My wife and I were watching HGTV the other day where they were showing off the best 10 kitchens. During this show we found that many of the kitchens had kitschy items and useless appliances. For example, fake grapes adorned a french colonial kitchen. Another kitchen had his and hers wooden fat chef statues, you know the ones with the wooden spoons. Overall, though, they did a good job of hiding appliances. The most useless appliance that was shown was a pasta cooker that took up an entire sink. So you put water and pasta in it, it heats the water, then you push a button and the water drains out. This is completely useless considering that you have a pot that does the same thing and doesn't take up a sink.
Tonight I was looking at pictures of the most expensive homes in the world, shown on the abc news site. Here is the picture from a home that has its own golf course, 14 gardens, a 75-foot swimming pool and is in the Hamptons. see if you can spot the bad style.
First, appliances strung about on counters when they are not being used generally looks bad. Next, 2 coffee pots, why do you want 2 cheap coffee pots on a counter when photos are being taken of your nice kitchen. The other thing that I think shows a poor style choice are the curtains over the window that match the hanging chilies, this is preference, but I think that it is a little tacky.
Another home that was on the abc homes feature made a poor choice in hiding their beautiful wood floors with 2 matching worn carpets. Furthermore, it is also extremely cluttered for my taste.
So my point here is that poor style choices exist at all levels. Just because someone is wealthy does not mean that they have a good sense of style. But what really gets me, is that even with all of those resources they must not have consulted an interior designer to help them out.