To be honest, I am seeing so much blandness that I will welcome patterned carpets for a change.

I would definitely go to the hotel featured in "The Shining" if it wasn't for the murders.

> nightmarish patterned carpets of the 1970s

The modern equivalent is Hello Kitty rugs.

Those are _far_ from as bad. Not even in the same ballpark.

Or far from as good, if you happen to like psychedelic 70s stuff - which I do, although I wouldn't want it in every room.

I once lived in a sharehouse with blue paisley carpets and dark wood trim in the living room. It had a lot of natural light and honestly wasn't too bad.

The painted carpets weren't* nearly as bad as the kitchens. I was stuck with avocado appliances and FD-arrived-too-late brown cabinets once.

*Well, usually. If you shopped at a reasonable store, and had decent tastes. If not - horribly and ugly things have been available in every era.

Looking forward to the great comeback of the popcorn ceiling.