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[just bee]

Similar... but different.  One thing we have in common: We decorate with dog.

[Bri36]

Clothing - very different.

Decor - somewhat different.  I have my own sense of style, and she had hers. 

[IamMrsG]

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Fleetwood wrote: 
Do you have the same taste in decor and fashion as your Mother? I do with both. I also take after her with my "need" to have a spotless home. I am a fanatic with keeping the house clean and this would also include keeping the yard neat and the cars washed.

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First to answer your question, I suppose Mom and I do / did share taste.  She had traditional taste, as do I; however, I lean towards "less is more," while she liked decorative pieces on every tabletop.

Reading the bolded words above is what actually prompted me to reply to this because it reminded me of a couple I knew many years ago. They were terrifically nice people, and their home could have come straight out of House Beautiful. Everything, down to the last detail, was the highest quality available.  Janet had a passion for, and could afford, "the best." 

One time she wanted to show me her $200 kitchen "garbage can" (a tall, lidded Longaberger basket, probably better suited for a laundry hamper). Anyway, to show it off, she pulled open bifold doors with certain aplomb; and, if you will believe it, a spotlight came on directly above the basket.  So help me, to this day, I still think I might have heard angels sing.  

Her husband was so 'tidy,' they liked to tell a story on him about his car. When the mechanic raised the hood of his car, he called out to his crew, "Hey, Guys, come here! You've gotta see this." This gentleman's engine was steam cleaned and every part labeled.  

Some folks know how to live well.  Janet and Tom had it figured out.  In spite of what could be viewed as 'uptight' to outsiders, they were perfectly suited to one another, relaxed and happy people.  We've lost contact over the years, but I hope they're still thriving today. 

Sorry to have gone off topic, @fleetwood.  But, thank you for triggering these memories.  

[GCR18]

My mother and I are very close, but don't share similar styles in clothes or decor.

[ROMARY]

Thank goodness that the neat couple married each other, with similar personalities.  Could have been a problem if, say, one wasn't as neat.

[Kachina624]

My mother and I had the same taste in many things.  Very contemporary and colorful, a little "out there". .  My sister, however, is just the opposite, careful and traditional; unwilling to try new and different things. 

[september]

I think I used to be.   I was overly concerned with things "matching", whether in home decor or fashion.   Shoes and handbag had to be the same color!

maybe many of us have lost this urge.  I know I have.  

[Desert Lily]

My mother started a business in the 70's. From then on she wore beautiful suits and sophisticated dresses. She decorated her house in French Provincial. In the 80's, she bought me a beautiful French Provincial bedroom set, and I still use it (although I have an adjustable bed attached to the headboard now.) Because I used to be a buyer of home decorative accessories, my homes have gone through many cycles of decor. Lol. Seeing so many items at furniture shows, lighting shows, gift shows, textiles shows (my favorite) I even went through a period of minimalism with next to no decorative accessories. I've always kept blue as part of my kitchen colors, and I've always been drawn to gray walls with white and off-white for trim. I dress feminine like my mother did, but I like jeans and casual clothes that she didn't wear. I like cool colors and neutrals; she liked warmer colors and neutrals. Now, I'm into Mid-Century Modern for my living room, dining room, and the other bedrooms...maybe that's nostalgia, idk, and a bit of industrialism and everything is based in gray. I bought the same kitchen dishes that my grandmother had, but mine are blue.. She also liked a modern decor.  My grandmother made a lot of my clothes until I was in my 30's, including suits, dresses,slacks, swimsuits, etc. Both my mother and grandmother had great influence on my aesthetic.