This Is Interior Design???

Why is this Interior Design…I am constantly amazed by some of the rooms I see featured in major shelter magazines. It is a wonder to me how these rooms are actually judged publishable. I spoke with my instructor from The Kendall School of Design about this the other day; she told me she had actually taught a class on just this. When you are looking at pictures of rooms in magazines ask yourself why is this interior design is, there a plan, what is the end result the designer had in mind. I saw a spread just the other day I was amazed it looked to me as though the person had just moved in and dropped these ugly items where ever the unpacked them, art work sitting against the walls and stacked on the tables, unrelated rugs piled one on the other. In my never to be humble opinion a real mess, and referred to as sophisticated and beautiful. Now I realize beauty is in the eye of the beholder…but maybe the publisher should look up the meaning of sophisticated. I will not include photos of any rooms I don’t like, however I think we all know the kinds of rooms I am talking about. I read design, decorating blogs by various authors and am sometimes confused by the choice of rooms and or spaces they wax on about. The other day a wall in what looked to be  a closet or dressing area with what looked like a painters drop cloth nailed on the wall and pulled back over some shoe boxes was referred to as Superfluous…wha…t the hell .I commented on this and of course my comment was NOT published. I will include a photo of a room I love….Planned and Purposeful