Those who don't decorate but wear designer

I think that they like houses where it’s obvious that their friends mum isn’t going to bring out the carpet cleaner or hoover if you drop biscuit crumbs or leave footprints in the carpet pile. I always feel a little unnerved by immaculate houses.
DS’s friends will happily drape themselves around our furniture. It’s usually covered in big fleeces ( dog hair), they are all country lads so used to furniture that is worn or well protected.
They also all take off their shoes, not because they’re asked to but because it’s just what you do in the country. It’s practical rather than as a result of being precious. It’s a waste of time cleaning our hard floors at the moment it’s been so dry that there is a permanent layer of dust everywhere. When it starts to rain I’ll hoover.

A middle class thing?

When I bought my first house I furnished it with second hand furniture. My bed frame was an old Victorian cast iron and brass one from a local auction. I also bought a beautiful Edwardian bedroom set including marble topped wash stand. My bedroom was straight out of the interior design magazines of the day. True cottage style to go with the style of house. I treated myself to a luxury set of white cotton bed linen to go with it. I would lovingly wash and starch the linen once a week. Until my DH moved in, then I bought dark coloured replacements and gave up ironing sheets.

My DH is much more practical, the settees we bought when we moved into our current house had to be long enough for DH to lie flat on ( he’s 6’2”). The rest of our furniture has a practical purpose and a lot has been inherited. I would have loved more of my parents furniture but it was too big for our house. I do have a lot of bookcases, all filled with books.

I can’t understand minimalist houses where they have bookcases with just two or three ornaments on them and not a book in sight.

What an unhinged thread topic hahahaha

OP thinks their priorities are right and can’t understand why other people have different priorities 😂
you’ve obviously made your mind up already so what’s the point in this??!

im not a homebody at all. I love being out and going to different places. There’s no point for me to spend £££s on a home I’m barely spending time in. If I had to choose one or the other, I’d rather spend on a dress that brings me joy and makes me feel confident to wear when I’m out, than buy a kitchen or a painting for my wall

Randomly, I’ve been to Michael Heseltine’s house! Very nice it is too.

painting dog https://share.google/niB12cPRRoi1AzKNg

I recon if this dog can paint tulips you could get yours to paint the walls ( you may have to hold the ladder for him /her) 😄 🐕 🎨

Do your cushions not speak the same language as you? 🤣

Maybe the OP is in fact Burglar Bill.

I don't know about designer clothes and beauty treatments but I was certainly always more interested in dressing well and looking nice than doing my home up. Home just had to be warm, comfortable and relaxed, I didn't care about it more than that. I also enjoyed eating out and going to concerts and would prioritise that over a tin of paint.

I have magnolia walls/basic wallpaper on half my walls, and wear Tesco F & F, and Asda George clothes. Some of the ornaments in my house, I bought from B & M. Got my living room lamps from there too.

What does that make me? 😂

I've spent some time in Asia, and there is a cultural difference, although it's really a massive generalisation. Maybe OP is referring to, or, elaborating on that and applying it to socioeconomic class in the UK?

The saying goes something along the lines of British people live in their wealth, whereas in parts of Asia it is more common to wear (or nowadays even drive) your wealth.

This is most common in cultures where "face" is a concept. It has something to do with projecting an image of prosperity. Whereas the "old money" vs "new money" trope still persists in the UK.

I think it is a pretty dated concept, as there is just too much variance on both sides.

Nope, don’t know anyone like that.

No voting? Yes you are unreasonable in not understanding that others may have different priorities to you. I can’t say that I wear ‘designer clothes’ but I am aware of what I look like when I step outside of my house,
dress in a way that I enjoy and get my hair done regularly. I spend quite a lot on holidays and other social things. There are rooms in my house which have had very little updating since I got married 30 years ago. I’m quite happy with the way I live my life.

Poor old Michael Heseltine eh

Look at all the faux naivety on this thread.

oh but what a properly decorated house.

But whatever do you mean by designer gear and not decorating your house.

Surely a nicely painted wall is not more important than cheap and tacky brands or talon nails.

People know exactly what you mean OP. People who live in houses which look neglected, sometimes even dirty but will be wearing cheap looking false eyelashes, hair extensions and brands to show off.

Different priorities, different things that bring them joy. So what?

Decorative items just mean more shit to clean.

I'm pretty sure they advise not to decorate new builds for a year or so due to potential settlement?

How are you assessing whether someone put effort in or not?

I think the difference is designer clothes are a practical item (everyone needs clothes)
Decorative items serve no point.
So it's very easy to argue those who prioritise decorative items have their priorities wrong

Oi! I love my ducks. They are an actual heirloom inherited from DP's granny. Original 1930's and worth about £500. Don't disrespect the ducks.

I went to a Russell group uni in the days before the Russell group existed. I had piano accordion lessons and Dad was a coalminer.

My late DH went hunting with the Queen. (Okay...He was a ghillie.)

No idea what I am at all.

I'm in a quoty frame of mind this evening and reading your posts @OceanStorm this one came to mind;

Conservative politician Alan Clark writes in his diary about his detested “arriviste” colleague Michael Heseltine, quoting fellow MP Michael Jopling:

“The trouble with Michael is that he has had to buy all his own furniture.”

I inherited most of my furniture... My mum was in service for 13 yrs. My late FIL and late husband both worked at Abergeldie/Balmoral.

I reckon we're both upperclass, Emerald...

It’s fucking expensive @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne 😀

They have been playing darts, various dice games and got the digital decks out.

They have had homemade burger buns, coleslaw, houmous, freshly squeezed juices and vanilla ice cream made with pods!

Actually I can see why it’s their favourite now!

Think it’s too late to roll back the teenage paradise curating they wouldn’t stand for it (there’s too many of them) 😀

Op some people do not see their house as something to be styled. I don't. I like clothes and bags and shoes. I would never spend money on nick nacks for my home though. I find it twee and weird. Like the people that are obsesed with zoflora and air freshners. And freah cut flowers and ornaments. I just would never buy these things. My house is homely but I have no interest in styling it.
I do spend money on clothes and bags, not because I care what others think, I just like fashion. But not home fashion.

So you wouldn't judge people that choose one or the other of them sofas because they curated it ?

https://fleminghowland.com/products/philip-stanhope-heirloom-chesterfield-sofa/

I would love a Chesterfield from Fleming but FB market place is my wallet size .