to think that those of you of have abundant cushions on your bed are just as bad as the loons who have teddy bears on theirs?

[GetOrfMoiLand]

A friend (rather DP's workmate's girflfriend) just moved into a new house. She is a lovely girl, went round their house with some lilys to nose have a look.

She has about 6 great big cushions on her bed all nicely arranged. And one of those strips of material like a scarf at the bottom.

I made all the right noises but then said 'what do you do when you go to bed, do you just throw 'em on the floor?'

She looked at me as if I was old man Steptoe and said 'no we put them in the ottoman'. And by the window is a blanket box in which she puts the cushions at night, and then puts them back on the bed in the morning.

That's MAD isn't it?

Mind you, she is only 24. Surely a bit of real life will knock that madness out of her.

[BigusBumus]

"Nice photo"

"Thanks, It was taken at dawn on the day we fell in love"

[squeaver]

So you have an ottoman whose sole purpose is to store the cushions.

Except in BoF's shag pad, obv

[GetOrfMoiLand]

Yes I probably am jealous.

I had to wait until I was in my 30s until I had enough money to spend on frivolities.

And I still class frivolities as wine which doesn't taste like a cat pissed it, not cushions on a bed whioch already has pillows

[squeaver]

Oh barf to the dawn photos

[Housemum]

Have looked at my bed - it's made, duvet turned down to air, 2 board books a Duplo brick and a half dressed doll thrown on the pillow by DD3. Does that count as decoration?

Rooms with cushions and table runner things for beds only exist in the minds of set dressers for photo shoots, catalogues trying to sell said cushions, and US TV shows (thinking Desperate Housewives).

The only real people who can do this are single with no children, or v rich with a cook, cleaner & nanny so they have naff all else to do with their time except plumping cushions.

Anyone who has an average income, kids and no household help yet finds time to faff around with interior design is to go away now as I am pretending you don't exist...

[QS]

In my first London Abode (age 20) I had:

I broken chair rescued from a skip, I made a new back for it from chicken wire, in the day time I propped my pillow up against it, so the chicken wire should not rub my back, when I sat on the chair.

My table was a large wooden telephone cable roll, it was a bit wobbly, but I covered it with fabric, so it was ok.

[superv1xen]

haha, i have cushions on my bed which come off at night :o and one of those blankets things at the end

[VivaLeBeaver]

I can barely be bothered to make the bed in the morning never mind faff about with umpteen cushions. YANBU.

[squeaver]

And what about that log thing you sometimes get in hotels? What's that all about?

[GetOrfMoiLand]

I had a coffee table which was made out of old pallets which I swiped from round the back of a hotel.

Also had shelves made from thieved bricks and planks of wood.

[SlightlyJaded]

GetOrfMoiLand - they pay good money for shelves like that in Hoxton

[QS]

Candle sticks for scaffolding support!

Bricks and planks - CHECK!

aluminium pipes stolen from a backyard for bin (with plastic bag in, of course, as it had no "bottom") and table legs under a plywood panel.

classy

[Housemum]

And don't get me started on childrens' rooms in catalogues/home magazines! When I see books like "Real Homes" I always think that they have shipped everything off into a storage company while the photographer visits.

DD2's room never looks like this:

www.next.co.uk/shopping/homeware/childrensbedroom/6/

because
a) her slippers will not be by the bed, they have parted company, one will be in a toy box somewhere

b) the bookcase is overflowing, it doesn't have a few delicately placed

c) the shelves would be crammed with crap lovely creations that she has made herself with lolly sticks, sweet wrappers and any other junk she finds lying around. They are all "precious" and must be displayed (till mummy "loses" a few...)

d) with a spare moment she would be bouncing on the bed or making a tent from the duvet, not reading a book

e) where are the Lego bricks, Playmobil, dolls, games, puzzles, party bag toys, dressing up clothes etc etc etc...

[piprabbit]

My bed cushions are made from leftover curtain material, which in turn are made from a couple of sets of reduced (to about a tenner each) Tesco double duvet bed sets.

The duvet covers were made into curtains, the strip I trimmed off the bottom to shorten it was turned into my bed runner and two of the four pillowcases in the set were cut down to become cushion covers. And I still have two pillowcases left "just in case".

Ta Da...

[GetOrfMoiLand]

They wouldn't have paid much in Hoxton for my brick shelves.

I wrapped the bricks up in silver foil and painted swirly patterns on the wood with bright blue humbrol paint.

Like I said, i was 16.

[QS]

I spraypainted the toilet bowl gold.

[piprabbit]

Very Changing Rooms GetOrf.

[GetOrfMoiLand]

lololol at spray painting your toilet in gold paint.

Christ!

[GetOrfMoiLand]

I really, really, really thought that bricks wrapped up in tin foil was a good look.

[Poledra]

You were 16, and managing to live on your own. You're allowed to have made some dodgy decor decisions

Christ, at 16, the only reason I didn't have dodgy interior decor was because my parents didn't let me.

As long as you've grown out of it now

[SlightlyJaded]

See I think that's all v.creative. I however, went the other route with my first flat. Lots of cheap pine and peach walls. Nice.

As I recall, the feature I was most proud of was a pair of straw/wicker fans which I had nailed to the peach wall in a kind of cross shape over the headboard of my pine bed. Classy

[PerArduaAdNauseum]

I had 'side-tables' aplenty - boxes of unpacked books with 'Indian' scarves over them. Classy. Not.

[NorbertDentressangle]

Do you think the Twatty Pebble company would let you order one with a rude-ish word on? Or would they realise that you're taking the piss a bit?

I'm quite tempted to order one with the word ARSE on (for no reason other than we like the word in this house)

[NorbertDentressangle]

Do you think the Twatty Pebble company would let you order one with a rude-ish word on? Or would they realise that you're taking the piss a bit?

I'm quite tempted to order one with the word ARSE on (for no reason other than we like the word in this house)

[SirBoobAlot]

I like cushions because they help me get comfy.

I have a bed runner that my mum got me to match my curtains Only use I have found for it is a giant muslin cloth.