The 25 Biggest, Most Horrible, Most Shameful, Most Heinous Decorating Mistakes

BarTopDancer · 08-16-2008, 10:25 AM

Child hater!

I'm guilty of some, mostly furniture because I still have what I did when I first moved out.

3894 · 08-16-2008, 11:25 AM

Fun fact: Dairy Queen has an Original Cheeseburger (1/6 lb.) and a Classic Cheeseburger (1/4 lb.). Who knew!

23. Ignoring the Foyer - The front door opens and hall ahead, living room to your right. Our house has pretty much no foyer - except for a 4'x2' area. I was thinking of putting the dog's dishes there when the porch gets too cold. Welcome to our house and please don't step in the dog's kibble! The reason was that the little 4'x2' area and the hallway are tiled, everything else is hardwood. I guess I won't do it.

22. Undressed Cables - Guilty, guilty, guilty!

21. Out-of-Place Themes and 18. Keeping Something You Hate -We had quite a collection of Chinese stuff, including a rather large porcelain statue of the god of longevity on a rather high carved rosewood stand. We had scrolls, we had carvings, we had this and we had that, and all of it Chinese. All of it had belonged to my father, with my mother's Chinese desk thrown in for good measure.

Which didn't really work with our kachinas and Plains Indian beadwork. For several years, we were very multi-ethnic/Helen's House of Dreck around here. After enough time went by after my dad's passing, I finally deacessioned the Chinese stuff.

11. Too Many Colors of Patterns - Stringently not guilty of this one! Our neighbor the set designer once told my husband that three is the limit of colors you can fit in one room. Since the guy knows his stuff, we have tried to keep to that.

10. Floating Rugs - But those handwoven rag rugs are so cheap here!

9. Improper Lighting - Very guilty

5. Ignoring Windows - My husband hates curtains. He understands they have to be up on bedroom and bathroom windows. Everything else gets no curtains.

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3894 Next Stop: Funkytown! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cheeselandia Posts: 1,907	Fun fact: Dairy Queen has an Original Cheeseburger (1/6 lb.) and a Classic Cheeseburger (1/4 lb.). Who knew! 23. Ignoring the Foyer - The front door opens and hall ahead, living room to your right. Our house has pretty much no foyer - except for a 4'x2' area. I was thinking of putting the dog's dishes there when the porch gets too cold. Welcome to our house and please don't step in the dog's kibble! The reason was that the little 4'x2' area and the hallway are tiled, everything else is hardwood. I guess I won't do it. 22. Undressed Cables - Guilty, guilty, guilty! 21. Out-of-Place Themes and 18. Keeping Something You Hate -We had quite a collection of Chinese stuff, including a rather large porcelain statue of the god of longevity on a rather high carved rosewood stand. We had scrolls, we had carvings, we had this and we had that, and all of it Chinese. All of it had belonged to my father, with my mother's Chinese desk thrown in for good measure. Which didn't really work with our kachinas and Plains Indian beadwork. For several years, we were very multi-ethnic/Helen's House of Dreck around here. After enough time went by after my dad's passing, I finally deacessioned the Chinese stuff. 11. Too Many Colors of Patterns - Stringently not guilty of this one! Our neighbor the set designer once told my husband that three is the limit of colors you can fit in one room. Since the guy knows his stuff, we have tried to keep to that. 10. Floating Rugs - But those handwoven rag rugs are so cheap here! 9. Improper Lighting - Very guilty 5. Ignoring Windows - My husband hates curtains. He understands they have to be up on bedroom and bathroom windows. Everything else gets no curtains.
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