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What decorative item do you ENJOY the most in your home?

12 years ago
Last Friday, sondramartina started a thread "What decorative item do you hate most?" Many people responded with long lists.
To have a positive thread on the same topic, what decorative item do you enjoy the most in your home? For me, it is fine art watercolor paintings, framed with conservation matting and museum glass, and hung at MY eye level.

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  • 12 years ago
    Mr Moozz of course;)
    nasmijati thanked User
  • 12 years ago
    You need some rabbit ears and some ribbons for Easter decor for your Moozz Margo:)
    nasmijati thanked Geneviève
  • 12 years ago
    Cherry (real cherry) furniture
    nasmijati thanked km kane
  • 12 years ago
    My "Massive" entertainment unit & my beams:)
    nasmijati thanked Rhonda
  • 12 years ago
    Natural light from large windows
    Bar stools looking into the kitchen from the island bar
    Freshly painted walls
    Terrazzo floors
    Bathroom fixtures of all kinds
    Kitchen counter space

    I think this is what you mean?
    Or
    My Italian Morano Glass bowl
    Calligaris dinning table
    Abstract painting my daughter painted
    The matter bedroom built in closet

    Nice to be on a positive note
    nasmijati thanked luccia
  • 12 years ago
    Oh, and I love my wood character-grade Hickory floors:)
    I love my home period!
    nasmijati thanked Rhonda
  • 12 years ago
    every once in a while i stumble across something in an antique shop that i just cannot resist, like my window that was salvaged from an old asylum, or my old dresser with its tiny wooden wheels, and little oval swivel mirror. Items like these literally make me smile when i pass by them. And another way i love to decorate is by opening all windows and doors and letting in the view from both front and back porches, it's like living art to me, nothing more beautiful and nothing more free :)
    nasmijati thanked toats
  • 12 years ago
    Color, color, and more color! Blue, pink, green, yellow, red, purple, orange, and all shades in between - and did I mention that I LOVE color?!
    nasmijati thanked Cyndy
  • 12 years ago
    A number of years ago my husband and I quit trying to figure out what to "do" for anniversaries. Almost on a whim one year we bought a beautiful piece of art glass. Ever since then, that's what we do....it may be on, or around our anniversary. Now we have a collection of beautiful, light catching works from regional artists. Bowls, vases, pots, even a blown glass pitcher. The best thing about them is that unlike a wall hung art piece, these can easily move from room to room, from tabletop to buffet to display. I love every piece we have chosen together.
    nasmijati thanked nwduck
  • 12 years ago
    I love my wonderful and unique furniture pieces and artwork from my favorite consignment store. High quality and great deals. And I love great deals!
    nasmijati thanked pcmom1
  • 12 years ago
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    I love the pieces of family history we have: my great-grandmother's cherry dresser, and the complementary (not matchy-matchy!) mahogany dresser my husband inherited from his father; the Seth Thomas Regulator wall clock my grandfather used as postmaster in a small TX town (he inherited it from HIS great-uncle, who was also a postmaster though in another part of the state), my mother's china and crystal, and my grandmother's silver service.

    Each time I look at these material things, I remember the good people who used them before me, and how much I love them still and always will.

    Added: Almost forgot the trunk my several-times great grandmother brought from Virginia in the covered wagon to her new Texas home, which still has the carding comb and some spun yarn inside. My sister has the spinning wheel.
    nasmijati thanked Nancy Armstrong Sloop
  • 12 years ago
    We have a miniature metal pennyfarthing on our bedroom wall. Don't ask me why, I just love it.
    nasmijati thanked Eliza Jane Darling
  • 12 years ago
    We have some lovely items from my mother-in-law. I always admired them in her home and now feel fortunate to now have them in ours. This framed Chinese fan and Bavarian floral figurine are a couple favorites.
    nasmijati thanked chloebud
  • 12 years ago
    Yes, things with history! Original artwork (as in the photo tag I use at the left, a photo taken by my artist daughter!). Displaying items purchased on travels, also the best!
    nasmijati thanked pcmom1
  • 12 years ago
    I love the large windows & high ceilings, but I also have art glass wall sconces & two chandeliers I love!
    nasmijati thanked evierh
  • 12 years ago
    I love the artwork I have around the house from mainly people I know. Some were purchased, some were gifts. And many old black & white photographs of my family. Have a lot of cool ones of them.

    Hey toatsmcgoats.........I see my boxer! :) (that was a nice surprise!)

    Hey Astraea!!! was thinking of you yesterday!
    nasmijati thanked mpoulsom
  • 12 years ago
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    Art, rugs, old furniture, grandfather's (tall case) clock, blue & white dishes.
    nasmijati thanked TanCalGal
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    We love decor that incorporates over scaled natural elements. Just like in our Hollywood Regency Residence-- the tall organic branches emphasize the ceiling height and add visual texture.
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  • 12 years ago
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    You folks are going to die laughing, but I've had a version of this print in my various living quarters since the '70s and still love it. There's just something so clean and happy about it! In my last place it was over the bed, but this time it will be somewhere different, probably with a red frame.
    nasmijati thanked makaloco
  • 12 years ago
    I love my natural stone lamps (amethyst, selenite, salt lamps). I just love the glow through the minerals. I loved opening the front doors at my old house--a 1904 classic Pittsburgh box. They were double doors, and the front porch was screened. The house sat up about 10 feet from the street, and the view across the street was just trees and greenery. It was beautiful. Of course there were little houses to either side but all I could see was the trees!
    nasmijati thanked vacox
  • 12 years ago
    This hand-crafted mirror
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  • 12 years ago
    I love framed candid photos of our family and of various places we've been. The material things i love the most are the things received from loved ones. Love my grandmother's canning jars she used, now filled with marbles I played with as a small child when at her house :-). Love to look at the beauty of our back yard and river, and enjoy the artwork of nature :-).
    nasmijati thanked jeanrader
  • 12 years ago
    Plantation shutters, hardwood floors, stained glass, blown glass, French doors, Christmas trees and wreaths, pumpkins, turquoise swimming pools, fruit bowls, tall windows, window seats, homemade quilts, ceramic pottery, wild unruly Florida flora.
    nasmijati thanked nmshea
  • 12 years ago
    Love colored glass outside with the sunlight hitting it.
    nasmijati thanked pcmom1
  • 12 years ago
    Love elephants brought in New Years Day. Have different sizes,
    Some with pearls, some large some small. I keep them on the mantel until March. Miss them when they're gone. Good luck for the New Year
    nasmijati thanked Beth Bevington
  • 12 years ago
    The thing I love about this post is that no one has mentioned one trendy item as things they love. Many are gifts, collections, nature, things with a history. Those are the things that make our houses a home.
    nasmijati thanked User
  • 12 years ago
    Oriental rugs. Rocks that I happen to pick up here and there. Down comforter!
    nasmijati thanked User
  • 12 years ago
    hey mpoulsom! Hope your doing great:) your boxer pic makes me smile too, it always reminds me of the kindness of strangers :) I STILL havent gotten the jack rabbit framed yet, but came close last weekend lol!
    nasmijati thanked toats
  • 12 years ago
    The clock hanging over my fireplace.
    nasmijati thanked Jennis
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    My MIL's cherry Governor Winthrop style desk, my FIL cherry dresser/chest my husband uses, a small triptych mirror(s) that was a wedding gift to my husbands grandparents, an original art hanging by our older daughter, photograph taken by our younger daughter, hand painted china dish by my grandmother, raggedy quilt my grandmother and mother made together during the depression, and a corner hutch my husband made for me from scrap lumber and a few basic tools. So, agree with most others that the sentimental items are the ones I treasure most...they have a history of others cherishing them too.
    nasmijati thanked edithsmom
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    makaloco...I remember that Picasso poster!!! Yep, had it in our first house in the 70's and it always brightened my day too.
    nasmijati thanked edithsmom
  • 12 years ago
    There are so many things I love in our home (otherwise, why would I have them, duh!) but the one item that always brings me joy is my pear picture with the hidden naked lady in it. My dear friend is an artist and when I saw it I knew it had to be MINE!
    nasmijati thanked jkhenson
  • 12 years ago
    @jeanrader, who needs art when you have a view like that.....beautiful:)
    nasmijati thanked Rhonda
  • 12 years ago
    Thanks restored treasure :-). We feel so lucky to live where we do, and don't take the beauty for granted.
    nasmijati thanked jeanrader
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    These two teak Kinari, found in a field in northern Thailand, bring back such sweet memories...and they are beautiful to boot. We never tire of appreciating the carving--superb craftsmanship.
    nasmijati thanked John James O'Brien | Inspired Living, by design
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    I love functional eye candy everywhere I look. The natural light that washes across the rooms, and seeing spring coming outside... visible from most places in our home.
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  • 12 years ago
    Great topic, I like the positive spin :) I love my family photo frames. And my big comfy sofa too!
    nasmijati thanked Emmeline Westin
  • 12 years ago
    My gargoyles are my favorite "decorative"....otherhalf got them for me as an anniv. gift before we found our downsized house. It was an implicit promise that we'd find our "castle" (and we had looked and looked for years) someday. Finally we DID find it! The first project was the fireplace, then driveway pillars for the gargoyles. The pillars were built from leftover fireplace stone and some old bricks from our OLD house. The gargoyles are on top, of course. They symbolize our marriage, our home(s) and our warped sense of humor.

    Here they are dressed as turkeys, for Thanksgiving. :)
    nasmijati thanked rredpenn
  • 12 years ago
    The blue toile curtains in the dining room are my favorite decor item, but what I love about my house is the way the light comes in, all day.
    nasmijati thanked lellogirl
  • 12 years ago
    I really love the daybed in my gazebo.
    nasmijati thanked pcmom1
  • 12 years ago
    The rugs, the artworks, and the intangible feeling that this is home.
    nasmijati thanked Bill Yockey
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    I prefer any items that add the beauty to our home decor. I can suggest those items as any art piece, dolls, Japanese folding fans, plastic flowers, garlands, a decorative candle lantern etc. and this shop is especially for gift articles and home decor accessories. See http://www.justartifacts.net/
  • 12 years ago
    Antique maps
    nasmijati thanked km kane
  • 12 years ago
    @Genevieve, your gardens are beautiful as well! I love the Wisteria!
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    The balance and flow between beautiful pieces in my home is what inspires me. The mixture of my grandmothers chair reupholstered with a new sofa and vintage coffee table topped with my favorite lamp brings me peace. My home is my refuge and a place of artistic expression. I am inspired by the persian rug I inherited from my parents. This is probably my favorite if I was to choose one...
  • 12 years ago
    I love antiques, and our savonarola chair is one of my favorites. It can go anywhere and look great, from an entry to a bathroom
  • 11 years ago
    So many things, but for now, chandeliers ;0).
  • 11 years ago
    My new hardwood floors. And never having to look at my old popcorn ceilings again!
  • 9 years ago

    The china cabinet that belonged to my great aunt, the handmade quilts inherited from my grandmother, the handmade art from my son. The silver plate cutlery that I remember using when I visited my grandmother and now own. Antique furniture that my husband and I find during our travels. And soon our custom built home that we have dreamed of for years!