We may not like our times or many aspects of the time we live in but that is not the fault of art as such.
The worst thing any decorator can do is give a client the feeling that he's walking around somebody else's house; the rooms must belong to the owner, not to the decorator; and no rooms can have atmosphere unless they are used and lived in.
I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since.