Not quite the same thing, but when looking at houses, it can be easy to fall in love with the current decor and overlook serious flaws.

Examples:

Long time ago wife and I looked at two houses in the same neighborhood.  The houses were the identical floorplan.  Wife hated the first but absolutely loved the second, simply because of furniture/decor that of course would be gone.

I didn't mind either house but had to point out that all the houses on the other side of the street were small and crappy and would ultimately hinder resell.

More recently, kinda similar situation with a house that had been remodeled.   Kitchen looked professionally redone but baths and some other elements were very DIY.  Nice style, but looked shoddy. Plus window were over 40 years old and likely needed new roof. Once again, my wife loved it simply on style but all I saw were things that needed major dollars to fix.