Home Decor- a waste of money?

I dont have the decorating sense, time or money to keep up with the Jones'. LOL I have tried and I say oh Honey can we get something like that and hes like "why?" lol Then I ask myself the same thing, and we end up passing on it. I have minimal decoration in my house, nothing fancy but enough stuff to keep it from looking bare and making each room echo when you talk to loud. Haha I like my place and what I have done with it. My guests dont seem to mind that I dont decorate for the holiday season and I always get compliments on my house. So I think Im doing ok. Im happy with it and so is hubby so thats all that really matters. Have a yard sale and I bet all that stuff will be bought up quick! Hehe Bay Lay Gray xx

Most of my home decor is pictures of my kids... We do have a few pictures up that we have accumulated, but I'm not out to make my house look like the cover of Better Homes and Gardens! This is for me and I have to like how it looks - bare and simple is great!!! I'm looking at my "office" now - which used to be 2 bedrooms - and all the walls are bare. Maybe today I will hang the caracatures of me and my boys that we had done years ago. That used to be in my living room before we moved, but there's no room for them in my new living room.

i really dont care what other people think about the way i decorate lol, because i like the way it looks and that is what is important to me! i do like to look at decorating magazines because it is a good place to get ideas. i shop at thrift stores, garage sales and the like a lot for my 'decorating', so it doesnt cost me an arm and a leg.

When it comes to home decor, blueunicorn, the importance is in the eye of the beholder. For some people, the appearance of their home is what they live and breathe for, for others, it is a comfortable place to relax-a sanctuary, and for others, the home is just a place where they hang their hat. I think that I fall into the middle group. I used to be among the first group where everything just had to be as near to perfect as could be. I spent lots of money in the attempt to project the right image. I've moved on from that idea because I learned that a home is to be lived in and not a show place. Now, it no longer bothers me if everything doesn't match perfectly. I have a sister and a dear friend, both of whom glorify their homes excessively. My mother often said before she passed away that my sister's home was her "God." I don't think it should be that way. You should just be comfortable in your home.

i am not good in 'interior decorating' a house. i too like, wish and dream of having a house/home that looks like in the magazines but knowing i can't afford it, i just ended up 'magazine' shopping or decorating. we just belong to a middle class family and having those kind of home is just a wish upon a star for us. in my country, to have homes that one see in mags, only the rich and famous can have those. so many years ago, when we have only one child, my husband and i really tried to have our own house built. we did it with a very very minimal budget because we are thinking that we should have one even just a small, simple one than rent. of course we would like to have a mansion (lol) but we can't afford. all that we think of is for us to have a roof on our head that we can call our own. one time, i told my husband to change the linoleum covering of our floor coz i feel it's an eye sore already. but we have other priorities that we need our money for. my husband told me that it's not important because what is important is the kind of people living in the house. i hope you get what he means. today, our house is not that fully 'finish' yet, but we are happy not just with one child when we have it first.

I am not a materialistic person. I have not fallen for all that hype about having a beautiful home, like in the magazines. I am more into having the things that are fun. Such as, our pool table, our jacuzzi tub, out satelite TV, and my computer, to name a few. I don't have all the ornaments all over my house, just a couple. I don't have new furniture or anything close to being in style today. My furniture is about 15 to 20 years old but still in good shape. So it doesn't make sense to me to spend money on buying new ones when there is nothing wrong with my old stuff. I don't have matching towel sets in my bathrooms. I only have a few pictures on the walls, and they are mostly pictures of my family. But to each their own. Everyone has different opinions of what makes them happy. So if your home decor is what makes you happy, I say go for it, girl.

I have always thought that having a perfectly decorated house would be amazing. Then I realize that it's not worth it in this stage of my life ... I would rather have a comfy house where you walk in and don't worry about where you can sit and where you can't sit. I have small children so any nice things I have are hidden in cupboards where they're safe. Perhaps when I'm a grandma then I can have some of the finer things in life!

home decor is not a waste of money because while guest visiting our home they have to tell wow what a beautiful home. i love to hear that words.........

I think home decor is very costly, blueunicorn. It is often that we need to upgrade everything so that people can notice it (LOL). You need to paint different colours that are matching with your sofa, pictures on the wall, etc. Also, we need to arrange them in a different way. Home decors that are shown in magazines use many additional decor items such as candles, flowers, lamps, etc in order to strengthen its decor.

I think the home should match the family. We don't do the whole "decor" thing, it's just not us. Like you we're just not into making it look "right". Our house is full of stuff that we love, since we're the ones who live in it. Who cares whatother's say, they don't live here. LOL

Even thow I like things to be nice, Ireally think it can go too far.I know one woman who had her whole kitchen remodled, didn"t like it and then chaned it again !That's just thousands of dollars wasted. I watch things on TV about home decorating and always think "I wouldn"t stay that way if anyone really lived in it."I work at home so of course my house does look like somene lives in it.

If you are frustrated with decorating shows and magazine, I suggest you tune into Freestyle on HGTV. It is on around 4:30 EST and the show only uses what people already have in their home to make a room work better. THe principles work no matter if you put a lot of money into decorating or not at all - though obviously if the colors work together the better. I think that people sometimes don't notice that you "Decorated" unless its overdone, but they do notice when things are awry.

To me, what matters more is that it is clean. My living room furniture is mismatched, but I don't care. I care that it is clean, dry and comfortable. Yes, most home decor is a waste of money. Your home will never look like the pictures, do you know why? Because you LIVE in your home. As you said, the the bathroom is a functional room, not a decorative one. If I had a 'guest' bathroom that was never used, maybe guests would appreciate the pretty wastebasket. But I don't my guests use the same bathroom my family uses. It may not be perfectly coordinated, but it's clean.

I don't worry about it...then I go to someone elses house and it makes me want to decorate my own more. With moving so much I found that what works in one house won't in the next so I try not to buy things that are too expensive. I love watching all those home decorating shows on tv though - HGTV is the best.

I never have gone into 'decor', I have always just had stuff my family liked. To me it doesn't matter at all that my husbands favorite chair doesn't match the sofa, or that my favorite chair is looking worn. We are very comfy and cluttered. The knick knacks sitting around change from time to time, they get packed away and different ones take their place. Most come from yard sales, or are things we craft ourselves. I like crafting special things but don't get too upset when they get worn out from use.

hey you r not alone.there are many like you.Whats the heck a home should look like a home not a castle.Be simple and neat thats all.Its what u r from within that counts.And with kids around its a struggle to keep home tidy.And who has money to throw on decorating the house when u need to shell for ur kids to get educated for clases abd so on and that will help everyone in the long run.So dont worry be happy.

I think a home would be best nice-looking enough to invite friends to come. It doesn't need to be overly beautiful. I'd prefer having Wii and awesome video sets and good meals than a merely handsome-looking but nothing to do place. A sofa, a carpet, a dinning table and chairs, plus a vase with flowers, I'll be contented. =)