STEP TWO
Not sure which interior style suits you? Then this is a great place to begin!
The questions and results of this quiz are intended to offer a sense of the interior design style you’re drawn to, not to be a definitive answer about what’s right for your space. Quizzes are simply a fun way to start thinking about what style might be right for your home and space.
What Interior Style Suits You?
Based on your answers, you seem to be drawn to:
In the following sections of this workshop, we’ve put together a summary of common interior styles along with mood boards and suggestions for complementary exterior styles to help you get started. Browse through these concepts to get a general sense of each one, and take note of any that stand out to you. See which ones fit your narrative.
Sometimes more than one style reference will apply to your space and your taste. Choose your favourite or most compatible style reference(s) to guide you as you refine your interior style profile.
Even if certain styles are not necessarily what you’d choose for your space, they can give you a sense of the key elements to keep in mind when designing.
So let’s explore 12 Common Interior Design Styles!
Plus, how we used a few to develop a custom interior style profile for Steep Hill Cottage.
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-This guide provides a brief, highly graphical overview of Canada's architectural heritage, highlighting the defining characteristics of various building styles and types across different historical periods. We love older Parks Canada publications.
Parks Canada. Buildings of Canada: A Guide to Styles and Types. 1980, https://www.historicplaces.ca/media/7173/buildingsofcanada.pdf.
-This guide, commissioned by an East coast municipality, is quite comprehensive. It provides more detailed information on the architectural styles that are common in Canada.
Town of Sackville. Heritage Architecture Style Guide. 10 Mar. 2014, https://sackville.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Heritage_Architecture_Style_Guide_Final_10March2014.pdf.
-This book provides a comprehensive overview of major architectural styles and building terminology in Ontario from the late 18th century to relatively modern times.
Blumenson, John J.-G. Ontario Architecture: A Guide to Styles and Building Terms, 1784 to the Present. Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1990.
-A concise introduction to considering the architectural character of your home is provided in the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Cultural Resources - Preservation Guides. The National Park Service preservation guides are a great resource in general and well worth exploring.
-This book outlines what to look for, what to do and what not to do when working on important building details.
Cusato, Marianne, and Ben Pentreath. Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid. Sterling, 2007.
-This book provides an excellent detailed guide to American residential architecture (basically the same as Canadian architecture).
McAlester, Virginia Savage. A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised): The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture. Knopf, 2015.
-This book provides detailed information on building elements.
Benjamin, Asher. The American Builder's Companion. Illustrated ed., Feb. 26, 2009, Dover Publications.
-This book provides detailed information on building elements indicating scale and proportion.
Radford, William A., Bernard L. Johnson, and Charles P. Rawson. Radford's Portfolio of Details of Building Construction: A Remarkable and Unique Collection of Full-Page Plates, Accurately Drawn and Reproduced to Exact Scale. Complete Details for Every Style of Interior Trim, Including Special Built-In Features. Illustrated ed., Dover Publications, Aug. 31, 2012.
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