Dear God - What have I done to deserve this? Please tell me now before I jump over the cliff.
I've tried to make our home a loving, warm place. A place where people can feel comfortable, kick off their shoes and let their worries slip away. I'll admit I'm no decorating Diva but I try. I contemplate over every decor purchase as if it were life or death. I've never, never purchase anything unless it's deeply discounted ~ not even 25% is good enough for me. There are no 'splurges' no matter how small the item.
However, the test you gave me last night with hubby's 'splurge' as he so gladly puts it is more than I can bear. Without even a glance I banished them to the 'Man Cave' he calls his office. I have refused to look at them until this morning. It's all a terrible mistake and I know not what to do with them other than to leave them in the Man Cave, never to return to the main floor of our house unless I need firewood.
I know the artist worked lovingly and very hard on creating the pieces. I believe their is beauty in them but at the moment I can't find it. I take solice in knowing in this troubled economic time his 'spur of the moment' purchase has most likely feed a family of four for 4 weeks.
Notice the "Welcome" sign. I'm sure this was meant for the front door of a cabin ~ up North ... way up North. We do not live up North, we do not own a cabin, I simply can not put it on my front porch and sit outside to enjoy my children playing with it next to me. They are frankly ... well ... scary to me. I feel as if I am being watched whenever I look at them. They just freak me out.
I apologize if anyone is offended. As I said earlier, I know there is beauty in these pieces. I just believe that beauty is best enjoyed from a distance, in another persons home.
I've tried to make our home a loving, warm place. A place where people can feel comfortable, kick off their shoes and let their worries slip away. I'll admit I'm no decorating Diva but I try. I contemplate over every decor purchase as if it were life or death. I've never, never purchase anything unless it's deeply discounted ~ not even 25% is good enough for me. There are no 'splurges' no matter how small the item.
However, the test you gave me last night with hubby's 'splurge' as he so gladly puts it is more than I can bear. Without even a glance I banished them to the 'Man Cave' he calls his office. I have refused to look at them until this morning. It's all a terrible mistake and I know not what to do with them other than to leave them in the Man Cave, never to return to the main floor of our house unless I need firewood.
I know the artist worked lovingly and very hard on creating the pieces. I believe their is beauty in them but at the moment I can't find it. I take solice in knowing in this troubled economic time his 'spur of the moment' purchase has most likely feed a family of four for 4 weeks.
Notice the "Welcome" sign. I'm sure this was meant for the front door of a cabin ~ up North ... way up North. We do not live up North, we do not own a cabin, I simply can not put it on my front porch and sit outside to enjoy my children playing with it next to me. They are frankly ... well ... scary to me. I feel as if I am being watched whenever I look at them. They just freak me out.
I apologize if anyone is offended. As I said earlier, I know there is beauty in these pieces. I just believe that beauty is best enjoyed from a distance, in another persons home.
No he did not. And they were expensive? What was he thinking?! Those definitely have their place...in a cabin. In northern Minnesota. Oy vey.