Amazing: You Can Determine Your Personality Type by Interior Design!

Designer Elyna Nivin, upon just glancing at a pair of photos from a magazine that the client provided as a sample, can instantly tell what kind of interior design they would choose.

We asked her to share her professional secrets. Here's what she told us.

Elyna Nivin - Interior Designer, Founder of the School of Scientific Design, Head of the Scientific Design Lab Architecture Studio. Our home reflects our inner state. Even if it's far from ideal interior design examples...

All our habits, values, and behavioral norms have been categorized by sociologists and psychotherapists into the concept of 'archetype'. There are currently 12 such archetypes. Each of us, depending on goals and life conditions, is either a typical representative of an archetype or combines several archetypes within themselves.

Our home reflects our inner state. Even if it's far from ideal interior design examples, there are still distinctive features in it. Recognizing yourself through these details allows you to confidently determine your own archetype.

This psychologically grounded approach will help make your home more comfortable and convenient.

Archetype 'Innocent or Naive'
Blankets, pillows, soft toys, and naive drawings on wallpapers and decor. Naive simplicity is not only in interior design but also in behavior - this is a distinguishing feature of such people. They believe that colors in interior design should soothe and calm, so they choose light warm tones.

They feel comfortable when walls are covered with wallpapers featuring simple naive drawings, and windows are adorned with ruffled and gathered curtains. Traditional national styles as well as boho and rustic styles will attract the 'innocent,' just like eco-style. Embroidery, patchwork, lace, and small handmade details form the basis of their vision of home.

Archetype 'Seeker'
Transformable furniture, multifunctional decor, eco-materials. This is a pioneer with a rich horizon and clear ideas, yet also doubts in their own views. They need a versatile interior where textile and mood can be quickly changed.

Their home must be functional in modern, boho, loft, ethnic, and eco-style - anything that evokes novelty and conquering other worlds.

Design by Ekaterina Trukhanova

Archetype 'Sage'
Minimal decor and souvenirs, clean surfaces, and light monochromatic materials in finishing. Thought must be born in a free space - the motto of all 'sages'. Neutral wall colors they prefer to style in hi-tech and other functional styles.

Comfortable life for such people is made possible by multifunctional furniture items.

Design by Marina Pahomova

Archetype 'Hero or Savior'
Sharp elements resembling weapons, leather in finishing - people who are used to being winners in everything have the right to decorate their home with trophies. They love contrasty loft and industrial design.

On a backdrop of restrained minimalist walls, artifacts made from wood, sports equipment, and many steel elements can shine. In their homes there will also be space for soft furniture that gives a feeling of freedom.

Design by Anastasia Ufimtseva

Archetype 'Rebel'
Lovers of skull posters, black walls, and mismatched furniture. This archetype is outside design, where opposing all norms and traditions is a constant in life.

Such people always prefer saturated dark spectrum colors and provocative images in their own anti-decor. And by the way, they never seek help from designers or other beauty specialists.

Design by Evgeny Apolonov

Archetype 'Magician or Wizard'
On their home, brown or purple tones, esoteric symbols. 'Magicians' prefer unattractive furniture for public opinion, intricate color combinations in finishing - everything that is present in gothic, deco, and art nouveau.

Understanding the views of such people is not easy, you need to learn to accept them as they are.

Design by Ekaterina Beljakova

Archetype 'Charming Young Man'
Bar counter, armchairs and sofa arranged around a table, and the desire to set up at least one guest area in the home.

Such people decorate their apartment in a cozy rustic or shabby chic style, as well as modern classicism. They gather friends around a large table as often as possible. Linen, wool, cotton, and knits in decor will come in handy.

Design by Stone.Arch

Archetype 'Lover'
Abundance of non-functional elements, endless shine of fittings and glossy statues in the interior. Finishing and decoration - everything must provide visual and tactile pleasure. This is the super task in interior design.

Therefore, 'lovers' more often choose art deco in silk and other flowing fabrics, lean toward arches and a lot of expensive accessories in home decoration.

Design by Carmine Home

Archetype 'Joker'
A crooked mirror at the entrance, one wall yellow, another blue, glitter on ordinary curtains - such is how a 'joker' decorates their home.

In pursuit of internal drive for brightness and positivity, such people go to absurd combinations of colors and furniture items. Cute and humorous statues, posters with ironic statements fit into the frames of kitsch and eclecticism styles.

Archetype 'Parent or Guardian'
Classic furniture, curtains and wallpapers, oak flooring: conservatism in interior design for this category is normal. They suit Provence and unchanging classicism. A clear, beautiful, and classically thought-out interior with care for others.

Design by Maria Rubleva

Archetype 'Creator'
Eclecticism and know-how as the basis for mixing styles - their niche. These people are not always particular about colors and texture combinations, but creativity is their forte.

In the interior of 'creators', there are innovations from their own production in the form of souvenirs on shelves or a self-sewn blanket, an original parquet pattern on the floor, designer lamps - everything looks new and conceptual.

Archetype 'Ruler'
Expensive chair with high back, leather in interior, moldings and sometimes heraldry. Such people structure communication and behavior so that the decision (the final word) must be theirs.

They prefer to emphasize their internal status through status-oriented interiors. In decoration, they will choose brocade or velvet, brass or gold, jacquard or silk. Don't be surprised if you see on walls oxeye panels, heraldic themes and monograms, and in the corner - antique floor clocks.

Design by Evgenia Mlynchik