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INSPIRING STYLES

DECORATE YOUR DIGS helps YOU become your own interior designer.

Figuring out your personal decorating style is the first step to creating rooms you will love spending time in. To get you started, we’ve identified nine different looks that we think are both current and contemporary... but possess classic elements. They’re decorating styles that will still look great ten years (or more) from now. There’s something timeless, not trendy, about all of the styles.

Here’s how to start:

Study each of DYD’s styles... keeping your space and the way you like to live in mind... then select the look that will suit you best.

SHOP BY STYLE on DYD to see the items that fit the look you’ve selected.

Well-designed rooms have an abundance of personality. When shopping and adding items to your Clipping Files, be sure to put your personal take on the style you like best. (For example, if you love the BELGIAN MODERN style, but your favourite color is orange, use it via accessories like throws and pillows.) You’ll be well on your way to developing your own—unique—decorating style.

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5 APPROACHABLE GLAMOUR

13 BELGIAN MODERN

21 CASUAL COMFORT

29 INDUSTRIAL EDGE

37 MINIMALIST MODERN

45 PREPPY GRAPHIC

53 QUIRKY TRADITIONAL

61 UPTOWN TAILORED 69 VINTAGE ECLECTIC

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APPROACHABLE GLAMOUR

This opulent look is all about bringing glamour to everyday living. Yet it’s a decorating style that’s surprisingly relatable and comfortable. The elements that make it so compelling?

This living room, with it’s real-world fabulousness, belongs to Jenna Lyons, President of J. Crew. Her family’s townhouse is located in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

contrasting colors A sophisticated, high contrast color scheme like black and white captures the essence of classic glamour. Furniture and accessories in these colors give rooms visual panache.

sparkle & shineMirrors, crystal, chrome, silver, mercury glass. Accent pieces made with any of these materials add sparkle and shine... and reflect light (and glamour) around the room. A little goes a long way, though. (It’s the ‘little’ that makes this decorating style approachable rather than over-the-top.)

This is the San Francisco living room of Monelle Totah, Vice President of Design for Williams-Sonoma Home.

luxe accessoriesA thoughtful selection of high quality, luxurious accessories—like crystal chandeliers, cashmere throws, and cowhide rugs—furthers the APPROACHABLE GLAMOUR decorating style when it stays within the room’s color scheme.

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animal printsAnimal prints—like zebra and leopard— on accessories like pillows, rugs, and ottomans add an exotic touch to these rooms.

art deco accentsA touch of art deco via an accessory like a mirror or chandelier adds glamour.

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BELGIAN MODERN

The BELGIAN MODERN style brings an earthy and comfortable elegance to everyday living.

This is the living room (left) of actress Meg Ryan. Her gorgeous summer home is located on Chappaquiddick Island off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard.

natural materialsThis style employs an abundance of natural materials—warmly toned wood floors, plaster walls, marble tabletops. Furniture is typically upholstered or slipcovered in high quality linen. The materials used in BELGIAN MODERN decor suggest the patina of age while somehow still feeling fresh.

large proportionsSpacious interiors are one of the hallmarks of this decorating style. Ceilings are high and rooms are generously sized. To suit the grand scale of these rooms, furniture is generously proportioned.

This is the East Hampton ‘barn’ of Ina Garten, where she films episodes of her television show, The Barefoot Contessa. The desk area (near right) is part of House Beautiful’s ‘Kitchen of the Year’ she created with interior designer Robert Stillin.

soft paletteA soft, subtle, natural palette is important in these spaces. Griege, an intriguing combination of grey and beige, is the signature color of BELGIAN MODERN. Other colors frequently used are stone, cream, white... and subtle blues and lavendars.

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antiquesAntiques are intergral to BELGIAN MODERN interiors. They tend to be generous in size, straightforward in their design, and possess a rustic simplicity.

This quiet nook is in the castle of Axel Vervoort, a world-renowned antiques dealer, who is considered to be the founder of BELGIAN MODERN design. Note the restrained, neutral palette, the antique armoire and decorative objects, the stone floors, and the generously proportioned wing chair slipcovered in white linen.

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CASUAL COMFORT

The name says it all. CASUAL COMFORT is a design style that’s not only casual and welcoming, but also beautiful and welcoming. What makes this look so widely appealing?

simplicityFurniture and accessories in CASUAL COMFORT rooms are clean-lined and straightforward in their design. They’re not busy or ornate.

This is the family room (left) of interior designer Victoria Hagan’s Hamptons house. The room feels casual, welcoming, and family friendly.

durablityMaterials used in a CASUAL COMFORT home—heavy cotton, linen, leather, sisal, wicker, wood, and marble—are natural and durable. Most of them actually look better as they wear with use and age.

slipcoversFurniture in a CASUAL COMFORT home —sofas, armchairs, ottomans, etc.—is often slipcovered. Slipcovers make the furniture look more relaxed and casual. When sewn with washable fabrics like cotton and linen, the slipcovers have the added benefit of being child and pet friendly.

softnessThese are rooms to curl up in. There’s a certain cozy softness to them. This softness is achieved via furniture like down-filled sofas and accessories like cashmere throws and down-filled duvets and pillows.

natural paletteThe colors in a CASUAL COMFORTT home bring nature indoors. White, cream, sand, stone, green, brown, grey, blue... all are natural and beautiful. There’s nothing artificial or ‘wild’ about the color palette.

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INDUSTRIAL EDGE

INDUSTRIAL EDGE interiors are compelling in a rough, slightly gritty way. There’s nothing conventionally ‘pretty’ about these spaces, but there’s nothing boring about them either. What makes them interesting?

architectureOne of the strongest elements of this decorating style comes from the space the decor is placed in. INDUSTRIAL EDGE furniture looks best in vast, industrial spaces, like old warehouses that have been converted into apartments.

detailsArchitectural features like casement windows, exposed bricks, high ceilings, rustic beams, wood or concrete floors, and visible ductwork and pipes go hand in hand with this style. If these details are not indigenous to the space, they can certainly be added in.

This Nate Berkus designed kitchen (left) has a definite INDUSTRIAL EDGE thanks to the caged pendant lights and the metal cabinets. The look is softned by wood counterops.

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repurposed vintageThis decorating style relies heavily on vintage items that have been refurbished or repurposed. Surgical lamps become kitchen lights. Tractor seats become kitchen counter stools. Subway tiles become a bathroom sink backsplash. The more creative the repurposing, the better.

This is the INDUSTRIAL EDGE bathroom of J. Crew’s Jenna Lyons. Note the black walls, the exposed lighting, and the surface-mount-ed plumbing for the tub and shower.

subdued paletteThe subdued, muted colors in a room with INDUSTRIAL EDGE style are, unsurprisingly, industrial-inspired: coal blacks, steel greys, earthy browns, and brick reds.

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MINIMALIST MODERN

This is the interior view (left) of architect Philip Johnson’s Glass House located in New Canaan, Connecticut. Built in 1949, the house is considered to be a masterpiece of modern minimalism. The black leather Barcelona chairs, day bed, and ottoman and were all designed in 1929 by Mies van der Rohe. Both the architecture and the furniture still look astonishingly fresh and contemporary.

Today’s MINIMALIST MODERN interiors are derived from a clean-lined, spare style of architecture that evolved in Germany in the 1920s. These buildings used modern industrial materials like steel and plate glass to define their interior spaces. The furniture that was designed to suit the simplicity of the architecture was similarly clean-lined.

architectureMINIMALIST MODERN decor tends to work best when paired with modern architecture. These interior spaces generally have an abundance of natural light, generous proportions, and high ceilings. There’s also a noticeable lack of decorative architectural details.

less is more MINIMALIST MODERN decor is about using a few interesting, important pieces of furniture to create a look that has a strong visual impact. Architect Mies van der Rohe’s famous aphorism “Less is more” aptly describes this approach.

design classicsThe decorating style draws heavily on revered 20th century furniture design classics like Eero Saarinen’s marble-topped round table and Cherner plywood chairs (left) and the Eames Egg chairs (right). The furniture is well-made from quality materials, and the designs are sure to look as good in 50 years as they do today.

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PREPPY GRAPHIC

PREPPY GRAPHIC rooms are airy and bright. They’re lighthearted and playful. They’re happy, cheerful spaces. The elements that go into these rooms?

casual settingPREPPY GRAPHIC rooms usually don’t work in formal, urban spaces. They’re casual rooms... best suited to homes located in more relaxed settings... like the country or the beach.

white & brightIn PREPPY GRAPHIC rooms, white is often contrasted with bright, saturated colors liketurquoise, coral, orange, pink, green, and yellow. All colors are crisp, not muted or muddled.

patternsPatterns put the ‘graphic’ in PREPPY GRAPHIC rooms. Horizontal stripes, vertical stripes, chevron patterns, checkerboard patterns, silhouettes... anything bold and graphic goes. Patterns can appear anywhere... walls, rugs, upholstered furniture, or accessories. The trick is to use pattern in an interesting way. Not too little, not too much.

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QUIRKY TRADITIONAL style tweaks conventional architecture and home furnishings with a bit of eccentricity. At first glance, rooms may look like they belong to your parents (or grandparents) but they’re actually much more quirky and cool. Love the look?

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This is the foyer (left) and living room (right) of designer Kate Spade’s Park Avenue apartment. At first the space seems deeply traditional but upon closer look, quirky aspects (like the artwork) reveal themselves.

QUIRKY TRADITIONAL

This is a corner of Kate Spade’s living room (left) and guest bedroom (right). Note the irrevent, unexpected, pieces of art.

irreverent artArtwork is a hugely important element in a QUIRKY TRADITIONAL interior. Unusual, unexpected pieces of art, sculpture, or accessories add wit, personality, and charm to rooms.

sophisticationQUIRKY TRADITIONAL spaces are both sophisticated and traditional in their appearance. But with a few design tweaks they’re also refreshing and unpretentious.

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formal furnitureThe furniture in QUIRKY TRADITIONAL rooms tends to be formal. Sofas and chairs have distinct structures and fine lines... they’re not slouchy. The quirky aspect with respect to the furniture can come from upholstery fabrics contrasting with the formality of the piece they’re on.

bold paletteSaturated, sophisticated color is an important element in these interiors. The colors are not soft and shy... they’re bold... and they’re grown up. Think black, brown, blue, red, orange, and gold.

This is the living room of fashion designer Nanette Lapore. QUIRKY TRADITIONAL elements in the room are the amazing galleon chandelier, the portrait of Eva Peron, and the bold colors used on the armchair and curtains.

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UPTOWN TAILORED

The UPTOWN TAILORED look is definitely the most ‘grown-up’ of all of the decorating styles. It’s highly polished, refined, and sophisticated. How to recreate the look in your home?

tailored furnitureWhile furniture in a CASUAL COMFORT room is relaxed and slouchy... furniture in an UPTOWN TAILORED room is ‘fitted’, structured, and formal.

This Nate Berkus designed space (left and right) is located in New York City. Note the tailored furniture, luxurious materials, and sophisticated color scheme.

sophisticated paletteColors in an UPTOWN TAILORED room are nuanced. The colors never shout... they speak in refined tones. Greys, charcoals, browns, apricots, umbers, and creams.

luxurious materialsFurniture in an UPTOWN TAILORED room is covered in sophisticated and luxurious fabrics... velvets, wools, leathers, and silks.Rugs and accessories are also made from luxurious materials.

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VINTAGE ECLECTIC

VINTAGE ECLECTIC is perhaps the most interesting of all of the approaches to decorating because the resultant style of the rooms varies so widely. (It can run the gamut from 19th century medical ephemera, to nautical preppy, and everything in between.) The look ultimately depends on the tastes and finds of the owner, but there are some key components of VINTAGE ECLECTIC style.

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bohemianBohemian decorating means collecting and displaying unconventional, interesting objects—furniture and art... vintage and modern... from near and far. VINTAGE ECLECTIC rooms look ‘casually evolved’ over time. (Unfortunately, you might not be able to buy the entire look on DECORATE YOUR DIGS in one afternoon.)

This sunporch, filled with vintage finds, belongs to designers Courtney & Bob Novogratz of Sixx Design. It’s in their weekend house in western Massachusetts.

vintage findsVINTAGE ECLECTIC rooms contain found or collected vintage pieces—sofas, chairs, tables, boxes, maps, mirrors, books. photographs, paintings. These items are often mixed in with more contemporary pieces. The result is a storied and layered look that adds visual interest to rooms.

collectionsObjects in VINTAGE ECLECTIC rooms are frequently displayed in unified groups (like artwork hung on walls) or display vignettes (like beaded necklaces piled on a dresser). The collections add to the panache of these rooms.

multiple colorsVINTAGE ECLECTIC rooms are far from monochromatic—they possess multiple colors. Think saturated hues like red, yellow, blue, orange, green, and purple. To prevent the look from being too dispate, walls are often the unifying element via patterned wallpaper or a neutral back-ground color like grey or white.

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