Ornaments

Hermia

lillie_put wrote: »

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

My mum used to try and hide the terrible ornaments I got her behind other stuff :rotfl:

I know someone who buys all those terrible ornaments and 'decorative plates' out of magazines. I love going to her house and marvelling at her gallery!

The one thing I can't have out is photos. The creep me out!

Tiglath

I have a couple of fossils, and DH insists on photos of some of the family. I hate all photos of people. I'd rather not have any junk around at all.

beautiful_ravens

I have loads of ornaments - packed away in boxes. They got put in there when the kids were little, and now...theyre still there [ornaments, not kids!]. I would consider displaying them again, but ONLY in special glass fronted cabinets to avoid the dust.
In my ex-living-room-now-work-room I have guitars hanging all over one wall, another wall is floor to ceiling cds/dvds/records, and the third wall is mainly books.
I like the idea of no ornaments or clutter but find it impossible to actually do.

meritaten

lostinrates wrote: »

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.

I used to have a crystal ball which was on the mantlepeice too - until we discovered a large round burn mark on the wallpaper behind it! Reassure your friend that in the three years I have had the 'Lustres' not even a faint scorch mark!:)

tayforth

lostinrates wrote: »

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.

:rotfl:


By the way, I totally agree with your first paragraph. It's so heartwarming to have a collection of homemade bits and pieces (like lillie_put and others) that mean something to you. Sod 'taste'. :A

My friend went out and bought a load of matchy-matchy brown-toned stuff to go with her dark brown leather couch when she bought her house (this was about ten years ago, so the Changing Rooms effect was still around!). Think brown and beige suede canvases with circles on them, a brown rug with circles, brown vases, brown lamps, brown candlesticks. It looked like a shop window display, not a home.

She admitted a few years later that she hated it all! :rotfl: She was gutted about the amount of money she'd spent on it, but regardless - she got rid of everything and started replacing it with little random things that were more personal to her.