What do you collect?

10 years ago

Is there something you collect? Dishes? Art? Pez dispensers?

If so, how do you display your collection in your home and incorporate it into your decor? Share your ideas here! (Photos encouraged)

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Brenda

10 years ago

my husband's crystal beer stein collection and drum collection are both neatly displayed in storage boxes in the shed ... ;)

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Brenda
10 years ago
Pauline - love the pop up book collection. very unique
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Solarium Design Group Ltd.
10 years ago
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If only I had one collection, but I have many. Here is an image of Apothecary Bottles, just one thing I collect. I built a glass case for them, and they are going into a powder room.
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Emily H
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10 years ago
@Pauline Do you have "The Many Mice of Mr. Brice?" That is one of my favorites!
phenderson
10 years ago
Wall Clocks -
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phenderson
10 years ago
I will down load a picture soon
Jolene
10 years ago
Items from family that have passes, children's toys and artwork, so nothing for myself. Once children are grown our house will be empty... Boohoo
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JC Redesigns
10 years ago
I have a collection of "Colbault" blue glass. I've even brought pieces home in my suit-case from Italy and the east coast of Canada. After I painted the wall green, the blue looked weird, so I had to add a few pieces of green glass into the mix.......
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JC Redesigns
10 years ago
The shelves were custom made just for the glass collection. I have another box stored in the basement that I don't have room to display. I change it up periodically.
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BathGems
10 years ago
I collect cash :) So far I have not found a good way to display it with out is going missing.
MKF
10 years ago
@BathGems.com , I believe every one has tried to collect cash but it always goes missing. Don't feel bad.. :) It's not personal . Cash acts like that with everyone..lol!!! It's kinda like the oppisite of those collecting dust bunnies. We don't want them displayed but they appear!!
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Lauryn Preller / Rep for Benjamin Moore
10 years ago
I was super big into seashells, but found them a bit difficult to display, so I put them in a pretty jar and made it a part of my bookshelf! Displaying curios and collections intermixed with books is a great way to turn them into a design feature in the room. If the object is lighter in color it can be especially striking to choose a dramatic hue for the back of the shelving. I love my moody teal with seashells or even a pearlescent finish for displaying glass objects.
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amcok
10 years ago
I collect sand, rocks, polished stones and spheres.
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beachcatt
10 years ago
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Little late to this discussion but I LOVE the first reply from Brenda! Made my husband and I laugh out loud! Thanks for that Brenda! Cathy
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N.O.R,LLC
10 years ago
I have friend who collect small boat or ship every where she travel and she has a shelf all around her powder room and she put either picture of the boat or the piece it self.
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andymeg
10 years ago
I collect tea infusers. They are displayed in a set of cubbies from Pottery Barn in my kitchen.
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beachcatt
10 years ago
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Oh, yeah, and I collect coinop. Coin operated machines. Gumballs, jukebox, candy machines, games like pinball and bowling alleys. Getting ready to sell it off after moving it from house to house. It's getting to be too much work! ; ) And I collect space race Christmas ornaments. Rockets, robots, space ships. Fun!
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beachcatt
10 years ago
Hey andymeg! I love the robot and rocket tea infusers! I never heard of them being different cool shapes like that! Are those two old? Very cute!
andymeg
10 years ago
No, they're very recent. You'd be amazed at the variety of shapes infusers come in—orange slices, strawberries, elephants, little teapots, frogs, robots, seashells. There are also a whole lot of new designs in silicone, which float in your teacup.
Architectrunnerguy
10 years ago
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Toy soldiers. I have 1000's of them from all historical periods. Greek archers to Desert Storm Special Forces. And sizes. From 8mm (1/2") to 54mm (2 1/4"). Artillery, boats, tanks, and airplanes
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MKF
10 years ago
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@andymeg my daughter showed me a link just a couple of days ago that had ducky and penguin infusers ....they were cute. I have a plastic lemon one. I may add a few of those in between my tea pot collection! I think they are soooo cute.
andymeg
10 years ago
@MKF Oooh, I don't have a penguin! Do you know what the website was?
Lisa Dolan Roth
10 years ago
I love my tea-rex silicone infuser!
Pauline Fearey
10 years ago
Emily, re mr Brice and his many mice, Dr seuss isn't as well known in the UK so hadn't heard pf that. Had a look online and it does seem rare (it's bloomin' expensive!) but I don't allow myself to spend more than £15 on the books and even a second hand Mr Brice is £50! But thanks for the heads up. There is a wonderful second hand bookstore in the lake district (in a railway station in Grange over Sands). I'll ask the man to keep an eye out. You never know!
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homily
10 years ago
I collect old mechanical music items .....Symphonions , old music boxes, singing birds in cages etc. I like to make them work again! Mainly they are German but I did bring a couple back from USA when I lived there.
I come from a family who could never throw anything away that's my excuse...smile.
rwright9474
10 years ago
I'm also an avid thrifter and on yard sale Saturdays, I search for anything equestrian-related or basically anything Ralph Lauren would buy! Recent treasures:
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inkwitch
10 years ago
As little as possible! Collected and gave up and gave it all to my daughter. Just ordinary decorating is complicated enough, what with my love of art, books, photography, color and pattern! It's too exhausting to even think of.
MKF
10 years ago
@andymeg, it was just a face book page for a tea shop in Greece!!
MKF
10 years ago
andymeg this is a cute site that has some unusuall tea infusers and other cute stuff http://www.toxel.com/tech/2010/01/19/12-cool-products-for-tea-lovers/ .....I think I may start a new collection....lol!!
sandypriestly
10 years ago
I collect teapots...and have them in my dining room on the feature wall...
armipeg
10 years ago
Teapots.
indianpatti
10 years ago
Memories .... too much of a neatnik for collections.
chrisinky
10 years ago
I have a friend who had a huge collection of game boards which she displayed on a large wall that went up to her Cathedral ceiling in her living room. It was very beautiful.

Oasis, I also collect rocks! I have since I could walk. My mom has large coffee cans full of them in her basement. I try to use the larger ones around landscaping in my yard. I just love the colors & designs that nature has made! I have never bought any, but I pick them up everywhere I go. Some of my favorites are the smooth colorful ones that came from around Lake Superior in Canada. I was so scared they would search the car & I would get in trouble at the border when we came back into the US. :) I also love rocks that have fossils embedded in them.
novicenoodler
10 years ago
I am addicted to fine antique linens. Someone stop me!
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LB Interiors
10 years ago
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I collect miniature high heel shoes, I wear heels all the time. Some are sets with co-ordinating purses and hats. Only enough to fit in my cabinet. I don't like overcrowding. I've asked my kids to not buy any more. I also have some inexpensive Victorian ladies in their finest dresses in the same cabinet. Some sentimental and important memories that are special.
Momof5x
10 years ago
I don't really collect anything but recently I have unknowingly found myself over the months buying some cute kitchen items that have caught my eyes , because they looked cute but also for actual use too in kitchen. Teeny nutneg grater ( about 1 inch in size!), a tiny zucchini knife that cuts veggies into crinkled rounds, a small herb board chopper-half the size of a regular one. I have these exact ones in orange and green.
Faye McGriff
10 years ago
I collect three things. Antique glassware, (Flanders by Tiffin), Department 56 ( Christmas In The City), and Madame Alexander Dolls!
sunshinegirl3
10 years ago
Personally I like a very clean, comfortable and welcoming look. Clutter makes me want to run so I really do not collect things. I have many antiques and orginal paintings. All which are used and displayed for a pleasant visual an dnothing is cluttered. And though I find things I really do like since there is "no place" to put htem I don't buy them.
edithsmom
10 years ago
chrisinky, you would be delighted if you ever find yourself in West Barnstable, Massachusetts at "Sandy Neck Beach" ...it is covered with colorful rocks. Years ago, we brought buckets home when we vacationed and now I still stuff a few in my pockets when we go.
taywel
10 years ago
My collection of pitchers!
chrisinky
10 years ago
Edithsmom, maybe that will be one of my "retirement trips," although that's still several years away. I would like to visit the New England area so I will try to remember that beach. (I have several places I would like to visit around the country.) Thanks for the info!
Mark
10 years ago
I collect crystal balls and antique trinket boxes.
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10 years ago
Iron items, pewter,pottery, Celtic knots ,medieval,ceramics,tapestries, needle works, books, music,copper,tin,bronze,wood wares,furniture,photos. Also English Regency repros for daughter. Also pets.
armipeg
10 years ago
Your crystal balls look fantastic.
Terri Clark
10 years ago
Bulldogs, live ones and others of all kinds of materials.
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pcmom1
10 years ago
I have a thing for pretty china gravy boats.
User
10 years ago
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My husband collects coca cola memorabilia, such much of it, we had to give it its own room, honestly! Family and friends always find something to add to the collection.
Now the room is known as the "Coke" room.
bungalowmo
10 years ago
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I collect vintage fans & toasters. My pics are on my laptop at home, but they all work too! :0)

I also collect Cobalt Blue glass. Some are blue & clear, and some have either pewter or sterling accents.

I try not to collect things that need much dusting...hehe
dclostboy
10 years ago
Antique needlework samplers. I have them filling a gallery wall in my office (when they're not on loan to museums).
Pauline Fearey
10 years ago
Why do you collect whatever it is you collect? I've thought about why I collect pop up books. My first memorable book was Alice in Wonderland, to find a story about something I'd imagined (going through the mirror) was magical and fantasy/sci fi stories are my favourites. To turn a flat page and have it come towards me is a little like being drawn into the world of the book. And being totally cack-handed I so admire the craftmanship of a complicated pop up.
User
10 years ago
I have a large printers tray full of miniatures. I've had it forty years. It's been displayed on the wall and also a coffee table. I'm getting it out again to hang in a room upstairs. That collection of miniatures tells a lot about me (:
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