The great decorating divides

[ChessieMom]

Originally Posted by silibran

Yes. I imagine there are those who will happily live in old kitchens and baths, whithout worry. And of course, there are so many of us who grow out of patience with old things.

I want to gently quibble about equating up-to-date with stylish though. Someone who changes a kitchen, might simply want better function by bringing the kitchen up to date, but not necessarily making it more stylish.

I think wanting to update is often drives changing the kitchen and bath, and possibly other things in a house. Updating might also increase the stylishness, but it would not have to. But often when changing things home owners are influenced by what is widely available which are generally things that are in style at that time.

But if something in a house does not work well, I think updating is in order if it can be done. I think bringing style into it is optional. But on this forum, we do like to talk about style, don't we? I think how we care for and decorate our homes is extremely interesting.

Yep. My broken dishwasher started my kitchen/dining room update. So glad it broke!!

[CatwomanofV]

Wood burning vs gas fireplace.



Cat

[Sage 80]

One-story vs. two-story house

Although this is not really decorating, it is a great divide in tastes.

[bizcuit]

Neutral palette vs. lots of color. I prefer neutral myself, with some variance in shades and some pops of color.