arabic.. simplicity.

Well IMO save the money I thinks clocks as decor are very bad and I don’t care if you have a farmhouse style there are so many pieces of art that work better. We all have watches or phones to tell time and to remind guests of the time is rude IMO. As for the numerals I would need to see the clock style .

I love clocks, and am guessing that you do, too! Yours sounds nice, and I agree with ecila that the numbers should be Arabic.

arabic. roman numerals seem too "fancy" for the farmhouse shiplap look.

With clean white, I’m voting Arabic.

Simple for farmhouse. Arabic. Oh, and I don't wear a watch and haven't for a long time. And it's too much of a hassle to pick up the phone to see what time it is. Geez, makes me wonder what clocks ever did to Patricia to make her disdain them so much. It's just a clock. And to think a simple clock on the wall is rude to guests is absurd. I've never felt I was being rudely "reminded" of what time it was when I was guest in someone's home. There may come a time when you WANT to know how late it is.

Kim Weaver-I couldn't agree more! I use my clocks constantly. I discourage mobile phones in my eating areas to encourage more interpersonal relations, and, like you, I do not want to interrupt my baking/cooking to locate the phone! As for Kyle's query, go Arabic!

I'm with Patricia Colwell. Clocks in an area where you entertain makes the guests feel rushed.

Because you all aren't just putting an attractive little clock somewhere, you are mounting a huge honking clock that absolutely dominates the wall and screams,

TIME, TIME, LOOK AT THE TIME!!!

There now, what a relaxing message to impart to your guests.

Back in the Pleistocene Era, we had a clock in the kitchen, and some people had an attractive grandfather clock or mantel clock. And there were the alarm clocks.

We all learned to tell time without those intrusive Brobdingnagian clocks on dining room, living room or den walls that she who will remain nameless has convinced people is appropriate decor.

As if.

Agree with loobab and Patricia, they are talking about clocks as DECOR, not clocks in general! A great big 30" clock on the wall IMO is very trendy looking. A nice piece of art so much nicer.

Just how large is this area in which your clock will hang? Is it a 25' cathedral ceiling in a 30'x 30' room? Make sure you don't overpower the space, no matter what you hang on the wall.

I refer to my big decor clock countless times during the day. I don’t really even notice it until the battery runs out and I’m frustrated having to find the tiny clock on the coffee pot. We love our big clock.

Yeah....big clocks help those of us whose eyesight isn't what it used to be. Easier to look at than a "tiny little decor" clock. Like I said, I've never felt rushed or forced to LOOK AT THE TIME in someone's home just because of a big ol' clock on the wall. My attention is drawn to my friends and to wine I'm drinking and the conversation we're having. Certainly not the clock on the wall.

Agree with Arabic numerals .... and ignoring the ridiculous, bizarre clock outbursts.

As I read this thread, I'm thinking to myself, "Why the heck didn't I think to get a clock with Arabic". How cool is that! I should know better, especially having grown up in Dubai.

We have a clock in our kitchen and living room and is used a 100 times a day...3 little kids will do that.

So weird the anti clock out bursts...oh well.

Love my clock.

Jinx, I 'second that emotion!'. WHY, when you only have something to say that criticizes, must some post that criticism?

Good question, My3. Every single clock thread gets the same, tired trope of how they’re rude and rush people and make guests feel awful. I guess checking your watch or phone for the time is so much more polite and relaxing than glancing up at a clock.

We don’t all have to like the same things, but dang. No need to harangue anyone over doing something they want. I don’t have one in my house, but it doesn’t give me anxiety attacks if others do.

ETA: Now I’m getting ads. 😆

It should be about what appeals to you...period. 👍🏻

Thank you to those who responded to my actual question. I have no need for opinions on whether or not to get the clock...I AM GETTING THE CLOCK. It is indeed bizarre that anyone would find it essential to ignore the actual question in favor of attempting to ridicule me for exercising my consumer option. Decision made, Arabic numerals it is, Large...noticeable from any corner of the room....trendy....rude numerals on a clock. 🤣⏰😱

Yes, just as there are those of us who find humongous clocks in entertaining spaces bizarre.

^^ Then don't have one. God.

This board cracks me up sometimes. 😄

Seriously. It's just stuff that hangs on the wall! Who would possibly care if another hangs a clock or a mirror or wall words or a velvet Elvis? So much seething animosity towards inanimate objects is just ridiculous.

To answer the OP - arabic. But I do agree with Patricia and others. Clocks are out like tuscan travertine.

Kyle didn’t ask for opinions about having a clock.

It’s very rude to keep insulting their decision, especially after they reiterated they weren‘t asking.

People have had clocks in homes since clocks were invented. No one has even seen the one Kyle is ordering.

Why are y’all purposely being rude to this OP? I’m really curious. Superiority Complex? Drank some milk past its date and feeling funky? Something else?

Kyle, just enjoy your clock, as obviously do many others here. It's a personal choice, and no one should just be a "lemming to the sea", buckling under "trends". Your home, your clock, your choices! Vive la difference!

Often times when someone asks a question to choose between two options, It may be the case that they have not thought of other alternatives. There is nothing wrong with other posters offering fresh ideas Of which the original poster may have never thought

There is a difference between offering creative ideas and offering arrogant ridicule. One is appreciated. The other is an example of self-importance and ego that is not welcome.

There's a sentiment among a few posters in this forum that what you display in your own home must somehow pass the "will this trigger a guest?" test or something. My home is kitted out for those of us who live in the home. It's for our enjoyment, reflecting our needs and our tastes, because we are inside of it for the better part of our days, and we paid for it. On occasion when guests come over (when there's not a pandemic happening, that is), we will certainly strive to make them as welcome and comfortable as is within our control, but that does not include worrying that they're going to be butthurt because they see something that tells them what time it is. I would find it less couth for someone to whip out a phone to check time than I would to have their eyes land on a flippin clock on the wall.

Entirely too many erroneous assumptions made about how others "should" live in this, a decorating forum, at times.