Recently reading I came across across observations expressed by extremely successful people on the life style of one of the same. One was particularly noted as living modestly for his means and as such was not expressing conspicuous consumption as if such were an admirable trait. Others deliberately express such which is commonly know as “poor mouthing it”.

Others enthusiastically go in the opposite directions by overkill in quantity, decoration, et  cetera as if to show the world how big and costly everything is so that the end result looks less like a planned aesthetic design than a goal of using as much as we can as expensive as we can to make the biggest show we can to show the world how much money I have spent and how rich I am. And in all seriousness these people believe that such results are of merit and desirable. Perhaps it would be wise for them to put  price tags on very thing so that everyone get the point.

A well designed interior should be functional, aesthetically pleasing, and reflect the personalities and life styles of the people who will be using the space.

It should be done in the best quality for it’s purposes. 

To do an interior space expressly to display one’s financial status and choices, whether inexpensive or expensive, is bad design, aesthetically undesirable, financially and functionally a poor choice, a bad character choice, and may be a manifestation of insecurity and inferiority. 

And in street language, it’s just plain tacky!

If you do an interior design professionally, confidently, and honestly, the results will fit and you will have no need or desire to be concerned about how the rest of the world reacts or what they think. 

It’s you, well manifest, and that’s all that matters.

Food for thought.