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Would you judge this in someone’s house?

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Rainbows678 · 28/02/2025 11:01

I’m currently re-decorating parts of my house. I’ve come across a website that sells prints for the walls and I’ve found some I really like;

This house is full of love, laughter, and a little bit of what the fuck.

Pardon the mess, I decided not to give a shit today.

If you’re happy and you know it, it’s your meds!

As you can probably tell, our house is already a little bit eccentric with its decor… but would you judge someone for having prints like that on the wall with children living in the house or am I just overthinking it? 😅

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Baninarama · 28/02/2025 16:31

They are not for me - but I don't like slogans on anything, including t-shirts. I appreciate my tastes may be niche though!

Confusedaf24 · 28/02/2025 16:30

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And nor did I say they were. I said I have several wall prints around my rather eccentric house. Don’t apologise 😉

DappledThings · 28/02/2025 16:30

InAFettle · 28/02/2025 15:03

Seems like unless you've got Elephant Fart Farrow and Ball on the walls and the only decor in your home is a solitary reed diffuser then, in MN land you're a tacky chav. Or you're tryhard.

It's easy to see where the high school bullies come from innit.

It's not that in the least. I hate neutrals in all decor, love random mismatched colours and prints and furniture.

Some of the other stuff OP describes in her home does sound like it's eccentric and colourful and cool.

These prints don't fit that vibe at all. If anything they fit more with the elephant's breath blandness.

Ladyluck22 · 28/02/2025 16:29

I think they’re a little bit of a cliche thing to put up on the wall, like everyone’s had them. The swearing wouldn’t bother me with kids.

fivegreenmonkeys · 28/02/2025 16:25

Maybe this one.

Would you judge this in someone’s house?
MrsSunshine2b · 28/02/2025 16:22

Bingbopboomboomboombopbam · 28/02/2025 15:03

I don’t think MN is probably the best place to ask after what you explained in terms of decor.

I would bet most homes here lean on neutrals as being the epitome of taste.

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My house is very colourful and probably falls into 'eccentric'. I doubt many MNers would like it, they'd probably think it was garish or childish. We even have some prints with words. I wouldn't like OP's posters, but I wouldn't ask if anyone else would judge them either because I know our taste isn't everyone's style and I don't need it to be because they don't live here.

DelilahRay · 28/02/2025 16:21

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Burntout101 · 28/02/2025 16:20

It's a no from me, but why do you care what others think? If you like them , it's your house !

Emmz1510 · 28/02/2025 16:17

Nah I wouldn’t have prints on display in my home that swear or mock mental health meds.

Confusedaf24 · 28/02/2025 16:14

Rainbows678 · 28/02/2025 13:39

Wow, I didn’t expect so many responses!

I’m not ‘trying’ to be eccentric at all, I just have very different tastes! For example, I have quite a lot of tapestries on the walls in the house and on the ceilings, quite unique patterns too - mushrooms with eyes etc - because I like them and they make my house feel like a home to me.

I also have quite unique prints in my house already - my dog dressed up in military uniform, old paintings of Victorian people wearing balloon hats - again, because I like them.

We are a household where we say what we think and don’t really hold back, so it doesn’t bother me having swear prints on the walls. In terms of other children, no other children come into the house so that’s not an issue. I’m not “being mean to people with mental health issues” either as I have plenty of them myself and quite like the tongue in cheek aspect of quotes like that.

I think it’s brilliant, it’s your house and who cares who comes round and doesn’t like it. I have several around my rather eccentric house…to name a few…Never Tory….I don’t like people….i don’t have a bucket list but my fuckit list is full…if the love doesn’t feel like 90s R n B I don’t want it. It’s my taste and my 14 year old and her friends don’t bat an eyelid.

NewMrsF · 28/02/2025 16:13

No.
you’re examples are a bit ‘live, laugh, love’ though. So id judge your taste but not the swearing.

TheThreeCheesesOfTheApocalypse44 · 28/02/2025 16:13

I wouldn't judge it but it's a bit try hard. 😬 I'd think it was naff but it wouldn't put me off buying a house.

GroovyChick87 · 28/02/2025 16:08

Yes I'd probably judge but not seriously. I wouldn't think you were a terrible person or anything just that you were maybe a bit try hard and had bad taste.

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Endofyear · 28/02/2025 16:03

Yes I would judge you. Naff and tacky!

adamduritzvocalchords · 28/02/2025 16:03

I wouldn't like these but I have seen some song lyrics ones I would like. One says 'you're so fucking special, I wish I was special' so I am not anti swearing but yours I don't like!

twilightermummy · 28/02/2025 16:03

I've recently put a poster up on my kitchen door saying "Here we F*cking go again. I mean, good morning" and my mum hasn't stopped moaning about it. I'm keeping it up as a matter of principle now!

Diningtableornot · 28/02/2025 16:01

I wouldn't judge you for choosing them, but they would irritate me after a while.

alwaysdeleteyourcookies · 28/02/2025 15:56

I inwardly roll my eyes when I see things like this in family homes. Depending on your children's ages, I'd wonder if parents coming into your house on play dates would judge.

EDIT Ignore as I hadn't seen update with no other children in the house.

Namechangedforgoodreasons · 28/02/2025 15:55

Rainbows678 · 28/02/2025 13:39

Wow, I didn’t expect so many responses!

I’m not ‘trying’ to be eccentric at all, I just have very different tastes! For example, I have quite a lot of tapestries on the walls in the house and on the ceilings, quite unique patterns too - mushrooms with eyes etc - because I like them and they make my house feel like a home to me.

I also have quite unique prints in my house already - my dog dressed up in military uniform, old paintings of Victorian people wearing balloon hats - again, because I like them.

We are a household where we say what we think and don’t really hold back, so it doesn’t bother me having swear prints on the walls. In terms of other children, no other children come into the house so that’s not an issue. I’m not “being mean to people with mental health issues” either as I have plenty of them myself and quite like the tongue in cheek aspect of quotes like that.

The things you list here do sound interesting and "different".

The things you list in your OP just sound like naff greeting-card messages or the tacky plaques/signs saying things like "you don’t have to be mad to work here but it helps". It’s all a bit "Look at me! I’m mad, me!"

CoffeeGood · 28/02/2025 15:54

I feel a bit sad that swearing around children is so normalised that people would consider putting it on their walls at home. And justify it by "they hear worse at school". Yes they do, but they shouldn't, it's been a slippery slope to normalising foul language over the years. I do swear if I've dropped something or something has happened, I'm no saint. But I try not to when other people are around, I do slip up sometimes, but I try because swearing grates on me. I know people will say "they are just words" and I suppose they are, but I can't help the way I feel. 💁

fivegreenmonkeys · 28/02/2025 15:52

TinyGingerCat · 28/02/2025 15:47

Eccentric is creating a folly in your garden, decorating your living room to recreate Tutankhamen's tomb or cutting holes in all the walls to accommodate your ever expanding model railway. Putting up a poster with the word fuck in it is not.

This. I think OP either doesn’t know what the word eccentric or lives under a rock. None of those things are anything but mainstream or just naff. But I’m all for decorating your house the way you want.

DelilahRay · 28/02/2025 15:52

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TheWombatleague · 28/02/2025 15:51

Honestly, do what brings you joy. Though I'd be tempted to add "I have no taste and I don't give a fuck if you hate it" to the collection.

fivegreenmonkeys · 28/02/2025 15:49

I also have quite unique prints in my house already - my dog dressed up in military uniform

Unique? That was done to death five years ago or so. It’s old and yes, tacky.

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