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ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:14 AM Jan 2012

Is there a separate decorating group

or can I ask a decorating question here?

Basically I'm looking for some kind of piece, maybe something industrial, to put in my office. I just want something quirky and fun and don't even know exactly what I'm looking for.

Does anyone have any ideas?

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Is there a separate decorating group (Original Post) ohheckyeah Jan 2012 OP
Well... Suich Jan 2012 #1
Yeah.... ohheckyeah Jan 2012 #3
Are you looking for something like a table Ruby the Liberal Jan 2012 #2
Good idea... ohheckyeah Jan 2012 #4
Handed down to me was an old secretary desk Ruby the Liberal Jan 2012 #5
An old secretary desk ohheckyeah Jan 2012 #6
you can spend hours on this site, you may even find what you're looking for! NMDemDist2 Jan 2012 #7
Wow - how inventive of them! Ruby the Liberal Jan 2012 #8
That looks like a fun way to ohheckyeah Jan 2012 #10
Thanks for the link maddezmom Jan 2012 #12
Junk Market Style is a very interesting site showing projects making fascinating objects with "junk" northoftheborder Jan 2012 #9
I don't feel like working so ohheckyeah Jan 2012 #11
There should be a "decorating" group. fladem2006 Feb 2012 #13
did you find anything? n/t NMDemDist2 Feb 2012 #14
Not really. ohheckyeah Feb 2012 #15
This guy lives in our foyer. I'd call him "quirky" Stinky The Clown Feb 2012 #16
LOL.... ohheckyeah Feb 2012 #17
There's always some goodies on the tray Stinky The Clown Feb 2012 #18

Suich

(10,642 posts)
1. Well...
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 03:53 AM
Jan 2012

Have you ever watched "American Pickers" on the History channel?

Don't know if you ever seen the show before, but these guys always finding all kinds of "stuff." Check it out...you might get some ideas from them!

Good luck!

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)
3. Yeah....
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 01:08 PM
Jan 2012

I watched them last night as usual and went to their website to see if they had anything.

I liked the Picker sisters show, too but it isn't on right now. I don't know if it was canceled or not.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,217 posts)
2. Are you looking for something like a table
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:53 PM
Jan 2012

or wall art or a sit-around piece?

If the former, I would take a measurement of how much space you can afford to give it, and then hit the used and antique markets to find something out of the norm (noting that it may need some work). You can find the most unusual pieces (and conversation starters) rather inexpensively in places like that.

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)
4. Good idea...
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 01:10 PM
Jan 2012

I don't know what I want. Just something different and unusual.

I spend a huge amount of time in my home office and I'm always changing things around because I get sick of looking at the same thing all the time.

Thanks for the responses.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,217 posts)
5. Handed down to me was an old secretary desk
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 02:22 PM
Jan 2012

from the early 1800s that has been in my family this whole time. I refuse to get rid of it and have even paid to have it stored with personal items when I have sold all of my furniture to move.

It is one of those weird, funky, out of place, doesn't go with anything, hand made wood items that goes ANYWHERE because it doesn't go anywhere. I love it.

Good luck hunting!

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)
6. An old secretary desk
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 03:04 PM
Jan 2012

sounds really neat. As you said when it doesn't go with anything it goes with everything.

I have a mirror in my living room that I would love to have in my office - it's old, funky, and really neat but my husband loves it in the living room and given how heavy it is it would be a pain to move. So, I'll have to find something else for in here.

northoftheborder

(7,566 posts)
9. Junk Market Style is a very interesting site showing projects making fascinating objects with "junk"
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 09:11 PM
Jan 2012

Link:

http://www.junkmarketstyle.com/


You can waste a lot of good time there!!

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)
11. I don't feel like working so
Wed Jan 18, 2012, 12:31 AM
Jan 2012

spending some time there is a good alternative and excuse for not working. Thanks for the link.

Let's see what I can find.

fladem2006

(17 posts)
13. There should be a "decorating" group.
Tue Feb 21, 2012, 11:51 AM
Feb 2012

I live in a 90 year old house in Winter Park, Florida that I decorated myself using stuff I bought at the Salvation Army, yard sales, Goodwill, and frankly stuff I found on the curb. For instance, my bedroom is all wicker and the family down the street had wicker porch furniture which they put on the curb for the garbage man. It was tan, but I asked if I could have one of the pieces and whammo, I spray painted it white and it is now a chair in my all white wicker bedroom.

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)
15. Not really.
Tue Feb 21, 2012, 07:47 PM
Feb 2012

I added a bamboo plant to the office and moved a little, unusual table I already had in here but I'm still looking.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Stinky The Clown

(67,697 posts)
18. There's always some goodies on the tray
Sun Feb 26, 2012, 01:37 PM
Feb 2012

Candy or little favors for Sparkly's piano students, something for guests if we're having a party, a place to put things on the way in . . . .

He actually serves a purpose.

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