Can someone explain please - Page 2

MamaWick · ‎03-09-2010

@Oznell contrived! Great word for it.

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AngelPuppy1 · ‎03-13-2010

I don't it. I have a few on my couch and love seat. They are purely decorative and I don't like them to be used to sit on. That's bad but I don't care. I paid a good bit for them and they go perfectly with my furniture and I know I won't find them again so I put them to the side when I or someone else sits. No chops for me.

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wagirl · ‎03-09-2010

so funny----I'm the one who would walk by and shake that pillow out to it's normal shape--hate that V thing----it's like that dumb half tuck thing for tops---dumb!!!

was just thinking about another decorator thing the drives me batty---and that is setting a full table-- as if you will be sitting down to eat----why??? the realtor that was selling my house wanted me to do that in my dining room and I flat out told him no---I already had a seasonal centerpiece on it.

cjm61 · ‎09-07-2014

@MamaWick My daughter is a professional interior decorator. She always "karate-chops" the pillows. She'll come over, and I have to laugh, after she leaves my pillows all have been karate chopped. I really could care less. It never was an issue enough to even talk about but this post made me laugh when I think how I know she's been to the house.

faeriemoon · ‎03-14-2010

I think they are supposed to make the seating look more comfortable and inviting, whereas the stiff, flat, soldier-like pillow gives a "keep off" vibe.

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CrazyTimes · ‎01-16-2025

I've never done that. Don't really like that look. I have 2 pillows on each sofa, and one pillow on some of my chairs. All my pillows get used; they're not just for decoration. When I fluff I want them to have a full shape all around.

SouthernBee · ‎09-16-2010

@MamaWick : I have no idea but hate it. Told my cleaning lady: please don't do it.She replied: Why? I don't like it.

Sakuya · ‎02-15-2011

My couch pillows wouldn't hold a chop. I like them square.

Estellee · ‎07-12-2011

I buy more structured pillows, I like them square too!

Nonametoday · ‎03-09-2010

@stevieb wrote:
They probably saw a magazine layout where a designer did it and think that makes it chic. It isn't. At least not to me. I also don't get the draw of placing a throw pillow on the diagonal, sitting on a single one of its corners.

@stevieb

I think the original reason was, when we first started trading with China, they made pillows that they would tell you had down or feathers or whatever and it would be some hard substance. To a savvy shopper, they would chop the middle to see if it stayed or didn't stay and if it stayed, it was likely down or feathers but if it popped back up it was some Chinese made substance. Then it became a chic thing by those who thought it looked "cool."