Unless one decorates one's house for oneself alone, best leave it bare, for other people are walleyed.

The remark satirizes the futility of trying to please an audience with one’s aesthetic choices. Lawrence suggests that domestic decoration should be an expression of private sensibility rather than a performance for visitors, because “other people” look askance—misperceiving, judging, or simply failing to see what the maker sees. The deliberately coarse “walleyed” sharpens the point: taste is not only subjective but often distorted by convention and social posturing. The line aligns with Lawrence’s broader suspicion of social conformity and his insistence on authentic, lived experience over external approval.