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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Decorative items for the home!  You can get really nice stuff at Home Goods and Ross![/quote]

Um, no. Decorative is the opposite of practical. And please, please do not bring that Ross junk into my house! NO RAY DUNN![/quote]

I think decorative items are practical!!  You have to decorate a home!  You must have a plain Jane home[/quote]
NP. I don’t care for Home Goods junk. It would go straight to the thrift store.[/quote]

Well you must be an outlier.  Everyone I know loves decorative items [/quote]

Hate to break it to you, they are just being polite.  [/quote]

No one would ever describe my mom as polite, I got her a shiny silver figurine of two dashound dogs laying together from HomeGoods and she has it on display in her living room shelving for a few years now[/quote]

I find exquisite and lovely things at Ross and TJ’s and my gals and other people always love them.  [/quote]

I'm not going to change anyone's mind, but I'll leave with two points: 
1. You're supporting a horrible manufacturing industry that's wrecking the planet. 
2. Things that are just things have no value. The only value an item may have is its utility, or its association.

The utility of filling up a shelf and providing something to dust? The reminder of that special time you popped into Ross one Saturday afternoon and spent $14.99?

Every decorative item in my home -- EVERY one -- evokes a memory or represents a person or an experience from our lives. I wouldn't have it otherwise. Before giving one of those impulsive "oh this is cute" made-in-China decorative items, please take into account the person's own values. I hate chintzy "cute" decor. [/quote]

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