Maybe your friends could advise you on this powder room. You are so confused because the wallpaper compliments the draperies in the dining room. You love the touches of purple.

Guess you'd better warn them it needs a "little" updating :)

This bath sold me on the house!

And a foyer to match!

I don't have a contribution; but OMG I think I'm going to love this thread :)

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Found this one in my ideabook titled "Rooms to hate" Ugly, clashing, mess!!!

Oh my eyes! The pain!

Anglophilia, you ain't seen nothing yet

Well, I just have to say THANK YOU to all that took the time to post, and keep them coming! This is awesome!! :D Can you believe that spotted HOUSE! above. That took alot of TIME and WHY?? Crazy!

Many of the photos in this thread aren't exactly ugly, just gaudy.. Here is a video of the absolute worst of the worst.

You guys are awesome - thank you so much for the laughs!

Great thread! Thanks for starting. Here's mine:

We were gifted Wilhelmina aka "Willie" last year at Christmas from my husband's parents. She's been in the family for over 50 years. She's sitting in the corner of the den, oh my! :)

Aw. I've always liked the bicycle bathroom sink.

Some of these are not "ugly". They are very cool and creative, but extremely unconventional. The Leopard print/Burberry house is obviously a labor of love. The amount of work and attention to detail is very obvious, and kudos to whoever has the guts to deal with outraged neighbors! I can also appreciate the funky animal-shaped furniture as a cool piece of art in the home.

Some of the other houses, though, are just terrrrrrrrible. Ugly, over the top messes, and bad design. The bathtub in the dining room? WWWHHHHYYYYY????

I kinda like the blue bathroom... some things are kinda pleasantly ugly.

I like that one, too, palimpsest. Actually I agree with NJ mom. A lot of them are just people rebelling against the current trend for drab everything. But I totally agree with dyilane--nothing is uglier than those big sectionals.

I really like the bicycle vanity that artistsharonva posted, as well as tile floor. Would be fun in a cycling community or the Netherlands.

Some of things I posted aren't exactly ugly, imo. Just thought the OP would like to share with their friend for surprise value. ;)

Okay, I have to stop now...I'm going to have nightmares for sure....

All right, just one more, lol!

Why not be the envy of your friends? Tell

Tell your friends you bought the Houzz famous Spoffie! I would. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/monster-of-a-fireplaceive-never-seen-anything-like-it-dsvw-vd~323878?n=996

I like the John Spoffard fireplace, it's the rest of the room that doesn't work with it.

Popular 2018 decor in the future will never be quite as charmingly ugly as some of this, it's way too dull for that. It will be ugly in the same way that a lot of it is now...banal.

Remove the shag in Oly's green room and replace it with a white rug on hardwoods and it's actually kind of cheerful. Plus, a lot of those rooms were probably hard to photograph, there are better techniques and lighting now.

The Spoffie Appreciation Society has taken note, Hollybar. Your name will come up at the next meeting under the agenda item "Punishment".

Whats wrong with sectional sofa's? Just curious...

There's a difference between "bad taste" and "outdated". A lot of these rooms were extremely chic -- for their time. They're outdated now, so we laugh at them. But thirty years from now, our kids will look at pictures of our well-designed, expensive gray rooms and laugh at us.

It's not that the sofas are sectional, it's that they are that inflated shape and they have bins and cup holders and plastic bits. They are not very attractive. They are comfortable though, unless you are really small, and then they are kinda too big.

The "puffy sofas" are not very attractive to a certain demographic. There are countless people who would love to own one, and in fact do own one (or more). I'm not one of them, but I've BEEN one of them, as I had a sofa and loveseat in that style, complete with cupholders, flip-up armrests that revealed secret compartments, and reclining end pieces. I remember when those things were delivered, and I felt like I'd hit the jackpot.

I've just returned from spending a couple of weeks in a cozy mountain cabin where there were a number of things I'd not necessarily want in my own home, but which nevertheless charmed me thoroughly during my stay. Taxidermied heads. Grandfatherly recliners. Faux greenery here and there. As I sat in one of those recliners one evening late in our stay, with the gas fireplace warming me and my knitting on my lap, I was suddenly very aware of a feeling of complete peace, as though there were nothing in this world that I wanted or needed at that very moment. I was in a room that would not earn high marks for sophisticated or designer decor, but by golly, it was one of the best little rooms I've ever sat in ... and I think that says it all.

Pal, that room does improve without the shag rug, but it HAS the shag rug, lol...I honestly couldn't tell if it was a rug or grass.