Take my quiz and find out. If you find yourself nodding to five or more of the following statements, then red rover, red rover, gallop right over.
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You have definite romantic tendencies if:
1. You have ever craved a rainy day over sunshine.
(via Flickr)
2. You think a candlelit table overcrowded with the remnants of a meal is a work of art in itself.
(via Flickr)
3. You don't see anything wrong with watering flowers in this outfit.
(Cecily "Parsley" Mure. Photo by Valerie Finnis)
4. You believe that in a kitchen, books should be allowed as much shelf space as food.
(Photo by Chris Tubbs)
5. A dark morning, a quiet house, a bubbling pot of coffee and some reading material are enough to send your heart into spasms of delight.
(via Flickr)
(The only thing that could possibly improve it would be enjoying the above in a dressing gown like this.)
(Painting by T.F. Simon)
6. You understand exactly what Daphne Guinness meant when she said:
"What's great is tying a bit of net around your face, and everything looks like it's in Super 8. It gives a bit of grain to the world."
(Daphne Guinness/Pelican Inn by LBG)
7. You prefer a path that's slightly unkempt and dishevelled to one that's manicured within an inch of its life.
(Brussels, Belgium, 2009. Photo by LBG)
8. You have ever wondered what it would have been like to be a Victorian explorer.
(Jane Digby)
(Isabella Bird. Photos via Flickr)
9. You find cloakrooms kind of sexy.
(Photograph by Chris Tubbs)
10. Sartorially speaking, you think a sweet disorder in the dress...
(via the Sartorialist)
...and a wild civility...
(via the Sartorialist)
11. A long-simmering stew in a battered old Creuset is your idea of Sunday heaven.
(Nigel Slater's chickpea and harissa stew. HERE. Photo by Joanna @ZebBakes.)
12. You derive great pleasure from all the elements of a house's patina: creaky wooden floors, tattered rugs and surfaces worn smooth by generations of feet and hands.
(via Light Locations)
(Detail from my solo show at ACME, 2010.)
13. Roses. Enough said.
(Maharam's new wallpaper line. Here.)
BUT. You have no beef with hydrangeas. Unlike Madonna, you are an equal opportunity flower-lover.
(via Flickr)
14. You are partial to jewelry that resonates with history.
(Via Flickr)
15. Gazing at this photo for 30 seconds involuntarily causes your blood pressure to drop in a most enjoyable manner.
(Via Flickr)
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Well...how did you do?