To think a lot of homes are “soulless” and all people care about is size?

I don’t agree with her, I refrained from commenting on my own home, but it is likely more the ops taste, however I like quirky and unusual antiques and artwork, a lot of art.

hoever I’d never judge my friends or families homes as the op is doing. As it’s not how I’d decorate.

she specifically says it’s one she sees in real life as well as online, so people are trusting her and inviting her into their homes and she’s judging them as having boring large homes devoid of personality, slagging them off on line.

‘of course. I’m not sure I believe she’s some globe trotter shipping artesan affects home to be displayed, and as she’s focused on size, I do wonder if envy plays a part on this. She sees her own small cluttered home and compares it to some large homes she sees on line and is having a go.

Horses for courses, but fwiw I do agree with you. Cant say I’m at all bothered by a bit of dust, but then again my house is circa 300 years old and full of stuff; that’s my idea of homely and cosy.

Yes @sixtyten OP has called these homes boring and soulless with no personality.
The replies would have been different if she'd just focused on the sort of homes SHE likes , and why it's not common. Instead of insulting others.

She's not insulting others. She's giving her opinion on their homes. There's no need for people to take it personally.

I have a lot of strong colours on my walls but I wouldn't take it personally if someone called it a technicolour nightmare (as has indeed happened in the past 😄) because to many people it would be. And that's fine.

So what, though? It’s the internet. It’s not as though she’s posting photographs of named peiole’s houses with disapproving captions. She’s as entitled to her opinion as those funsuckers who post primly about how getting a Quooker gave them their ultimate dream, the totally empty work surface.

Yes @sixtyten OP has called these homes boring and soulless with no personality.
The replies would have been different if she'd just focused on the sort of homes SHE likes , and why it's not common. Instead of insulting others.

Well the op does come across as rather dictatorial in what a home should look like and the crass assumptions she makes as a result

Why are some people on MN so determined to paint anyone who expresses tastes that are different from the majority's as being boastful/up themselves/thinking they're superior to others?? 🤔

I want a home that is calm not busy , a haven

Which I guess reflects my personality - often out, busy living and doing , more into music - not visually inspired

I have never killed anyone , rather a pacifist, and am certainly not a serial killer

You really don’t need to justify your home to some random posting nonsense on line. 😂

Some of houses don't lend themselves to decor
I do know of one large house full of large cheesy feet bare photos and little else.

Yes I hate homes without personality , they scream serial killer. I'd rather dislike your taste of individual decor than think you don't have any personality

My personality isn't expressed through interior design. I read widely, those books are on my kindle. I have a huge stash of photo albums behind that cupboard door. I love to cook and if you were there at a meal time you'd be well fed but most of the time its not on display. The piano isn't an artistic choice, it gets played by DS and I every single day. My house is full of memories of friends and families but I don't need physical mementos of our time together.

it is mainly due to my creative mind, so I have a lot of craft materials and DIY stuff everywhere you look.

Its possible to be creative without being messy. This just sounds messy.

Ps i also do not want "busy eyes". In fact its the last thing i want.

You'd love our house. It ain't 'stylish', but it's 'us'.

I don't go in for having loads of impractical stuff. We have a couple of large pictures from a uk place that has sentimental value to us. We don't have a lot of ornaments, they'd just get knocked over by cats or covered in dust and i don't see the point.

I don't really need to display trinkets from travels in some slightly showy offy way as if desperate to inspire a conversation about Thailand etc but then "Travel" isn't really my thing. I love a good holiday but can't stand people who yak on enthusiastically about all their travelling and "don't you just feel at home in cambodia" and all that.

I very rarely come across such homes

Does this not tell you something OP?

The fact most people dont have homes like this would rather indicate that its because they dont like them.

Crazy notion I know, but oddly, not everyone wants their eyes to be "busy". I would clearly hate living in your "busy eyes" home- I prefer my eyes to be restful and relaxed.

Deco is personal but it’s understandable people go for size when they’ve got a family to house even if the architecture is bland, a beautiful two bedroom 300 year old cottage is no good for a family of five.

I'm pretty sure TK Maxx sell all that 'artisan' stuff anyway - no need to ship it back from India or wherever!

Read between the lines.

I find it is hard to tread the line between "has soul" and "has a poltergeist" tbh

@Spicegirl1234 one persons "artisan" prices is another persons junk.

She just has an opinion, no need to get into a tizzy

Apparently the op on her globe trotting is picking up locally produced crafts and artisan pieces and shipping them home. To fill her wonderous home that will keep your eyes busy .

😄

Furniture, paintings and ornaments brought from ‘travels’ you see it on here all the time but how do the logistics work? You can’t bring a Moroccan chest back on the plane, if you are back packing you can’t shove an oil painting in your ruck sack, on a driving holiday you won’t have room in your car to bring back that French Armoire from the French flea market, I don’t imagine there are many people who ship furniture back from their holidays at all yet on Mumsnet it’s so commonplace, funny that.

There's a fine line between tasteful knick knacks and clutter! Stuff I chose is the former - stuff my husband and kids have filled the house with, is the latter !

I'd love to have a flair for design and to use colour to create a beautiful environment, but I don't have it, so I stick to neutral colours, pictures that make me happy and fairy lights mainly, to create a comfortable (to me) home.

I do agree that a lot of big, modern houses can look soul less - esp if you watch programmes like Grand Designs, where nearly everyone wants to live in an aircraft hangar or the kitchen extensions (with the ubiquitous island) looks like a shipping container! Does no one worry about flies in their kitchen when they all get huge bifold doors?