High end sophistication is an acquired taste but once you have it, you just cannot deny the opulence and the complexity of the style...this room alone would run upwards of $30,000 or more to put together. Don't try this at home kids! Who could sleep in this room...is there a feng shui consultant in the house?

I found this photo on the cover of the latest issue of Window Fashions magazine and it takes me back to a time when everyone wanted coordinating (matchipooh as we say in the biz) fabrics and papers!  It is obvious that the window fashion industry is trying to sell the decorators on the look which in turn sells it to the consumer who wants to have what is hot, new, in style. UGH! Home stagers are still stripping off the last wave of paper and fabric from the 70's and 80's. It s a nightmare.

Of course after all these years of texturing and faux painting every surface imaginable, patterns are due to reemerge bolder than ever but for me, this is taking it to the extreme.

The good news is; only the well to do can afford a room like this so they can well afford to have it stripped.

In the famous words of Popeye, "Shiver me timbers".