Bracies Tips On Decorating

The Bracies blog is designed to provide tips on decorating, career opportunities, recruiting, booking shows, networking, and many more topics. Each posting will be fun, interesting, motivational, as well as educational. Our first blog is on decorating. Before you can decorate, you must know your style. Below is a questionaire to determine your decorating personality.

Define Your Decorating Style

What's your true decorating personality?

The best decorating is a reflection of your own unique style.

These fun questions are designed to help you uncover your own decorating style.

There ae no right or wrong answers – only what you personally prefer!

Just circle A, B, C, or D to answer each of these questions:

1. After a hard day, you would love to come home to:

          A. Elegant lamps, venerable Queen Anne funiture,
               and mellow old Oriental rugs.

          B. Soft, comfortable seating and a fire in the fireplace,
               and lots of family pictures and personal mementos.

          C. Chenille throws on the furniture, greenery
               and flowers filling every corner, and your favorite books
               and magazines within reach.

          D. Large areas of glass, a few pieces of classic furniture,
               and a collection of contemporary art and sculpture.

2. The colors you find relaxing are:

          A. Hunter green, cranberry red, ivory

          B. Colonial blue, barn red, pale yellow

          C. Lavender, white, pink

          D. Off white, black, sienna brown

3. If you were to reupholster your sofa, you would use:

         A. Plush, smooth silk

         B. Soft-to-the-touch brushed cotton

         C. Floral mini-prints

         D. Woven natural fibers, ethnic textiles

4. You would most likely bring home from an auction:

          A. Antique wodden bookcase

          B. Ceramic pottery

          C. White wicker peacock chair

          D. Chinese screen

    5.  Wood finishes you would prefer to have in your home:

          
          A. Cherry wood

          B. Distressed or painted finishes

          C. Mohogany

          D. Clear-coated, natural finishes

6. You love window treatments with:

          A. Velvet draperies wth deep swags

          B. Painted shutters

          C. Sheer panels to catch the breeze

          D. Roman shades

7. A prized accessory in your dining room would be:

          A. Mahogany sideboard

          B. Pine hutch

          C. Silver candelabra

          D. Marble-topped table with sculpted base

8. Your dream master bedroom would have:

          A. Traditional four-poster bed

          B. Recycled doors/old gate for headboard

          C. Upholstered headboard

          D. Sleek, metal headboard

9. Your bedroom is not complete without:

          A. English writing desk

          B. Quilt rack

          C. Antique basket for your knitting

          D. Computer

10. The most flattering compliment you could receive about your home would be that it is:

          A. Classic

          B. Charming

          C. Pretty

          D. Chic

Add up the numbers to determine your favorite style. The highest number is your style.

A's ___________   B's ___________   C's ______________   and D's ___________________

         (Formal)               (Casual)              (Contemporary)                (Traditional)