I noticed recently that even when out of decorating mode, clicking on furniture brings up the verb menu to upgrade etc. (It didn't use to, did it? Maybe I'm unobservant) Isn't that what decorate mode is for? I think it should be restricted to decorate mode because:
a) it would make clicking to walk much easier
b) it would make the furniture seem more like part if the house
c) it weirds me out to see a verb menu for something to have a verb menu in regular mode without glowing blue (and furniture shouldn't glow blue because of reason b)
d) it makes decorate mode make more sense.
Edited for typos.
Edit again: so what do you all think?