Ornaments

Georgiegirl256

pollypenny wrote: »

My Galileo's thermometer is far from an ornament!

If there is only one ball down I'm allowed the fire on. If there are three down OH is turning the heating off.

I love those Galileo thermometers! When I volunteered at a charity shop, there was one in there as good as new, I wish I'd got it now.

I also would like a phrenology head, I think they are really interesting.

Norma_Desmond

I don't have 'ornaments' (shudder) as such, I have 'pieces' .

I actually deal part time in paintings from the 18th century to the present day, so yes my house looks like a bloomin' gallery.......and as for other decorative bits, well it's everything from antique Chinese furniture and ceramics, old tribal art, bronzes......:o

Not cluttered though - I too like the larger impressive pieces, and I think the smallest thing on display is a little Roman pottery bowl about 4 inches across.

pollypenny

An old neighbour, as in where we lived previously, had a houseful of those horrible, twee Capo di Monte ornaments.

She was young, too.

Norma_Desmond

pollypenny wrote: »

An old neighbour, as in where we lived previously, had a houseful of those horrible, twee Capo di Monte ornaments.

She was young, too.

They really are bad.

mumps

Norma_Desmond wrote: »

They really are bad.

As long as she likes them, we can't all be the same. Someone, or maybe more than one? said they don't have photos, they are my favourite thing. Variety is the spice of life and all that.

Georgiegirl256

Norma_Desmond wrote: »

They really are bad.

They are hideous! :eek:

We all have different tastes I guess.

tayforth

I'm with William Morris. Everything in the home should be useful, beautiful or both.

What is beautiful will depend on your taste, of course! It would be a boring world if we were all the same.



I LOATHE china/glass/crystal ornaments, so I don't have anything like that.

I do have some beautiful things that I've picked up here and there from vintage shops, markets and the like, both here and abroad. All of them are very special to me. Mercury glass tealight holders. Vintage tins and ceramic jugs and pots. I also have a huge, overflowing bookcase with a few random vintage china cups in between the books.

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Following on from the 'What's on Your Walls?' thread:

I know some people who have ornaments and family photographs everywhere. The ornaments are mostly Doulton figures of people or dogs. There seem to be hundreds of them. There are dozens of family photos everywhere, and several little tables that just exist to put ornament and/or photographs on.

To me it looks incredibly cluttered and I don't like these sorts of ornaments and photos anyway.

Our only ornaments are my husbands fossils and minerals in a glass-fronted cabinet and one or two stylised cats. We don't have any family photographs on show.

We do however have candles and houseplants as decoration.

So... what is your taste in ornaments? Do you love them or hate them?

Is it just me who's wondering... what's a stylised cat??

Slinky wrote: »

You can always tell when my neighbour opposite has visitors. Her cabinet of Swarovski crystal has the lights turned on and the curtains get left open. I can just see it through all the Lladro china on her windowsill. I sometimes joke to my husband that it's a good job I loathe both of them otherwise that's what he could be living with in his lounge!

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Slinky

I have a galileo thermometer in my sunroom. More than one ball down means I open the door to my office and use the heat from the sunroom to heat my office.

I forgot to mention I have a collection of antique bottles which are local to the area in the sunroom, and also a beautiful handmade pot which has a big crack down the back and across the bottom where I dropped it on the way home (as mentioned elsewhere on the Christmas gifts thread a few weeks back).

We also have a bonsai tree our neice gave us for Christmas. Desperately trying to keep it alive until at least after she comes to stay in April, not looking good at the moment though......

lostinrates

tayforth wrote: »

I'm with William Morris. Everything in the home should be useful, beautiful or both.

What is beautiful will depend on your taste, of course! It would be a boring world if we were all the same.



I LOATHE china/glass/crystal ornaments, so I don't have anything like that.





:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

I agree, people's taste is personal. I'd rather a home had a personal taste was than stylised and not 'them'.

Re crystal. While I am not keen on stuff like crystal knickknacks I do love rainbows so had form room we have some that are almost hidden so as no to be too visible butto throw rainbows in when the sun is at the right angle. We have a friend ho is terrified this is going to set our home on fire.

lillie_put

I have ornaments my boys got me from thier pocket money or flowers I will treasure for ever
they thought of me before getting themselves sweets or ice-creams

I still have the flour an water things they made in primary school or a wet weekend had to pva them fair few times lol

there kept in a box with all the cards they made me or bought for me

the little ornaments are in my bedroom
I have photos of my boys an hubby and 1 of myself an hubby at our wedding
on my walls


I have things that was so precious to my Nain n my nan thy left to me