Home Decor

I have to admit I have a very tailored taste in home decor. Whenever I go out with my sweet mother in-law, we will each point out the things that we like and inevitably they are polar opposites. Actually that's not true, sometimes we find things we both like and we are both extremely surprised. Usually when I point out something I like, she says, "It's very tailored" which says everything. I like stripes. I like straight lines. I like things with big patterns. Things with little patterns are extremely distracting to me. Everything in the room has to match (that's not to say that my house is currently that way, but I really would love it if it was). I don't like sofas that have patterns (unless they are very subtle). I don't like the ornate bedspreads (unless their patterns are big of course). I don't like oriental rugs (they're too distracting with all the different things to look at). I do like symmetry. I do like geometric designs. Having said all this, I do go into people's houses that do have non-tailored houses and really like them. Many of them are extremely beautiful and I could live in them comfortably. But somehow when I'm out and about picking out things for my own home, I gravitate to the very tailored.