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[Oznell]

@DSD2 ,  I didn't know you were partial to Belleek!   My mother and I both liked it a lot too, although neither of us has had very much of it.  I have one piece, a large bowl.  Do you have any pieces?

@Tinkrbl44 ,  that's an interesting take.  But I don't think Homeworthy was proceeding from any assumptions that a daughter SHOULD decorate like her mother, at all.  They were just showcasing these two, and you can see little threads that connect them, but they're still different. 

They'd be just as likely to showcase a mother and daughter with completely different or opposite tastes, and that would be really interesting too.   

[DSD2]

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@Oznell wrote:

@DSD2 ,  I didn't know you were partial to Belleek!   My mother and I both liked it a lot too, although neither of us has had very much of it.  I have one piece, a large bowl.  Do you have any pieces?

@Tinkrbl44 ,  that's an interesting take.  But I don't think Homeworthy was proceeding from any assumptions that a daughter SHOULD decorate like her mother, at all.  They were just showcasing these two, and you can see little threads that connect them, but they're still different. 

They'd be just as likely to showcase a mother and daughter with completely different or opposite tastes, and that would be really interesting too.   

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@Oznell my mother had several lovely pieces of Beleek which I inherited. My favorites are a beautiful teapot and a "woven" basket that I treasure. 

[GingerPeach]

I like them both. That being said, I could probably see myself living in the mother's setting more than the daughter's.

My own mother wasn't a fan of too much "stuff" as decor. She called them dust catchers. I like stuff and think that if you love those things, it's not a chore to dust them, but in a way, you get to spend more time appreciating them. Of course, there has to be a limit to how much energy and time someone wants to devote to dusting!

I do have pinky-beige walls in my living room. Back when Sears sold paint, I chose their color English Cream.

I would never have thought of this on my own but had seen a friend's home with pinkish walls and realized her artwork was highlighted beautifully, much more than art I'd seen against white walls.

But that's my eye, not anyone else's. 
And that's why they sell so many shades, tints, and hues of paint!

[chrystaltree]

I like them both but I don't care for colored walls.  I prefer white/egg shell/beige etc walls.  Even a pale gray.  My own aesthetic is pale walls and furniture with color as the accent in my pillows, decorative items etc.  Red now but if I could do a redo I'd go with shades of blues.  We're freshening things up so I've been thinking a lot about color.  

[Lucky Charm]

Really like the rose wall color in the mother's living room.  Enough windows and doorways to break up an entire wall of it, so it's ver pleasing to me.  Just the right amount.

Love even more the soft pink walls in the dining room and the rich, dark furniture in both rooms.

I thought the daughter's entryway was beautiful with the soft pinks and lighting fixtures and looked very elegant. 

But the living room clashes with the garish green paint on the mantle, the green fronds on the wallpaper ruin the wall shelving.  The greens aren't tonal, so a *miss* for me.

Enough with the punched pillows on the couch, and even the seat cushion on the armchair is punched up, looks like it would give you a wedgy!  Never saw that before.

The family room, little I can see of it, looks glaringly stark in color and decor.

Just no flow from room to room.  That's something I've always been aware of back when homes had separate rooms (LR, DR, kitchen).

Now it's so common you walk in the front door and it's one huge room and the daughters would look *odd* with the differences in color, furniture and decor.

My home is still separate rooms and doorways, but it all flows, you don't turn the corner and are shocked...lol

[QVCisFun]

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@Oznell wrote:

Two of my favorite things are her huge brass and glass hurricane, and the dark wooden "wheel back" chairs of which you can see one on the right.  I love that lacy intricate back to them:

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@Oznell  , I was sitting in a chair at my mom's place when I was reading your comment on the "wheelback chair" and saw the accompanying photo.  I immediately got up and turned around to look at the chair I was just sitting in, and it looked very similar to the one in the photo!  Prior to your post I had no idea that type of design style had a name or a history, I just thought it was an unusual looking chair with a spiderweb design.   Next time I see a real spiderweb in the roundish shape, I will probably think of wheelback chairs.  (My mom's two chairs are not antiques, I think she got them from a La-Z-Boy furniture store many years ago.)

Noticed in the daughter's house that some of the seat cushions of her chairs and couches were karate-chopped.  Haven't seen that done before, and wondering if it is unique to her or if it is a trend.  Can see it in the green chair behind her in the photo below:

(Disclaimer:  didn't watch the Homeworthy video in real-time (except for a few scenes; was trying to learn more about the frosted sconces), instead went through the video quickly by using the right-arrow key to jump ahead by five-second increments and with the volume off).