She’s A Little Bit Country, I’m A Little Bit Scandinavian Classic
How About Orange always finds the best online quizzes. I think we owe Jessica for just about all of the fun, not-so-scientific peeks into our psyches that we’ve shared with you. Her latest find comes from Ikea’s business web site (which I believe is new, unless you know otherwise).
Just like the last one, this “Find Your Style” quiz uses a series of images (color swatches, fabrics, Ikea displays) to help determine your perfect combination of styles. And- spoiler alert- this Scandinavian-based company tends to think a lot of styles include at least a bit of “Scandinavian” design. In fact, my style is called “Scandinavian Classic” and Sherry is “Scandinavian Natural.” I guess that should come as no surprise to us considering how much Ikea furniture we’ve owned in our lifetime. Here’s mine:
Sherry and I were actually surprised that our results appeared to be so similar (our selections were actually pretty different). It does say I’m slightly more Scandinavian (I am the blond one) and that Sherry’s slightly more “country” than me (although she’d argue that “cottage” is the new term for “country”). Here’s hers:
And here’s the 9-question quiz. As usual, we’d love to hear your results. Especially if you somehow managed to evade the Scandinavian descriptor. Although something tells me that might not be possible…
Screen grabs courtesy of Ikea
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0% scandinavian
0% modern
100% country!
Not surprising since I wish I could live in a (dearly departed) Cottage Living magazine spread – almost any of them!
And, yeah cottage is better. Country is that awful blue and pink stuff with ruffles that my friends mom had when I was in high school – go the 80′!
I’m country/classic… 0% modern. Think it’s interesting and makes sense that most of your readers have a high country rating as well.
Modern Classic – and that’s EXACTLY how I would describe my style :) I guess considering I already have several of the Ikea items featured in the survey in my home… it’s pretty right on.
80% Modern
20% Scandanavian
0% Country
by the way… I find it really interesting that so many of your readers were heavy on the “country” scores… surprising!
“Country Antique” here! No Scandinavian in sight.
That is not to say that I don’t like some modern elements, I just didn’t like any of the ones they gave as choices. :)
Hey Guys!
Country Romantic
That is soooo accurate!
0 modern
20% scandinavian
80% country
Fun quiz!! Thanks!
Modern Urban! According to Ikea I need to match styles to let my personality shine through. How cute :)
Modern Urban for me too. 40% Modern, 40% Scandinavian, 20% Country. Sounds about right if country = crafty… I love Scandinavian design so I’m surprised I didn’t get a higher percentage for that.
Balanced Modern.
60% modern
40% Scandinavian (in fact I am 3/8 or 37.5% Swedish)
I love the images on my results, like a mood board for my home.
The 0% country/cottage makes perfect sense. I like it for other people, just not me! A few years ago, I gave my Mom my Laura Ashley sheets and they look lovely in her home.
Scandinavian Minimalist. I live in a 100 year old farmhouse in the mountains. It’s wise to practice minimalism in a “cottage” with practically no closets.
20% modern (yearning for more closets)
40% Scandinavian (less is more)
40% country (Sherry is right * cottage is the new country)
Getting there…fun little quiz!
I scored 100% country….kind of shocking as I never imagined myself as ‘country’ but rather more modern…
I am apparently Scandinavian Romantic – 20% Modern, 40% Scandinavian and 40% Country. Now I just have to put that style to a test and do some work on my house!
Just wanted to say I love reading YHL’s posts! =) Congrats on all the publicity lately!
I was “Country Romantic” 40% Modern/0% Scandinavian/60% Country. Thanks for the quiz!
Modern Original.
40% modern
40% scandinavian
20% country
Very much me. I like to put my own stamp on just about everything I touch.
Nice to see that not everyone is getting automatically bucketed into the Scandinavian category. I think Katie’s observation that the program just pairs your top rated style with whatever word you picked seems to be pretty accurate. Good eye, Katie.
And Melissa’s got a good point too: how interesting that so many of you are registering so high on the country/cottage scale. Clearly we’re not talking about your grandmother’s frilly, country decor anymore.
Either way, fun quiz, right? It was a good warm up to our trip to our Ikea this weekend.
And we’ll keep our eyes peeled for more quizzes out there, and definitely let us know if you spot any we should post here.
-John
I’m Modern Romantic, looks like I’m the only one so far, and I think it sums me up pretty well.
60% Modern
40% Scandinavian
0% Country
I’m country rustic! With 40% modern, ZERO % Scandinavian, 60% country.
Country?
REally?
I’m Romantic Country, which I also would argue is actually Cottage, not Country. It was a fun quiz!
I got Modern Professional. Which kinda bums me out, I was thinking I’d be Urban Country or something like that. Maybe it’s my OCD nature that the test pickup up on! :>
40% Modern
20% Scandinavian
40% Country
I also managed 0% Scandinavian. I played with the “try it again” button, and it SEEMS to me that your style will always be Modern or Scandinavian or Country SOMETHING. The SOMETHING will be whatever word you picked in the question that asks what style it is you want to achieve. Thus I was “Modern Original,” “Modern Industrial,” and Modern Rustic,” all with the exact same choices. The videos for each of the three “looks” give you a clearer picture of what IKEA considers those terms to mean.
Thanks for the link — this was a lot of fun!
Modern-balanced!
Ikea basically functions on five different styles, each which can be blended with one other:
Country, Modern, Scandinavian, Country, and Urban. Each roomsetting in Ikea is based upon one of these styles. For example, you wouldn’t put a KLIPPAN loveseat with a MARKOR bookcase, because KLIPPAN is urban, and MARKOR is country (if you’re curious, KLIPPAN would go with EXPEDIT/LACK and MARKOR would go well with EKTORP sofas).
Country Classic:) Makes sense since I would have said “classic cottage”
I have a question about your blinds in the living room. Is it one wide one or two seperate ones? I have several windows that are too wide for one blind and I’m not sure how 2 would look.
Thanks
Hey Rena,
Yup, we used two bamboo blinds hung next to each other in our living room to create the illusion of one large blind. Thanks to the textured bamboo material, it’s almost impossible to detect where one blind ends and the other begins, and it really saved us a boatload of money since we didn’t have to custom order anything oversized. Hope it helps!
xo,
Sherry
Country Natural here…. not a bit of Scandanavian in sight, I was 100% country- and I didn’t even think Ikea knew country ;)
Funny, because I think I’m the first person to list my results as:
80% Scandinavian
20% Modern
0% Country
What can I say? I like Scandinavian design and am not much for florals!
i cracks me up that scandinavian is suddenly an all to attachable chameleon style. teehee. anyway, i thought i’d pipe in and share our recent (crazy) ikea trip with you two…
http://tearinguphouses.blogspot.com/2009/11/ikea-post-continues.html
kelly
what a great quiz, thanks for sharing!
i’m ‘modern industrial’, although i didn’t need a quiz to know THAT… =)
i noticed that some people’s comments have a cool picture included on the right side. so, how do i become part of the cool crowd and do that?
Hey Mark,
Here’s a post with that info for ya: http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/03/bloggy-bonuses/
Hope it helps!
xo,
s
“Country Natural” here – that was fun!