What’s your interior design 
personality?

Is your interior style bang on trend, or are you an interior design maverick? Take our quiz now to find out.

Inspiration and lifestyle

26 October 2021


Ever wondered if your interior design style was on trend or totally eclectic?

We’ll our home insurance team have been researching just that. We did a nation-wide study1 to find out the most favoured and disliked trends throughout the UK. And we teamed up with Lynne Lambourne, this year’s interior design winner of our Grand Room Sets competition at Grand Designs Live, to put together this quirky quiz to help you figure our your interior design personality.

What’s more, we’ve packed it full of Lynne’s delectably stylish design tips to help you bring the best of this year’s trends to life in your home.


Question 1

So you’re designing your house from the ground up – let’s start with the flooring. Do you go for carpet, or hard flooring?

living room with carpet

Carpet

living room with hardwood floors

Hard floor


Question 2

Let’s freshen up your windows. Do you go for blinds or curtains?

blinds for living room windows

Blinds

curtains for living room windows

Curtains


Question 3

You're injecting some life onto your walls – do you choose paint or wallpaper?

curtains for living room windows

Paint

wallpaper for living room

Wallpaper


Question 4

When it comes to furnishings – do you prefer a leather or fabric sofa?

wallpaper for living room

Leather

Farbic sofa

Fabric


Question 5

What’s your interior design style of choice? Vintage vibes or shiny and new?

Vintage vibes style

Vintage

shiny and new style

New


Question 6

So you’re sprucing things up – do you go for trendy items or more traditional?

trendy living room

Trendy

traditional living room

Traditional


Question 7

Let’s liven up those walls – will you go for artwork or photos?

wall with photos

Photos

wall with artwork

Artwork


Question 8

So if you were working from a blank slate, would you prefer a house with separate rooms or an open plan feel?

an open plan house

Open plan

A separate-rooms house

Separate rooms


Question 9

Grey walls have been a massive trend over the last few years – but would you, or wouldn’t you?

Grey walls have been a massive trend

Yes

No


Question 10

Exposed brickwork is a trend that is becoming more noticeable – do you like it, or not?

living room with exposed brick wall

Yes

No


Question 11

There’s been a recent trend for living up your home with botanicals like cacti and terrariums – but do you loathe it or like it?

living room with with botanicals like cacti and terrariums

Like

Disike


Question 12

The shabby chic trend has seen a lot of us paint our furniture white – but do you like it or not it?

white shabby chic living room

Like

Dislike


Question 13

Beams can make any pad look country-chic – but are they for you?

country chic window pad

I like beams

No - not for me


Question 14

Mason Jars / Vintage Jars?

Mason Jars

Yes – they’re for me

No - not for me


Question 15

The bronze and rose gold trend has been big in the world of interior accessories lately. But would you be tempted by this trend for your house?

bronze and rose suspension lights

Yes – I like rose gold and bronze

No – not for me

1 AXA survey of 3000 respondents, conducted August 2017.