Country N ModernPosted by admin on October 23rd, 2009
I found this quiz along Alpha’s blog!
COUNTRY ‘N’ MODERN
It sounds unlikely, but rural properties are amazingly adaptable to a modern style – as your home proves. The country-meets-modern look relies on natural materials and, very often, the immediate landscape for inspiration. The result perfectly combines the simplicity of colour and form without overlooking basic comfort and, indeed, the practicalities of raising a family.
Living Room
You have a comfortably contemporary living room. The danger with the ‘modern look’ is that it too easily falls into the realm of the bland and insipid; ‘easy’ gets confused with ‘careless’ and the result is just downright dull! Perhaps of all the rooms in our homes, the living room can be the one that most expresses your sense of style and your interests. Think, too, about how and when you will most use the room. For example, do you want it light and airy or warm and cosy? Classic accessories — a chandelier, say, or a ‘Louis XV’ chair — can really help to lift an otherwise modern room and to mark it with your individual style. Neutral wall colours provide a calm, easy background, while eclectic black and white make for a bold, yet chic statement. Curled up on the sofa with a good book, your living room’s the perfect place for some “me-time”.
Bedroom
It’s a man’s world in the master bedroom. Sleep is fundamentally important to our well being. Clean, fresh air can truly aid sleep, but so, too, does a well-made bed and the best mattress you can afford. Touch is an important issue in the bedroom, from crisp, linen sheets to wool or even sheepskin underfoot. You have quite a masculine – some might say hard – style in your bedroom, using classic, neutral colours and textures to create an oasis of calm.
Dining Room
You’re a paragon of style, no-holds-barred entertainer. At home, you have a classic dining area that’s perfect for formal or glamorous dinner parties. It’s a tried and trusted look that will never go out of style. Carver chairs take up space and so are best limited to top and tail of the dining table, and they need not even match the dining chairs down either side. Though expensive, a bone china dinner service really does set off the table to magnificently and can detract from other compromises if budget is an issue. When it comes to entertaining, children usually take centre-stage.
Home Office
You have a place for everything and everything has its place. Working from home is an increasingly popular solution to the challenge of bringing up a young family and making ends meet. A dedicated home office – even if it’s just the corner of a room – will help keep you focused and separate work from hectic family life. The modernist adage that form should follow function is nowhere better demonstrated than in the home office: keep things simple and add your own sense of style by using a splash of colour or a single, well-chosen decorative piece.
Kids’ Room
Let a child’s room reflect his or her personality — not yours! If you have the space for a designated playroom, great. If not, then giving your kids the biggest bedroom can be a smart move, certainly once they’re past the toddler stage: it gives them a designated space to play, enabling you to keep the rest of your home more, rather than less, how it used to be. Cheap and cheerful is ideal when it comes to most things in children’s rooms: not only do kids grow fast, they also grow out of fads and phases at an amazing rate.
Conclusion
Your home combines the best of old and new, rural and metropolitan, to prove you really can have it all!