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Shabby Vintage Modern Glam Beachy Chic- I am CONFUSED!!

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As I look around my home there is always a project brewing in my mind.  I know many of you DIY bloggers feel the same way… there is always something that can be made better.  But lately, I am so confused as to what my style really is.  I love so many different things, and I don’t believe that I have to choose one style, but I am still just confused.  I am craving bold colors lately, too, and I think that has something to do with it, but then I see beachy soft images and my hear flips!  These are some of my favorite rooms, and they are all over the place!
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Do you ever feel as utterly confused as I do?  I love so many different rooms, and I just don’t know what I want in my own home sometimes.  The beauty of blogging is that I get to see all these gorgeous homes that belong to real people who have done the work and put the rooms together themselves.  And I love that.  It’s awesome and inspiring.  But on the flipside, my brain is on overload and totally confused as to what it wants!!!!

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  1. Kelly at I Dream of Decor says

    Cassie I’m getting caught up right now on reading your blog and when I saw the new title I started giggling! I feel exactly the same way but like you I think you can sort of mix in a bit of all the styles you like to create your own style, I love what you have done with your home! Maybe if you are craving a little more color you could paint the walls in your family room or a bathroom a pretty bright color…just a thought. By the way I have never seen the Feminist Housewife’s blog but that photo of her bedroom is so beautiful that I’m heading over there now!

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  2. Katie says

    I know how you feel! I’m am decoratively confused.. I see a modern, contemporary room and love it, then I see a shabby chic or beachy themed room I love. I like sterile walls with pops of color, but then I like bright crazy walls too! I don’t know what to do! Ahh! I dont’ think you have to have “just one” style though! Just make it work for you… I’m working on it!

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  4. Melissa at HOUSEography says

    I don’t think you can find your style in someone else’s picture or house. Your style is YOUR STYLE and it evolves with you. Your style will change (mine is changing constantly) – so don’t work too hard at figuring out your style, just what you like and your style will fall into place.

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  8. Sommer says

    My girlfriends and I always joke about needing three homes to satisfy all of our decore desires lol. It quite simply comes down to choices. Just like your wardrobe each morning, you have to make a choice. You can’t wear all your outfits at once. Good luck deciding!

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  10. Bringing Pretty Back says

    Cassie! I couldn’t have said this better mysef! This is how I feel right now as well!!! I love the soft pinks and whites . And also love the look of hot pink and turquoise as well!! What to do!? ( :
    Have a pretty day!
    Kristin

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  11. jandjhome says

    I love all these rooms above. It’s funny, I was thinking about this the other day. I think I have a set idea of what I love, I try not to go too with the trends. I love modern, I love mid century, I love eccelectic, but I love classic as well. My blog has made me discover many of these loves. I am trying to incorporate what I feel in my house. I actually even think it depends on the room in my house and the style that its becoming.

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  12. Anita @ GoingALittleCoastal says

    Confused is my middle name! I know overall what I like. Casual, relaxed sort of feel. But colors? My head spins sometimes. And even though I love an old, vintage beachy look a part of me like the clean and modern too. That’s when I have to merge the two.

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  13. Andi @ Jane of all crafts says

    Thank you for putting a name to my disease! I love all of those rooms all for different reasons! My problem is making it all work together with out looking like I’m trying too hard. And having the guts to go for it!

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  16. Sanctuary Home says

    Don’t feel bad, I design for a living and even I get confused. I’m always seeing something new, and being asked to do different things. I like a lot of different design styles, but I always come back to what’s comfortable to me…Frenchasian Country Eclectic…with some Elegantflea thrown in. It’s who I am.
    Buy what you really LOVE, and you can make it work!
    Susan : )
    http://sanctuaryhomebysusancooke.blogspot.com/

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  17. tale of many cities says

    so many peeps blogging about this subject today. guess we’re all feelin the ‘who am i’ bug! truth for me, i love many styles and just call myself ‘skitso’ when it comes to design. no real fave.. too much beauty out there to choose from! 😛

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  18. Cathy @ The Far Fifty says

    I think you have OCMD. My husband has it. It stands Obsessive Compulsive Modification Disorder. His is directed at vehicles but I think you have the Decor version. Maybe you can see someone about it?

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  19. Suzanne@Meridian Road says

    Yes! I do get confused. I guess it’s just hard to tell the difference between what I love and what I like. You seem to make it all work, though.
    The pictures I see that really make me gasp are the super simple rooms with lots of white and a few pops of really soothing colors. I figure if I’m gasping, I love it, right? I(or I just ran back from getting the mail)
    So when I’m temped to go for scrolly, flourishy color drenched overload, I have to really restrain myself. 🙂 Because I like that, too, and I’m not sure I could make it all work.

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  22. Catherine says

    Yes yes yes!!! I get so confused sometimes! I love so many different styles! This time last year I was all about shabby chic & then I realised it just didnt go with our new build house design, so I have gone back to what I originally loved, which is sleek modern – the opposite end of the scale – with a little vintage thrown in here & there & I feel it suits our house now & reflects me so much better! Good luck with whatever you choose! x

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  25. Something Nice and Pretty says

    When I first switched from prim I loved the shabby chic style but 6 months later I’ve found that I still love it but just certain things so I’m branched out to a little of Pottery Barn and I mix them together and call it “Rondell
    ‘s” LOL! I hear you though it’s a crazy kind of love don’t you think?

    Rondell

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  27. Danielle.freshquince says

    I hear you, but I think I’ve become color obsessed as of late. The more the merrier as long as there is a balance! In my dreams I would like to have 2 homes…one colorful and eclectic and an ultra modern one that is bright white and extremely sparse! Ah, if only!

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  28. Erin says

    You’re not the only one, Cassie! (As evidenced by all the comments so far…) I generally like more muted colors and a cottagey feel, but my office and loft are going to be places with more vibrant color–mostly via Cath Kidston and Tanya Whelan fabric. Variety is the spice of life!

    Take care,
    Erin

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  29. Michelle @Shellsshabbyshack says

    I like so many different styles, too. I like Modern, cottage, french farmhouse. SO nice that there aren’t as many rules in design these days. My problem tends to be with color. I want the rooms to flow and not look like a box of crayons. Ugh! I say, go with what you like and try and blend it. I like Sharon’s answer. Multiple houses 🙂 xx

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  30. MommaHen says

    I feel the exact same way! I only buy things I love, no matter what the style, and my home always comes together just perfect! My home is always changing as a result, and I never get bored.

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  31. Allison says

    I was just thinking about this over the weekend. I seem to be all over the map lately with my style and colors. I crave color and then I crave white, soft blue and very serene. I crave fun and whimsical and then the next day I crave white, shabby, farm house, beach house…. I guess I am in kind of an eclectic phase right now. Now, maybe if I win the lottery I could buy that beach house and have an excuse to decorate two places.

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  32. Rebecca@This Present Life says

    I feel like this ALL THE TIME! When I look at rooms online or in magazines, I can pick out rooms that I love, but then when I start to work on my own room, it turns out to look nothing like my inspiration rooms! I think I need to be better about picking out which elements I am attracted to in certain rooms and then try to replicate those elements. But our homes are always a work in progress and that’s the beauty of it…you can always change it later!

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  34. Juule says

    You are so right! I had that with the bathrooms. Its just trendycation….or something..
    mix, match beut let your own soul rule…
    So many thnaks for this blog! I loved it!
    Kind regards
    Juule

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  35. Jasmine says

    LOL You’re not the only one but there’s nothing wrong with having more than one type of style that you adore (that’s why a home has more than one room!) From the looks of these photos it seems that you really like the contrast of colors with white. No matter how you define it you like what you like. 😉

    P.S. I want to walk the the computer and live in room number 3 it’s GORGEOUS (and so me in so many ways)

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  36. dedeetsyshop says

    Ahhh! So glad I am not the only one!! It is soo frustrating (and expensive!!) 🙂 This post is sooo right on what I am feeling! So exact, it is scary! What’ a girl to do? I think I need a beach house and then a New York City loft!

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