Interior Design 101: Are You A Fixer-Upper Or A Design Flop?

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“Whether you are in an eight-hundred-square-foot home or living in a dream house on a lake, contentment is found on the way.” – Joanna Gaines, The Magnolia Story

The interior designer of the TV series Fixer Upper should know. There is more to design than just making things "look pretty". You are building a home – with all the comfort and coziness that comes with it. You're making the home both livable and lovable for residents, providing a sanctuary that they're eager to return to every day in a chaotic world.

That's why interior design is so important to the feeling your home evokes. Whether neutral, minimalist, and clean or eclectic, cluttered, and quirky, different design approaches provoke different emotions. And the personality of your home should suit your own. 

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Do you know what the Golden Mean is? How about a scale drawing? What colors complement each other? You're about to find out with this Interior Design Quiz.

Our fun and entertaining Interior Design Quiz will teach you a thing or two about how to design a home. Whether it's putting the right colors together, employing the elements and principles of design, or knowing what feelings certain lines in your home can produce, our Interior Design Quiz will test you on the ABCs of design from start to finish. 

Think you have what it takes to be a Joanna Gaines? Then put your designer's eye to the test with this Interior Design Quiz!

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Jessica Holom is a freelance writer and digital nomad with a background in literature, art, and writing. She believes curiosity never killed a single cat and enjoys learning, world-exploring, and writing about both.

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I scored almost perfectly but does this mean I could be a designer or just have read a lot of design articles? I'd think more effort should be put into the results part of the quiz. I do like the comparison too other quiz taker scores.

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