If you are trying to figure out what your decorating style is, this simple 5 step process will show you how to figure it out, and make interior design decisions so much easier.

Everything looks stunning! How can you possibly figure out which one is right for you?

Find Pictures That You Love
For the first step, all you need to do is collect pictures that you love. You dont have to love everything in them. And they dont even have to be pictures of rooms. If you find a beautiful picture in a magazine, tear it out or take a picture of it with your phone. If you see a beautiful garden or a painting or have a favourite piece of clothing or even one of your own rooms that you already love, take a picture for your collection. If you stumble across a sofa online that you absolutely love, save the picture. Save everything that inspires you!

Store the Pictures In One Place
The later steps in this process will be easier if you store all of your pictures in one place. So, decide whether you want to go with digital pictures or printed copies. (If you are going to print them yourself, it helps to have a colour printer.).If you want to take the digital route, Pinterest is a great way to store your pictures. Create a board for your style inspiration.

Review Your Choices
Ideally, you should wait a day or two before doing this next step. It helps to look at the pictures youve saved with fresh eyes. Then go through them all and decide if you still really love them. Dont be afraid to delete (or throw away) some of the pictures.

Categorize the Pictures
The next thing is youre going to identify common elements. Look at each picture individually and decide what you like about the way it looks. Is it the colour? Is it a particular style of furniture? Or the type of fabric? Do you really like the metal colour? Or the type of stone used? Do you like how uncluttered the room is? Or the funky accessories? Or the pattern? Write down what you like about each one.

Give Your Decorating Style a Name
The final stage is to figure out what decorating styles all of those things you like fit into. And chances are, it wont be just one, it can be three. You can use the names of the decorating styles themselves as in Bohemian or contemporary design. Or, if there is another descriptive word that you like better, feel free to use it.