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Old 10-13-2017, 04:54 PM
 
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Bad taste is my grandparent's home with flocked wallpaper, cheap carpet, statues of the Catholic saints all over and too much furniture (mismatching) on every wall.


But everybody has their own opinion on what "bad taste" is. While 99.9% of people surveyed may look at a picture of my grandparents house and go "yuck", there is that small percentage that will think it's fine. Some people just aren't into interior decorating and are only concerned with how their house works for them. I wish sometimes I had that attitude. I always want my place to look like a model home which can be tiresome to keep up.
I think the Catholic saints crosses the line into "kitsch" which many agree is a sign of bad taste. I also want my spaces to look a certain way at all times (and its a pain to keep up, yes. No more white Mongolian lamb throws with toddler visitors.) There have to be a few universals of bad taste. How about plastic covers on furniture?
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Old 10-13-2017, 05:00 PM
 
Location: Philaburbia
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So I ask...is there such a thing as abjectly bad taste? Or is this always a matter of preference?
It's bad taste to criticize someone else's decor preferences.
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Old 10-13-2017, 05:15 PM
 
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It's bad taste to criticize someone else's decor preferences.
There's a saying I love--

Better to be slapped with the truth than kissed with a lie.

I don't believe in sparing feelings
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Old 10-13-2017, 06:14 PM
 
Location: Philaburbia
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There's a saying I love--

Better to be slapped with the truth than kissed with a lie.

I don't believe in sparing feelings
You've just proved my point. Thanks!
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Old 10-13-2017, 07:41 PM
 
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You've just proved my point. Thanks!
Yep. Strange things amuse some people.
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Old 10-13-2017, 07:43 PM
 
Location: Columbia SC
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De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum
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Old 10-14-2017, 09:09 AM
 
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There's a saying I love--

Better to be slapped with the truth than kissed with a lie.

I don't believe in sparing feelings
You seem to have no problem dishing it... but can you also take it? Put up some pics of your house and let the flood gates open.
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Old 10-14-2017, 09:17 AM
 
Location: Wonderland
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Being rude is in bad taste.
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Old 10-14-2017, 09:30 AM
 
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A friend of mine runs this website:

Ugly House Photos — Phoenix Area Homes With Clutter, Ugly Décor, and Bad Taste

I am SURE someone can agree that there are some objectively bad things here, yes? If not, I throw my hands up.
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Old 10-14-2017, 11:19 AM
 
Location: Wonderland
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Sometimes it's not so much the dish, but how it's served that is a turn off. I mean, you understand this, right?
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