Is it true that glass coffee tables are/were a nineties thing and they are now going out of fashion? I'm trying to do up my flat in a contemporary style, but somebody told me it is better to have a solid wood or laquered table rather than a glass one.
Remember, style and fashion are not necessarily the same thing! Some people buy new things merely because they are 'the latest thing', when they should be a little more critical.
I've Just let a new flat in the centre of Manchester and was advised that glass is all the rage. It went on the market on 16th June, and it will be occupied from tomorrow.
My daughters b/f's Mums house is full of glass everything .. PC units, HiFi units, TV units and even ornaments. She says he spends most of his spare time dusting everything. When I think of the abuse I have given some of our stuff (standing on units etc) I'm sure I'd break everything eventually. ;-(
To me it all looks very cold and dangerous (I know it's not etc) ... like something out of a film .. "The Crystal Palace" or summat ;-)
It amazes me with all these TV house makeover shows .. that someone buying a house can't see it for what it really is rather than what's on show? The fact it has to be 'dressed up' (coffee pot on, fire burning etc) and all signs of normal life hidden away elsewhere?
I can understand someone not wanting to do any decorating in a house they were going to rent and to a smaller degree a house you were buying but there's bound to be something you will change decorationwise anyway? Would you not buy a house just because the decoration wasn't your taste (considering how many other things make a real difference)?
Like buying a sound car that just needs the paintwork cutting back .. at least you can see nothing has been 'covered up' ..?
The fact is - it works! (Not necessarily the coffee and the fire, but overall presentation). I could never understand it, but had to accept is as part of human nature.
Having said that - new builders decorate and furnish their houses to sell them. Retailers have impressive stores and displays, and get higher prices for their goods than the shabby local shop selling the same stuff.
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