Here are some general guidelines for popular design styles:

• Contemporary
design provided sleek, minimalist style, unadorned cabinets, plain panel doors and hardware hidden or unobtrusive.
• High-Tech
design areas feature a lot of stainless steel, glass, metal tubing, chrome and black accents. "Smart-thinking" building concepts like window shutters and blinds controlled electronically by measuring the amount of light in the room. Features include automatic opening and closing or on and off switches for doors, hinges, sound and lighting systems. Kitchens often feature an industrial look with sleek metallic, composite countertops and granite with top end appliances, and faucet solutions and unobtrusive storage and high tech storage solutions and cabinets. Sharp splashes of drama and colour can be reflected by paint, and art. Glass block or curving transparent window glass may be set in a wall. Lighting will be a combination of downlighters, or halogen spot lights suspended from steel cable wiring.
• English Country
features a light stain or distressed-colour finish, simple but stylish cabinet and door styles and unpretentious wood or ceramic knobs and handles, offset with simplistic country paisley, fabrics in rustic colours and design. Features a lot of soft furnishings, made to do features like wheelbarrows or old sink baths made into seating arrangements and quirky light stain or distressed-colour finish, simple cabinet and door styles and unpretentious wood or ceramic knobs and handles.
• French Country or Provencal
is more about a certain laid back style than a set of specifics. The rural homes of France that provide the basis for French Country style are diverse in all but their charm. One common trait is the multi-paned windows extending to the floor, which are called French windows and that are used like doors, inside and out. The kitchen is enormous and comfortable, with exposed, sturdy beams and tiled floors. The living room is also large, often with a fireplace. A lot of plain or painted wrought iron and simple but sturdy good French antiques, with predominantly large pedestals, and large cupboard space in French armoires. Mood lighting and French chandeliers will make this space work for you.
• Victorian
styles often reflect the romance of the 19th century with contemporary convenience. Many different types of hardware will work, from hammered iron to antique pewter, a lot of antiques and antique leather, lace and graceful swirls in the design.
• Mediterranean Style or Italian Tuscan/Sardinian Style
favours stucco as it weathers well, especially in damp or sea-side areas, or a lot of tiled exterior and interior walls with bay windows or narrow, deep set windows and doors flanked by slat-board shutters and painted vividly. Ceramic tile flooring, weathered antiques and good and sturdy wrought iron chandeliers and furniture displayed in airy, large open living areas are also hallmarks of Mediterranean design, with a good range of complimentary colours in the colour scheme.
• Themes
- less formal style is found in boating themes, bunny, sport or animated character themes for children's rooms dressing them in bright and primary design and colors, with loads of storage for toys and books, interesting spaces to read and play in. Themes can include rococo, art deco, art nouveau etc and can be both stimulating to the senses and enjoyable to interpret. Themes can also incorporate traditionally English Style set of against a certain time or era, e.g. the fifties, or Georgian times.
• Eclectic style
will incorporate the best of both worlds, and an interesting cohesiveness of styles mentioned above.