True “class” and elegance is not relative to money. It’s about serenity, discipline and joy. I think that a clean house exudes those three things. We just moved into a large, gorgeous old house, which was VERY nicely styled by the former owner. But it was not clean at all! As I now clean their dirt, I keep thinking that I have been in far classier houses –small, “poor” homes that were clean and beautiful. So all of you home makers out there who wish you had a few extra thousand $$ to decorate your home, start with a microfiber rag and some soapy water! Get rid of clutter, and let in the sunshine. You’ll have a gorgeous home, without a trip to the furniture store.
Leave it to the Swiss to praise cleanliness!
(it is so true, of course, everything that you said…)