What's messing with your Groove?

[Illusions]

No offense, but that's not really decorating a home, but falling for what the sales people sell. Lots of people think things have to match, but they really don't. It's more interesting to have a home that finds its things over time, things you really love, mixing styles and periods, colors and woods. A pine chest from grandma, with an oak chair you found at a flea market, with a mahogany bed frame, that's a lovely style. It shows restraint and patience for just the "right" things, things that carry memories over time, instead of just walking into a store and using a credit card to buy whatever's on sale or "matches".

Half of my bedroom is my home office. The other half is a regular bedroom. Both areas have their own consistent styling. When I was much younger and my family moved into our current house they outfitted the bedroom like Rand is planning to, by buying matching furniture that was part of a set from a home furnishing store. The furniture for my home office side was picked out by myself and consists of items that match a color scheme of light cherry wood, black, silver, and blue. The only things that don't match that color scheme are things I needed that didn't have an item available in that color. I'm happy with the layout and choices. Why? It all matches, does not act as a distraction, and most of all, I do not associate cherished memories with furniture.

I'd say the same about a garden that was put in place in one day by a landscaper....

So its a problem if someone has an idea in their head about how they want a place to look, then go out and purchase stuff all at once to match that vision?

Edit: I could probably tear the logic of your arguments apart better at a later time, right now I have so much caffeine, MSG, lack of proper sleep, and thoughts about other things that I can't fully address the faultiness of your ideas about design and decorating at this time. Especially about the parts regarding memories attached to items.