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Are houses being dressed professionally?

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  • Bass_9
    Bass_9 Posts: 151 Forumite
    edited 11 September 2018 at 7:47PM
    I HATE LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
    Perhaps I could start a trend and write that on my wall.

    So glad I'm not the only one. :rotfl:
  • goodwithsaving
    goodwithsaving Posts: 1,314 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I'm in my 30s and can't stand Dunelm Decor. It's tacky and why do I need a series of letters on a wall telling me what that room is for, or to 'Live Laugh and Love'. So naff and so many 'younger' people have it. Don't even get me started on generic prints of a beach you've never been to, from Argos or a sunset you've never seen.
  • mrginge
    mrginge Posts: 4,843 Forumite
    Personally I like to add a touch of class by displaying a picture of a tennis player scratching her !!!!.
  • Cakeguts
    Cakeguts Posts: 7,627 Forumite
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    I only ever notice those silly signs in starter homes or new homes on very large estates. Either people can't afford proper decoration because all the money has gone into the house or they have nothing better to do with their time than trail round shops selling such items.
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,082 Forumite
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    mrginge wrote: »
    Personally I like to add a touch of class by displaying a picture of a tennis player scratching her !!!!.

    I have no issues with this.
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
  • Pixie5740
    Pixie5740 Posts: 14,515 Forumite
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    I am in the age range that these decorations are supposed to appeal to but I can't stand them either. I don't know if this is an Aberdeen thing but a lot of properties for sale have guitars in the photographs. I bet the vendors couldn't strum out Twinkle Twinkle Little Star if their lives depended on it.
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    Im another 1 who doesn't like all the crap that are in the photos, sometimes theres too much and it detracts me from showing further interest in a house.
  • Owain_Moneysaver
    Owain_Moneysaver Posts: 11,393 Forumite
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    NaughtiusMaximus wrote: »
    Yes, 'soak' above the bath, 'relax' above the sofa and 'eat' above the dining table. Makes you wonder what the people who buy these things hang above the loo.

    I keep meaning to get the individual cut-out letters (from Ebay etc) to make P 1 S S and S H 1 T.

    It's post-ironic, innit.
    A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.
  • YoungBlueEyes
    YoungBlueEyes Posts: 4,997 Forumite
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    Is this all it takes for it be classed as "professionally dressed"? Is there a degree in it? I could cheerfully spend all day sticking up nonsense about "forget the cake - let there be gin!" and "this is our happy place" and charge a fortune for it. I'd even make sure I kept my vomit down whilst doing it :P
    Shout out to people who don't know what the opposite of in is.
  • StumpyPumpy
    StumpyPumpy Posts: 1,458 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    My brother describes things like "COOK" above the oven, "EAT" above the dining table and "BATHE" above the bath as subtitles for the hard of thinking.

    I knew someone who had twee faux wooden (yep, not even real wood) letters that spelled out LIVE LOVE LIFE on a shelf all to themselves. A combination of crossword solver and mischief maker compelled me to rearrange them slightly one day to read EVIL VOLE FILE. It was like that for weeks before she noticed. I, chivalrous as ever, denied all knowledge.

    SP
    Come on people, it's not difficult: lose means to be unable to find, loose means not being fixed in place. So if you have a hole in your pocket you might lose your loose change.
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