If you have your own home what opening would you design it?
Answers: The most important piece to me is that it isn't the SAME as everyone else's. That doesn't mean I'd design it crazy, simply not cookie cutter.
I don't know if you mean you're designing the house itself or the interior decorate...
If it's the house itself, I'd avoid this popular style I'm seeing everywhere - with the complex roof and giant pane over the front door, etc. I would design a house that looked like an old-fashioned southern mansion, complete with full-length, two story front porches, columns, and lots of doors central out onto the porches. I'd follow those old homes' plans as closely as I could because I love the romance they portray.
If it be the interior that I was designing, it would depend on the room. I want a formal living room beside classic furniture - a tea table (not coffee table), camelback davenport, wing chairs, tailored draperies, a well appointed fireplace, etc.
My kitchen would be comfortable next to a VERY SLIGHT mediterranian feel. zilch over the top. And a dining room with a big rectangular table and pretty and sturdy chairs.
My house would also hold a rec room or den that would be much more "livable" than the living room - with a regular size couch or sectional - none of the oversized stuff - I feel it makes rooms look too small... and a TV that could be covered - whether in a cupboard or aft a picture or something. warm colors and a ceiling aficionado.
my way.
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