Nicole, I once bought a house where the wallpaper in the master bedroom was HUGE fluorescent pink/yellow/red/green flowers. Took three coats of paint to cover it...and I could still hear it at night. And I almost bought one with a kitchen done entirely in black: countertops, cabinets, appliances, wall tile, floor. And of course you know that in most states it's a legal requirement that rental houses have orange high-pile carpet... When it comes to the decorative tastes of the people who lived in your place before you, the question "What were they thinking?" becomes a sort of Zen koan.

Aloha,
Mark