I think it is ornate and hideously ugly. If I walked into that room I would immediately feel uncomfortable and assume the owner of the home was a rich person with bad taste.

There are plenty of apartments for rich widows in Manhattan that look like that. All that is missing is the Pomeranian.

Not very family-friendly, though.

Over the top and pretentious for a family house unless you live in Georgetown and are loaded. OK if you're a rich single/couple.

Why would anyone pay that much to live in a townhouse

I never understand why some people set up their dining room table as if they are just about to sit down to eat. Ridiculous. Put that china away.

It doesn't look like anyone would actually llive there.

Anonymous wrote:Not an overly elegant "Georgetown" look, but a more humble Gustavian look.

I'm clearly the mother of boys because I look at that and simultaneously think "It's beautiful" and "how many nano seconds would all that stay white in my house?"

I can't imagine that look unless I had a separate room that was off limits to my kids entirely, except perhaps one 5 minute pose for the Chrismas card photo.

If you could pull it off though, I think it's a beautiful look.

Not an overly elegant "Georgetown" look, but a more humble Gustavian look.