Interior design: Rough Luxe

Interior design is always going to be extremely subjective. But every so often, you come across something that really splits people into two camps. Or rather, your boyfriend and his mother approach you with a radical design idea for the townhouse you're helping to renovate and ignore your increasingly horrified face as they smilingly explain the concept of Rough Luxe. Based on the Rough Luxe hotel in London, the proposed look would leave some of the walls bare with strips of the various wallpapers used since the house was built in 1837 showing. Never one to dismiss a new idea out of hand, I've agreed to see how it looks once it's finished but I'm exhibiting the look here anyway as I suspect I'm seriously outvoted in this situation. You can agree a look is cool (and I do) and still be dubious about it's impact on everyday life. Opinions?