To think that if you have a clock on the mantlepiece it needs to go in the middle?

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Or am I being anal? My children say so. I don't think I am, but I need support from the MN jury. How could the clock go on one end? That would be wrong.

Right now it goes plant, photo frame, photo frame, CLOCK, photo frame, body sort of sculpture thing, flowers.

But clock in the middle. Yes?!

Absolutely not, ours is on the left side in the middle is a bit parochial In every way.

(am arty, you can trust me on this!)
(and farty, but you probably didn't want to know that)

The bastards vendors that sold us the house were very clever not to have anything on the mantelpiece or above it so I had no point of reference.

I felt like Alice in Wonderland in that house.

Thank you - yes, flowers at the end, dead or alive...
Clock in the middle
If I could be arsed I would take a photo
But definitely in the middle......

NorksTall at either end, working down to beautiful, ornate, decorative (cheap) wrought iron candle holder, cube thing in the middle. V shaped.

Twosteps poor you, surely that's mis-selling? I can see why you moved again.

at farty

I have a clock on my mantle peice not in the middle, but it is only a really small clock so it looks fine. We have quran stand in the middle so the clock has to go on one side, its the same size as ornament things so its balanced. Size is more important so unless its a massive clock its fine

actually no, get orf my thread if you're farty!!

you all hate my mantlepiece...

YANBU... I like odd numbered things, so there's always a centre piece (symmetry)

On the other hand, YABU, not everyone shares your/my taste for it.

I have to agree with 'live a little' comments, even though I would tread downstairs in the middle o'tnight and rearrange.

I think we can become slaves to our own taste, and ultimately, as long as we get a 'share' everything is cool.

Have I convinced you? No? Me neither. But its an anal obsession I truly wish to beat. Good luck. YABU of course, but from me to you YANBU at all, uh uh, no way, its all about balance yes? x

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

I HATE IT
move it now!!!

Oh good god.

There are people that don't put their clocks in the middle?!

But it's where they go!

aldi, if you say so.....

my ideal mantelpiece, beware all you anal people

Actuall rustybear I have completely fallen in love with you.

But you need more shrubbery.

RustyBear it's just WRONG!

I can't un-see it

It's worse than the 'hole phobia'.

no no no. I am right and you are wrong. things on the end of a mantlepiece must be angled inwards and not facing forward.

You think that's bad? you should see my display case

Or my bookshelves. Where books are arranged by genre and within that - by height.

Aldiwhore - actually I have acquired some shrubbery - I now have a spider plant on the shelf behind the sofa.

Hi mutt sorry I need some extra help imagining your mantlepiece, how do you have a curtain pole above it? Is there a window above your fire? Or is something else above your fireplace covered with curtains? (one of those flat screen tvs on the wall?) or have I got the wrong end of the stick and is your clock on your windowsill not your mantlepiece? Or is it possible to have a mantlepiece that is not above a fire?

I'm possibly overthinking this but I'm trying to imagine how it looks and I just can't and it's bothering me

Okay, so now even the middling queen of clocksville gives me a

I'm doomed.

Anyway, why put a clock on a mantlepiece (central or not) I don't get that!?

rustybear sorry, spiderplants don't count. They breed to quick you see, and aren't very nice to look at.

aldi I had to fight the speakers battle too once. He lost, obv. Luckily he outgrew the ridiculous electronic obsession.

Shall we just all add our mantelpiece to our profile pics? Then afterwards rearrange our mantelpieces to avoid being outed?