Have you read HGTV's recent article titled

The 25 Biggest Decorating Mistakes?

 

Before reading the article I was aware of several common decorating errors - hanging pictures too high on the wall, pushing furniture up against a wall instead of 'floating' it, etc. 

 

But what tickled me was their No. 1 Decorating Mistake:  fake flowers and plants!

 

Are you kidding me?  Take a look at some of my nominations for the

#1 decorating mistake and then tell me how you feel about fake flowers:

 

 

Edgy and sleek, this studio apartment features the ultimate in

the Murphy Bed concept.  But would you want to sleep under a

suspended slab that could crush you in your sleep?

The 70s called.  They want their clam shell back.



 

 

 Ah, look.  A slice out of the plastic sofa cake

becomes the ottoman.  Only if you're into anime.

(The imitation chocolate candy bar

floor does look delicious, though.)

 

 

 

Yup, that's a bat.  As in bat wallpaper.

 

The Night Lenz

A wall clock made from designer sneakers, anyone?

 

 

Vintage 1971 repurposing photo:

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Or as I refer to it: How Men Decorate

 

 

Did someone try to repurpose a

tuba into a . . . . never mind.

 

 

We all know that privacy is so over-rated.

 

 

Layers in hair styles are good.

Layers in bathroom design are bad.
Kind of gives new meaning to the term throne.
 

 

 

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At first I thought that was a door knob but on closer
inspection it appears to be a shower faucet handle.

 

 

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And the Winner for the Biggest Decorating
Mistake that done of us can avoid: 

Home Becomes Her

 The irritating and almost unavoidable cluster of
electronic wires that are a part of our lives.


After viewing these, which do you think is the biggest decorating mistake?

So, HGTV, about those fake flowers . . . . .