We decorate for reason of necessity or sentimentality. We needed a new bookcase because the books were piled so deep on the other two that we couldn't find anything ... so we got a new bookcase. We couldn't find a color that matched, so we got one that made a nice dark-to-light gradient with the other two.
But then most of our "accessories" are sentimental things. This is what always strikes me most about decorating programs: They focus so hard on the look of things that I sometimes think that they lose sight of the meaning. Truly, I doubt that anyone would think that the horribly ugly little man dragging a fistful of bananas who is carved from a piece of wood that and holding open our bedroom door is an attractive piece. But it is one of the few things that I have from my maternal grandmother; it was purchased on a cruise that she took and really enjoyed, so I know that it was bought with happiness and fond memories in mind. And so while a decorator would probably clutch his/her chest and go, "OMG," I love the little guy and will never get rid of him.
We have few accessories that lack in meaning, that were purchased only because they were pretty or looked nice with the rest. It can make the place look sort of odd sometimes (or scary, given the 42-inch sword on the wall in the study!) but I wouldn't have it any other way.
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We decorate for reason of necessity or sentimentality. We needed a new bookcase because the books were piled so deep on the other two that we couldn't find anything ... so we got a new bookcase. We couldn't find a color that matched, so we got one that made a nice dark-to-light gradient with the other two.
But then most of our "accessories" are sentimental things. This is what always strikes me most about decorating programs: They focus so hard on the look of things that I sometimes think that they lose sight of the meaning. Truly, I doubt that anyone would think that the horribly ugly little man dragging a fistful of bananas who is carved from a piece of wood that and holding open our bedroom door is an attractive piece. But it is one of the few things that I have from my maternal grandmother; it was purchased on a cruise that she took and really enjoyed, so I know that it was bought with happiness and fond memories in mind. And so while a decorator would probably clutch his/her chest and go, "OMG," I love the little guy and will never get rid of him.
We have few accessories that lack in meaning, that were purchased only because they were pretty or looked nice with the rest. It can make the place look sort of odd sometimes (or scary, given the 42-inch sword on the wall in the study!) but I wouldn't have it any other way.