Keep it clean, John
hmmm we used to wonder about some French decorating from the 50ās and 60ās. The bathroom in a nice small hotel we used to stay at in Lille for the Braderie each year, had tiles which were 3/4 plain beige interspersed with 1/4 of the tiles being patterned.
It was our third year there when my other half, from his position lying on the bed backwards to the bathroom with the tiles visible through the half-open bathroom door, said āYou know, those tiles are palm trees but theyāre upside downā. And he was right.
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After Mrs P and 
Me too as many of the gites I stayed in havent been decorated since and I wasnt that sure about the bedlinen either 
You have to wonder is some folks on here have had a sense of humour by-pass at times 
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oh is that what you call it?
Chill!
I donāt care one way or the other what other peopleās places look like - ours usually veers between genuine, but battered, modernist design classics, centuries-old French stuff, authentic Africana (including a couple of museum quality pieces) and a building site. Oh, and decent quality original art on the walls.
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The more you take offence (on social media especially) the more people are tempted to tease you.
Roll with it.
Either someone is being deliberately offensive, in which case they have more of a problem than you do, or itās an accident (in which case they need to improve their communication skills).
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Oh so that is how you get your kicks?
Is that the way it goes to to stop boredom?
Just because peopleās opinions donāt agree with your own does not mean they are wrong, it is just an opinion after all and you need to stop being so sensitive to them, life is too short to be bothered 
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Rudeness is unrelated to opinion.
Some of the comments were offensive to meā¦
They would have not been well received by any one.
Iām afraid it works both ways as some of your comments were perceived to be the same to others, time to move on and let it go 
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Iām surprised it attracted criticism.
So am I, but I didnāt see much in the way of critcism and have been surprised at the level of offence taken.
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Allow me to share this video with you then.
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Perhaps you did not see the comments.
They were unpleasant remarks and yes I will move on but suggest that these people who wrote the stuff should think before they write.
Iām pretty sure I did, because I came late to the thread and went back deliberately, thanks to Gareth I think it was, to see what all the fuss was about.
I saw what I thought was an attractive house and garden and a couple of jokes made about it, but nothing to get worked up about. Each to their own of course.
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Offence can only be taken, not given.
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When we were house hunting we referred to the houses we saw as being āFrench brownā, say no more.
We fou d the wallpapered ceilings amusing. It was like being in a paper box.so
The decor here was seventies, but the house is so light
With high ceilings and wonderful views from every window.
People who stayed in our gite loved the decor, it was like an proper family house, old pieces mixed with modern and, of course, the light and views.
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Yes tastes vary and that is why there is so much choice when it comes to furnishings, fabrics and colour but to say that one of my bedrooms looks like a porn scene is
offensive.
Some donāt always think things through, commenting without even realising that what may have been intended as humour might be taken very differently. And some have naturally sharp tongues.
In the end I try to step back and look at the overall character when it comes to these things. Some speak with a smooth tongue yet coerce and bully, others may be a bit spiky but work for the best. Most of us just rub along in the middle.
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