I guess it's what you grow up with. I grew up riding an engraved saddle - that's just the way saddles of certain era came - and learned to shoot on an incredibly elaborate gun. Both the saddle and the gun were/are functional, to the point of being abused and coming back for more. Not that I had anything to do with the abuse...

Come to think of it, my 1902 Singer treadle sewing machine has a great deal of ornamentation on it, too.

Personally, I'm glad that that sort of craftsmanship and ornamentatation is coming back, to some extent, it feeds my Baroque little soul.