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Message:: [QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 304589, member: 78"]Hi,  I am the same way my furniture ranges from 1840s to 1970. My MIL always says "it is not what you have it is how you have it." 99% of the people in my retirement community got rid of all of their stuff when moving down here. Everybody had 1970 new furniture and wall to wall carpeting. Everyone is afraid to hang something on a wall except for a huge factory painting over the sofa. I had porcelain tile in a sandstone mixed pattern put on every square inch of flooring, then put Oriental carpets on the floors and hall ways. I HATE wall to wall carpeting. I did not put wooden flooring down since I figured we were at the shore and sand would be everywhere and scratch the hell out of wood floors. I have paintings everywhere on all the walls as well as shelving to hold vases and pottery. Everyone down here has white walls. Mine are either red (dining room) the others are either gray or dark beige. The ceilings are a very very pale light blue instead of white. It keeps the cobwebs away. Insects see the pale blue and think it is the sky and do not stick around. Learned that from Thomas Jefferson in Monticello. The people down here are just in awe when they see my place. Although I have seen a few people start to paint their dining rooms red. It does make people hungry for food. greg[/QUOTE]