I agree that neither is ugly! The first one reminds me of my great grandmother's quilts that we still have. Functional and practical always won out over pretty anyday at her house! My love of quilts came from one that looks a lot like the first one here. I still love my memories of crawling in that cold bed with all those quilts on me to stay warm. My grandmother who was the greatest person in the world and a little large in my mind would crawl in the old iron bed and we would sink to the middle and she would tell me stories until I fell asleep. They had a wood stove in the main room of the house but not the bedrooms. Ah the good old days. Times were simpler and just easier all around.