Interactive · About three minutes
Discover your design priorities.
Before floor plans and finishes, there are a few things a home has to get right for you. Six questions will rank them, show you exactly how, and point to what to plan for.
Your answers stay in this browser tab. There is no sign-up, no email and no tracking of individual responses.
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How the scoring works.
Seven priorities are scored: Natural light, Quiet and privacy, Room to gather, Connection to the outdoors, Rooms that can change, Warm, tactile materials, Everyday ease. Each answer adds the points below. Ties are broken in that order. The setting question doesn’t score priorities. It only helps choose which design study to show you.
How should home feel?
| Answer | Points |
|---|---|
| Calm and restorative | Quiet and privacy +2, Natural light +1 |
| Sociable and lively | Room to gather +2, Rooms that can change +1 |
| Grounded and warm | Warm, tactile materials +2, Quiet and privacy +1 |
| Open and airy | Natural light +2, Connection to the outdoors +1 |
| Easy and uncluttered | Everyday ease +2, Rooms that can change +1 |
What matters most?
| Answer | Points |
|---|---|
| Natural light | Natural light +3 |
| Privacy | Quiet and privacy +3 |
| Space to gather | Room to gather +3 |
| Connection to the outdoors | Connection to the outdoors +3 |
| Rooms that adapt over time | Rooms that can change +3 |
| Storage and order | Everyday ease +3 |
| Materials you want to touch | Warm, tactile materials +3 |
Your daily rituals
| Answer | Points |
|---|---|
| Slow mornings with coffee | Natural light +2, Connection to the outdoors +1 |
| Cooking for other people | Room to gather +2, Everyday ease +1 |
| Working from home | Quiet and privacy +2, Rooms that can change +1 |
| Time in the garden | Connection to the outdoors +2, Everyday ease +1 |
| Reading or quiet evenings | Quiet and privacy +1, Warm, tactile materials +1, Natural light +1 |
| Hosting overnight guests | Rooms that can change +2, Quiet and privacy +1 |
| Coming home with kids, dogs or gear | Everyday ease +2, Room to gather +1 |
Material atmosphere
| Answer | Points |
|---|---|
| Pale stone and lime plaster | Natural light +1 |
| Warm timber and woven textures | Warm, tactile materials +1, Quiet and privacy +1 |
| Weathered steel and earth tones | Connection to the outdoors +1, Warm, tactile materials +1 |
| Dark stone and bronze | Quiet and privacy +1, Warm, tactile materials +1 |
| I'm not sure yet | No points |
Where you lean
| Leaning toward | Points |
|---|---|
| One large shared room | Room to gather +2 |
| Several smaller rooms | Quiet and privacy +1, Rooms that can change +1 |
| Big views, more glass | Natural light +1, Connection to the outdoors +1 |
| Sheltered, more wall | Quiet and privacy +2 |
| More space overall | Rooms that can change +2 |
| Less space, finer finishes | Warm, tactile materials +2 |
| In between | No points |
Questions
About this tool.
What are design priorities?
Design priorities are the few qualities a home must get right for the people living in it, such as natural light, quiet, room to gather or a connection to the outdoors. Ranking them early gives every later tradeoff, from the floor plan to the budget, something to be tested against.
How does the design priorities tool calculate a result?
Every answer adds a fixed number of points to one or more of seven priorities. The tool adds them up, ranks the priorities, and breaks ties in a fixed order, so the same answers always produce the same result. The results screen lists exactly which answers contributed to each score.
Is the result a personality type or a design recommendation?
Neither. It is a ranked summary of what your own answers emphasized, with three practical things to plan for. It is a prompt for your thinking and for conversations with a designer, not professional advice.
Are my answers saved or shared?
No. The tool runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server, there is no sign-up, and closing the tab clears your answers.