One of my favorite magazines, Real Simple, had a design style quiz in the March issue. The visual quiz in the magazine is different than online, but both are fun to check out. (Although I would still recommend finding this month’s magazine. I prefer the print version myself. The room photos are better in the magazine, in my humble opinion.)
I was overwhelmingly attracted to cozy casual. And, while our home isn’t 100 percent there, I think that the things we love most fit into this “personality.”
Description of Cozy Casual from Real Simple:
A warm, traditional look made for relaxing with family and friends. Draws on English and early-American furniture designs, as well as laid-back country, cottage and farmhouse styles. Weathered, low-maintenance furnishings are easy, inviting and built for daily life. Think golden retrievers, fuzzy slippers and just about any movie by Nancy Meyers.
It definitely sounds like the photos of rooms I tear out of magazines and bookmark online. It also calls for plush upholstery, slipcovers, warm wood tones, rustic and distressed furniture, natural fabrics and solids, stripes or unfussy florals. Yes, please.
My favorite part is that Real Simple recommends stores for your style. And, I have to say that the stores listed include two of my favorites inspirations (even if I cannot normally afford them) – Crate & Barrel and Pottery Barn. It also recommended Maine Cottage, Pine Cone Hill and Libeco Home, which are new to me.
Here’s a few other photos in my inspiration folders that I love that I think speak to the Cozy Casual style:
Go check it out at Real Simple. See if your design personality matches up as much as I think mine did. And, I’d love to know what your style is.
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Lauren says
I got Cozy Casual too! I love all those rooms that you picked out!
Laura says
I’m cozy casual too! I love your inspiration pictures.
Kristi says
I got a subscription to RS for Christmas. Yeah! The first issue I received had the quiz in it. I too am cozy casual!! No wonder I like your house so much!!
Emily Kate says
I was an exact split between Cozy Casual and Vintage Eclectic — which I thought pegged me perfectly! Those folks at Real Simple are total geniuses!
Jen@Notes From the Heartland says
I would definitely agree with the Cozy Casual. I love all the photos you posted….I am TOTALLY in love with the high table/island on wheels in the last pic!!
SarahKL says
I’m with you on Cozy Casual. I want a lived in, homey look, that’s classic and clean. And I love fuzzy slippers. And golden retrievers. So yeah. It must be true. 🙂
Cindy @The Flipping Couple says
My MIL got me a Real Simple subscription for Christmas and I’m still waiting for the first issue to come…and not waiting very patiently, I have to admit.
Love love love all of these images. Makes me want to go redecorate from top to bottom! I never knew I loved white so much.
Kelly says
This is exactly what style I was trying to get across in my crazy post a few days ago. Now I actually have a name for it! Thanks, Kim!
Emily says
Love Real Simple! I was Cozy Casual when I took it a few days ago, and I was excited that it was exactly what I would have picked from the picture options. That doesn’t usually happen to me in quizzes. Now if my damn white slipcovered couch would just show up, I’d get moving that direction.