AIBU to think this is not tat

[ShinyS1]

Recently purchased this rather gorgeous glass and metal pineapple from our local charity shop. I love it, but DH thinks it's ugly tat. Obviously he's wrong and has no appreciation for it's beauty. Maybe you lovely MN'ers can settle this argument for me.

YANBU, it's divine.
YABU, it's tat.

Obviously I know what this answer is 😁...If anyone has one, or knows where it's from I'd be intrigued to know, I'm thinking TKMaxx.

You missed your chance. You should have hidden it and given it to DP for Xmas.

Does it light up too, to add to the tat-factor?

I like the anti assassination positioning.

I wonder which art gallery it came from?

The creative side of me wants to turn it into a statement lamp. Just need to get it into my workshop 🤣

Oh bless you OP, I hate it but I genuinely love that you love it so much. Everyone should love the objects in their house!

I’d be having my pina colada’s in that at Christmas. Is there a hole for a straw?

I was expecting some retro beauty…

It’s fine as it is OP, don’t be persuaded by mners who suggest painting it. As to the
“ blue “ leaves, pineapple leaves often do have a bluish caste to them. Here it makes the objet d’art more dramatic.
In 50 years’ time it will be worth a bomb and your grandchildren will bless you OP

Wow, it's a statement piece isn't it! 😁It's tat, but the sort of tat that I'd embrace as "art"...just 😁I mean, just look at all the overpriced "art" around (IMHO of course) that many people rave over, so what's the difference apart from a few hundred plus quid

Ice bucket?
Its gloriously hideous.

It's fucking horrible

I love that! It I do have a penchant for quirky ornaments!

It’s a pearlescent and blue ornamental pineapple. It’s shit.

I hate it but everyone has their own taste. If you love it, enjoy!

It's absolutely awful and lacking in taste!

Pineapples used to be the height of upper class. When they were first imported, they weren't eaten. They were displayed at parties. People would actually rent a pineapple to display if they were hosting a party as they were so expensive and so hard to get and just screamed decadence and wealth if you had one on display in your home.

We've gone from that to pineapples being available in every sort of colour and design for us to display. They dont exactly scream decadence anymore when you see tat like that.

Burn it.

It looks like Exhibit A in a murder trial ...

It's tat to me I'm afraid, but you have my sympathy as DH thinks some of my find are tat as well.

You actually paid money????

🤣🤣🤣

I have looked at it so long now, I have gone over to the dark side and decided it’s divine and I want one!

That's interesting, the history of pineapples symbolising decadence and wealth, unfortunately we are neither decadent nor wealthy!

Ignoring the second paragraph, naturally 😁

It’s so astonishingly awful DH could cite it as unreasonable pineapple in his inevitable divorce petition. Can you compromise by keeping it in the bin?

It's growing on me too. Especially with the symbolism.

That's glorious! I want one