I'm a little French country...I'm a little bit rock & roll

Have you ever taken one of those "What's your style" quizzes?
You know the ones--you look at photos of rooms and click on the ones you like and then they tell you what your preferred decorating style is.
They don't ask you to be realistic.


You're not choosing between this:

and this:

You're choosing between multiple picture-perfect rooms in order to find one that is your style.

Only sometimes, it isn't easy to pinpoint your style.  Sometimes, your wishy-washiness causes the website to crash and your computer to explode.  (Okay, maybe that's an exaggeration.)

In a completely unscientific experiment, I have taken five surveys (because five is an uneven number and I thought I might need a tie-breaker).  These are my results:
French Country
Cottage Chic
Vintage Eclectic
Country Romantic
Cottage Eclectic

That's two cottage, two eclectic, two country, a French, a vintage, and a romantic.  Oh, and don't forget a chic.  Always a chic.

So when I perused HOUZZ to find something that bespoke my style, I found this listed under "French Country":

Traditional Exterior design by Other Metro Architect a+b kasha designs

And this under "vintage eclectic":

Eclectic Bedroom design by Vancouver Photographer Heather Merenda

And this one is considered "Romantic:"

 

Traditional Patio design by San Francisco Media And Blogs My Romantic Home

Here's "cottage":

Traditional Exterior design by Portland Architect Alan Mascord Design Associates Inc


And here's "chic":

Eclectic Living Room design by Kansas City Interior Designer Nichole Loiacono Design

Lawd.  No wonder I'm confused.
Don't get me wrong--these  homes and rooms are all great.  And there are some elements that overlap, like contrast and color. (You can read what I think about color here.) 

I'm sure I'll eventually figure out what my style is, but until then I'll sit on my leather couch in my den that's really a kitchen, staring at a TV that's too big for the white built-ins.  Because that's how we roll at Brandywine.  In our vintage romantic French country chic cottage, which just happens to be eclectic.