of blues; light to deep w/ wainscoting

wood color? cherry wood

type of kitchen countertop? marble

hardware color of choice? I have vintage Delft knobs

least favorite thing to decorate around? Electronics that can't be hidden away

furniture piece in your house? my great grandmother's dining room set including 12 seats and table w/ 2 leaves, a server an banquet in a luscious dark wood

okay..most of these answers are pretend cause im still a rentor.

type of home style/architecture? really really clean and modern lines. but id love to have all minamalist modern stuff inside an old farmhouse (old houses are really the only way to get a good porch, which imo is key to a good house). no extra stuff laying around, no pillows or mirrors or even furniture that's not used all the time. id love to live in an old convered warehouse/barn/church/any other space type place as well.

color to decorate with? blue, green, red, purple...really any color that's not a neutral.

type of flooring? i really do prefer wood (dark or light), but i think it would be great to have a stone floor too (sorta concrete color) but no tile.

paint color? see above, really any color but cream, eggshell, white. i want lots of color to go with my clean lined furniture.

wood color? really depends on the space. i think lighter for kitchens, but darker for office spaces. i really sorta like the idea of all pale pale bleached wood through out the whole house with dark navy and burgundy walls.

type of kitchen countertop? i haven't really thought much about this other than no vinyl or plastic stuff. probably concrete/limestone type but unchippable and unstainable.

hardware color of choice? brushed nickle. ya know, the sorta matte silver shade.

least favorite thing to decorate around? hmm, probably any truly necessary item that's not terribly attractive. entertainment systems, computer, kitchen accesories.

furniture piece in your house? probably my bright red kitchen table and chairs, and i mean, bright bright red! and i really adore my coffee table. its technically too high to make a good coffee table but my mom's brother made it and i never got to meet him as he passed away before i was born. hmm, considering that i don't really own much true furniture other than those two pieces its a good thing i like them.