I like words on the walls but not the traditional peel and stick vinyl sayings. my formal dining room had the awkward chair rail that ends abruptly and this was my way to end it without removing it all. I love it and don't care what anyone else says.

There are some quotes I never get tired of seeing, for example "It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place" from Through the Looking-Glass. Quotes can be a good conversation starter.

Even though I personally find words such as love, laugh, and live too broad and not personalized enough, looking at them can be a good start in the day for many.

It should either be inspiring, or funny and make you feel good.

I sometimes like to frame quotes so I can change them every so often, but don't like them on the walls. Having said that I saw a program about how the owners of very small apartments made the most of their bedroom space wise. One lady uses a plain but beautiful white roll shade for her window, she added part of a book- a phrase she liked all the way down it, it looked beautiful so in that particular room, it looked great when rolled down in the evening.

Not my thing

I think these are extremely tacky!

@dkvhaus, maybe "Oui Oui Mesdames"? My step mom had a small brass plaque with that engraved on the door of her tiny powder room off the kitchen. Always loved it.

nope, I find them annoying. that said, if it makes you happy, go right ahead. I won't tell you I think it looks stupid!

I have seen some that I like, but am still on the fence about whether I want words on my walls.

HI -- No ,over with and pretentious . A little is still ok for a baby's or small child's room ... but that is all !

I used to have some throw pillows embroidered with sayings that I especially liked. They were on the backs of the pillows so people only saw them if they turned the pillows over.

not a fan. i dont need to be instructed to eat, dream, or relax. i don't need to be told the beach is that way, when i know i'm no where near the beach. i stood in homegoods earlier this summer and was sad to see the trend is still trending. or maybe it had stopped, and no one bought any of these pillows or signs.

It's never the message that I like, it's the graceful lines of the font. Simply writing the abc's doesn't work.

My friend comes from a very well educated family. It was alarming & funny to see a cross stitch framed on her wall that said 'F#*% Housework' It was a gift from her

friend. I had to laugh at what her parents thought, my mother would have a stroke! BTW, her friend really knew her, she was the WORST housekeeper. Getting a housekeeper was the best decision she ever made.

The words "Kiss me goodnight" were on the wall of the master bedroom, over the bed, when we bought the house. After closing, it was the first thing we removed. I see photos, and think "how cool!" but then remember removing that decal.

I find them corny and tiresome. However, you could hang a sign instead. Easier to change.

Here's one....

"Yawn...."

Maybe someone should stencil "If walls could talk..."

If done right! I think this love, peace blah blah blah is just overdone and tacky now. I would immediately paint over them etc. I do however, have artwork in my bathroom of a roman bath house which has a gold leaf word art that goes with the rest of the design. Its all greek to me, the words, but it is again... done right and isn't along the line of tranquility, peace... hippy stuff. imho don't hate me for it. :p

Well, we can't all have the same tastes. I like SOME words on walls or whatever, but I don't overdo it. I have a lot of soffit space above my kitchen cupboards and I don't like plates or anything else, so on one space I bought a wooden sign that says in handwriting....Bless this house with love and laughter. Any suggestions on what I could have there instead? Or what I can add to the other huge blank spaces?
I also have a pillow in one of our bedrooms that says Love, in gold, but I like the overall black/white stripe, which is the main reason I bought the pillow. I also have a cement stone in my garden which says....Grow. Dammit....meant to be funny. Oops, I almost forgot. I also have a canvas that says something about living your life in color (I am an artist).

I think kranno's sound tasteful and interesting, not cliche'd or overdone. And some are clever and original. I think that (like so many things) if you're seeing the same words over and over in shops and houses, those have outlived their shelf life and should be gone.

I saw a photo display wall around the word "Family", (not stick on letters, but wood letters painted black) and I thought it was very sweet. But then I am a big sentimental mush-ball...

I have one. It's in my "guest" room. It says "There's No Place Like Home". ;)

Waiting patiently for the word trend to go away.

I think it's on its way out. Certainly any house that could go on the market shouldn't have words on the walls. Talk about personalized!

I think the words trend has always been with us. What about the framed cross-stitched samplers with sayings that I still see in a lot of people's homes. And these have been around for a couple of centuries. There are also a lot of beer and bar signs people still have in their bars and man caves.

Those houses that have "EAT" in the kitchen, "RELAX" in the living room, and "DREAM" in the bedroom? Do you suppose they say "PEE" in the bathroom?

I'm not a big fan, but really don't see how having the words framed and hung is more acceptable than directly on the wall. They are both easy enough to remove.

Somehow signs are different to me. An antique bar sign is just visually interesting. They usually don't have those irritating commands to EAT and so forth.

Not sure how they are intended, but I always thought of them as more of an invitation than a command.

I always have a sneaking suspicion that the people who have these signs with the most loving and gentle sentiments are the people who can't think this way on their own and are 5 feet off my car bumper with a phone in one hand and coffee in the other giving me the finger as they zoom past.

My "tuppence worth"? : It is visually beautiful but it is our habit to read too much into things. Very interesting to see all the different analytical takes on the matter. My only question is whether you would have asked for advice if you loved it yourself? We are so prone to caring what others think.

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Wow, so many snobs. Whatever people want to post on their walls is just fine with me. I may like it or be inspired, I might not--no different than their choice of art, wall colors, furniture, or music they're playing. I don't have any words posted in our home now, but I would consider it, if it was meaningful to us...and it would not have to be from an approved poet or author, sheesh!

Not my style at all; personally I think they're a bit cheesy, such as the signage in rooms where its function/purpose is obvious to most adults ('laundry room' where the washer/ dryer are located; 'eat' in the dining room, etc.). But whatever floats your boat.

Cool for kid's room or an office only !

Cool for kid's room or an office only !

While I agree with a lot of what has been said, it is not the ugliest or the cheesiest thing in the world. As long as no-one is getting hurt, people can have whatever they want in their homes. What is the harm? There are so many different styles for so many different characters. Let everyone express themselves and have fun doing it.

One of my notes while reading this incredibly long and old thread is that so many of you do not type, spell, or have decent grammatical abilities, surely you do not all have brain burps like me? Perhaps you do not get the point of putting a personal message on a wall, because you have not read enough worth repeating? I too love to collect quotes and all though i have not gotten to do so yet, I do feel that i have read some wonderful things worth letting the world know about. 2 come to mind at this moment.

In
one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it
is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is
excessively discussed.

Edgar Allan Poe
E=mc2 - Einstein

When done right...they can make such a perfect impact.

LOVE THIS!

To each his own. In my area Sign Parties are all the rage, everyone is making signs for their homes to display. Words on the wall are no different than wallpaper with faux newsprint or French handwriting on them. Hang or display what you LOVE. Enjoy your home.

Bradi Jones - what a loving thing to do for your friend. I bet that these lyrics handwritten by you on her wall give her comfort. The wall is a unique feature. Lovely.

I say no to the words on the wall- maybe art or a mirror would look good!

Most of them are too trendy but when they have real meaning they are OK. Either way, it is not something I would consider doing in my home.

Not my cup of tea.

very much dislike them. very much dislike murals as well - both are intrusive and stale - overstated.

@havingfun -

In anything, what matters is what's real....not what we choose to display on our walls, or our bumpers, in what is yet another trend designed to shout "look at me". I find that when you have real emotions and thoughts you don't need to shout them at anyone. I love quotes, especially ones by Thoreau. But the last time I felt the need to share was in my senior yearbook post in 1984. Because it seems like a long time since people truly listened.

I'm not crazy about them, but sometimes a client has an idea in mind, and I will work with it.

NO, NO, NO. Tacky and trite in most cases. Would like someone to invent a pair of glasses that will block this stuff from vision so I can walk into a home store without getting peeved.

I feel the same as you, Karen!!!

I can think of one exception: my 25 year old made a cross stitch for a friend's bathroom that said Have A Nice Poop.

Now, that's priceless! LOL!