Your Decor - Page 2

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

I totally agree. Visual clutter is a very big issue with me; I don’t like to be surrounded by an abundance of stuff. What I love most about my house is walking in and seeing bare wall space, open floor space, and bare tabletops.

Peaches McPhee · ‎04-19-2010

@OhioAngel wrote:
On HGTV shows and also from Nate Berkus online I have heard often that things you surround yourself with in your home, should always tell a story. They should mean something and not just be random.

I wonder your thoughts on this?

Personally, I think this is pretentious and poppycock. Good grief.

-- pro-aging --

Rochester, New York

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

OP i think you can take that statement two ways. One - objects you surround yourself with should tell YOUR story, but only as you see them. Your memories that belong to those items.A story only you know.

On the other hand - I suppose items can be selected to specifically tell a story.Can be purchased and placed in a way that would bring something specific to mind when you walk into a room. I think this was what he meant and is something a designer does.There is nothing personal about it. For instance if you walked into a room and it was all decorated in a jungle theme. Statues and pictures of animals and fabrics in animal skin prints etc.

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

Whether people plan/choose it to or not, every space we create does indeed tell a story and has something to say about us.

How that is interpreted may be very different to the person who lives in that space and the person who comes into that space, but it tells a story and represents a part of who the occupant/creator is.

And I believe this is true whether someone spends a lot of time, effort, and thought in creating the space, or whether they did virtually nothing and just let it create itself, or anything in between.

The space in which we live speaks volumes about us, whether we plan it that way or not.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

Oh most certainly things tell a story in our house. Not one picture was bought simply because we thought it was pretty but because it had some meaning of place or time or event or artist for us.

We have books signed by authors or bought on trips, or relating to places like fomer Presidents homes we've toured, places we have visited, etc.

I could take you on a tour of our house and tell you lots and lots of stories about where we got this, when we met some author, or why we have this or that.

I do think it is nice when things in your home are more personal than simply decorative and have some "story" to go with them. But it's not for everyone. Just because it is pretty is great too!

odie96 · ‎08-09-2018

@OhioAngelEverything here, including the house, is a precious memory for me. We live in the house where I was born and there's a story with everything in it. My Mother's furniture is still here as well as my own. I've given certain pieces of hers to my children who were also brought up here. They love all of it and I'm sure to tell them the history of all of it. The pieces I have left all have names on them as to who gets what when the day comes!! I can walk into each room and see individuals who have influenced my life...my Father, my Mother, my Brother, my Sister. I can still see the Christmas trees with hundreds of presents, the fireplace where Buck, who worked for my parents, always had the fire going when I got up. There's Mama's desk waiting to be refinished. It still has her things in it including letters that my Father wrote to her when she was in the hospital 73 years.. And there's Joe's tree growing in the driveway!! Buck found a sapling on his way to work and brought it here and planted it.....just for Joe! I adored Buck. We alll did. In fact, I gave his stool to my youngest son 30 years ago....Oh yeah, there are memories and stories everywhere. Life has been good to me!!

jannabelle1 · ‎09-12-2010

I believe that surrounding oneself with decor that tells a story or has deep meaning may be easier to achieve for some, but not for all. Or maybe we were able to do that at one time in our lives, but things have changed over time. Some of us have gone through divorces that altered what was once meaningful, some don't have children, and others have gone through life changing events. It's all relative. It's wonderful for those people who are able to surround their lovely homes with items that tell their story, but not everyone can achieve that or even want to achieve it. Random items that a person likes aren't necessarily a bad thing!

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

@jannabelle1 wrote:
I believe that surrounding oneself with decor that tells a story or has deep meaning may be easier to achieve for some, but not for all. Or maybe we were able to do that at one time in our lives, but things have changed over time. Some of us have gone through divorces that altered what was once meaningful, some don't have children, and others have gone through life changing events. It's all relative. It's wonderful for those people who are able to surround their lovely homes with items that tell their story, but not everyone can achieve that or even want to achieve it. Random items that a person likes aren't necessarily a bad thing!

I agree totally @jannabelle1

But even those random things, with no connection to family history, still tell a story about the person that chooses and keeps them.

A person's furnishing and decor and kitchenware, even if all bought at one time, just last week from Walmart, will tell us what that person likes in color and style. It might show us they are adventurous, or like to nest in. It might show us they have a contemporary spirit or a penchant for the past.

What they have or don't have, how they arrange and use it all say things about them. It can be a piece at a time, simply bought for function, expensive or thrift store, or all brand new last week, but just the totality of it and what they do with it speaks volumes.

phoenixbrd · ‎03-27-2010

@Sweetbay magnolia I love language and learning new words. Thank you for introducing me to the world of wabi sabi.....I think my home is very wabi sabi.

@Sweetbay magnolia wrote:
It's all about form meeting function, or vice versa, to me. And with that comes some rendering of wabi sabi (I'll let you look that up if you want).

It's a beautiful picture when it pleases you, and yes, in a very philosophical sense.

faeriemoon · ‎03-14-2010

@phoenixbrd wrote:
@Sweetbay magnolia I love language and learning new words. Thank you for introducing me to the world of wabi sabi.....I think my home is very wabi sabi.

@Sweetbay magnolia wrote:
It's all about form meeting function, or vice versa, to me. And with that comes some rendering of wabi sabi (I'll let you look that up if you want).

It's a beautiful picture when it pleases you, and yes, in a very philosophical sense.