Style factor in interior designing and decoration

When it comes to style, stay true to yourself. So what is your style? There is something about you that stands out, whether it’s how you dress, the way you talk, the way you act, or what and who you love: all the things that make you. Some people wear their style on their sleeves; others have a subtler approach. Still others are like an onion- you have to peel back the layers to find out what’s underneath to get a fix on their style. When we go into a home on EMHE, we have a very brief time to get some clues to a family’s style. But little things can tell us a lot.
What books do they read? What type of music do they listen to? (If there’s a lot of Grateful Dead, it’s always safe to work some tie-dye in there somewhere.) Do they collect anything? What kind of clothes and accessories do they wear? That’s a big one. Probably the biggest clue to your own sense of style is hanging in your closet right now. In fact, the bedroom on pages 68-69 was based entirely on a very graphic black-and-white purse that I saw in the house we were about to make over. “Is that your bag?” I asked the mom whose bedroom, shared with her husband (and a retreat from their sextuplets), was my secret project for the show. “Yes,” she replied. “It’s my favorite.