Hmmm.. let me think.

My mom has style, but we don't always agree. Her furniture is fabulous, but just not what I'm looking for. While she's quite traditional (a mix of Martha Stewart, Country living, Old world style) i prefer modernity (Castiglioni, Saarinen, and a boutique-ish style).

Her mother had some fabulous pieces, one buffet-side board that is now n my mother's home, its simply gorgeous, well made, and is a great memory of gran. I've already claimed that piece for the future (there is a matching table and chairs to go with it as well, but i'm not as in awe of them as i am of the buffet).

My father, on the other hand could not care any less about aesthetics, and his parents were the same, although they did have some nice pieces, a few of which i have in my home. My favorites are a set of retro glassware (and on a side note, the change in glass size, ergo the size of the serving/portion, makes you think as well...).

Oh, SO the opposite. Mum loves cool, pastel colours -purples (well, more like mauves and lavenders), soft greens, pale blues. She likes every little thing matching (our family room makes me twitchy - too much light green!), loves fake flowers, tries to put a cloth on everything. Especially lace. A lot of her furniture is very... fussy, with lots of curly old-fashioned bits. She only likes pale yellow, and despises orange and red.

Me? Orange is my favourite colour, the brighter, the better! I love red, I love BRIGHT yellows - that warm, fresh mango-y yellowy-orange colour. I like modern stuff with clean likes, and black. I like colours that compliment but don't match to the very shade, like a yellow room with a green couch and red, blue, purple and orange accents. I can't stand fake flowers, and detest most lace slipcover things.

So yeah - complete opposites.