On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 03:16:14 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, July 23, 2018 at 4:54:48 PM UTC-4, Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>> Obviously some people just plain don't care. I have to say that
>> there is not a single room in my home, including bathrooms, mudroom,
>> and utility room that are not fully and appropriately decorated. It
>> makes a huge difference to me and guests in my home appreciate and
>> enjoy it.
>>
>> Mind you, I'm not suggesting that everyone should do what I do, but
>> the homes of my immediate friends and out-of-town family have fully
>> decorated homes.
>>
>> I have no problem with anyone choosing not to do even a modicum of
>> decoration, but I personally would find it strange.
>>
>> No criticism here, CIndy, just an opinion.
>
>Fair enough. There's no universal aesthetic. I lean toward simplicity;
>if I won the lottery I'd fill my house with reproduction Arts and Crafts
>furniture. Meantime, I scrape by on the odds and ends I've accumulated
>over the years, because I just don't care enough.
>
>I vanishingly rarely have guests. Shoot, I only make my bed when I
>change the sheets. I just have better things to do.

It's refreshingly unpompous, which is why Wayne doesn't get it.