What Is Your Interior Design Style?

Most people do — and that's completely normal. The best-designed homes are rarely pure expressions of one style. Choose one dominant style as your foundation, then layer in elements from a secondary style. The quiz shows your strongest style — use it as the anchor and add your secondary as texture and personality.

Look at what you're already drawn to without thinking about it. Check your Pinterest boards, the Instagram accounts you follow, what you notice first when you walk into a beautifully decorated space. Your gut reaction before your brain overthinks it is almost always the most reliable guide.

Both use neutral palettes and natural materials but feel quite different. Modern Farmhouse is warmer — more texture, more layers, more sentiment. Shiplap, linen, reclaimed wood, mason jars. Scandinavian is cooler and more spare — functional design with fewer decorative elements, black accents, cleaner lines. Farmhouse feels nostalgic; Scandinavian feels forward-thinking.

Yes — this combination is called "Minimal Boho" and is one of the most popular emerging styles. The idea is to take the warmth, texture, and organic materials of Bohemian and edit it down to the Minimalist principle of intentionality. Fewer pieces, but each one carefully chosen. Natural materials, earthy tones, maybe one large macramé piece — but lots of breathing room around it.

In 2026 the dominant trend is "warm minimalism" — clean, uncluttered spaces with rich natural materials like travertine, linen, aged brass, and warm wood tones. It's a rejection of the cold grey minimalism of the 2010s. Alongside this, Maximalism continues to grow as a counter-movement — people who want homes that feel personal and layered rather than styled for a magazine. Modern Farmhouse and Bohemian remain consistently popular on Pinterest year over year.

Start with the smallest impactful changes: swap cushion covers, change a rug, update lighting, and change what's on your shelves. These four things dramatically shift the feeling of a room without requiring new furniture. Paint is also a high-impact, low-cost way to shift a room's style. Large furniture pieces like sofas and beds are usually the last things to change — focus on accessories and textiles first.