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To think this would look tacky in a hallway?

92 replies

TheHolyToast · 02/02/2018 17:54

I'm 50/50 on it. I love it, but does it look tacky?

We live in a 20 year old house with a proper staircase, not like the one in the pic.

To think this would look tacky in a hallway?
OP posts:
insancerre · 02/02/2018 17:56

If you like it then do it
I quite like it

Jammycustard · 02/02/2018 17:56

I don’t like it.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 02/02/2018 17:57

Not keen sorry.

TheAntiBoop · 02/02/2018 17:58

It's very common (as in I've seen it a lot as the in thing). Abit like grey walls

If you're not sure I'd go for something else but if you love it the go for it!

PanannyPanoo · 02/02/2018 17:58

It's your house, if you love it then get it.

mumpoints · 02/02/2018 17:59

Ye, it's tacky, but so what?! Go for it if you like it.

I have a pink dog dispenser for spraying plants!

babyccinoo · 02/02/2018 18:00

I would be scared she would come alive at night.

GummyGoddess · 02/02/2018 18:01

I don't like it, but if you do then you should have it. Homes should be full of things that make you happy! I have a huge canvas of one of our wedding pictures in the lounge which I'm sure others would hate but it makes me smile.

Floralnomad · 02/02/2018 18:02

It’s hideous , but it would be a boring world if we all liked the same things .

pictish · 02/02/2018 18:02

I’m not keen but it’s not to my taste. If it suits yours you should go for it.

MagicWillHappen · 02/02/2018 18:02

Awful. To me it looks like someone is to be arty and quirky and failing badly.

ICanStandtheHeat · 02/02/2018 18:03

Yes think wall stickers have had their day tbh

TheLastSoala · 02/02/2018 18:04

I like the idea, but feel that image is a bit ubiquitous. Could you take inspiration and find a more original image?

MrsMarigold · 02/02/2018 18:10

The Banksy image is over-rated, I've seen another one where the girl lifts off with the balloons, it's a bit fresher as it is less used but gives a nod to the original Banksy.

LostInShoebiz · 02/02/2018 18:11

Tacky AF

BarbaraOcumbungles · 02/02/2018 18:11

I don’t like it but I wouldn’t judge anyone who did. It’s pretty inoffensive!

Have what you like in your own home.

AbeautifulBeast · 02/02/2018 18:14

If you like it go for it!

WomanInTheMirrorStaresAtMe · 02/02/2018 18:15

Wouldn't be for me.

Rinoachicken · 02/02/2018 18:16

I would probably scare myself stupid in the middle of the night forgetting it was there and thinking there was a creepy kid on my stairs!

EggsonHeads · 02/02/2018 18:17

Not a Banksy fan myself. It really wouldn't work with a banister I think.

meredintofpandiculation · 02/02/2018 18:17

Last year it was voted as the people's most popular work of art, which triggered this rather sneering piece by the Guardian's art critic - I mention this because I happened on the article yesterday by coincidence, and can't say I was actually aware it was a Banksy before then
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/26/britain-artwork-banksy-art-girl-with-balloon
But yes, you should decorate your home for you, and not for your visitors. If it gives you joy, then it's the right thing to have.

JacquesHammer · 02/02/2018 18:18

Not to my taste but not tacky at all.

Your home should be full of things you love and make you happy.

fruitbrewhaha · 02/02/2018 18:18

It's a bit old hat. To me it's the same as a print of Van Gogh's sunflowers.
But it's your house, we can't all like the same stuff.

Having said that I am sitting next to a monkey queen banksy! but it's a real one.

notsodimwit · 02/02/2018 18:22

Bootiful Grin I like it xx

BaldricksTrousers · 02/02/2018 18:23

Very DIY on a Budget. Not my taste but it's your house. As long as you avoid a Live Laugh Love sign

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