Exotic Table Mats
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These are an eBay buy. I think buying kitsch on eBay is a little bit like cheating. To me part of the joy of kitsch is that you found each piece yourself, hoking in a junk shop, or bartering at a car boot sale. I'm a bit snobby about buying faux-kitsch reproductions & feel like it would be totally cheating to buy items from a retro shop like the one near St.Annes in Belfast.
That's ready made kitsch, someone else has done it for you. When your decor looks odd like mine, it's a reflection on me, and I don't want someone else picking what furniture will make my house look 'properly retro'. Of course shops like the retro one & books about other people's kitsch homes are fabulous places to steal ideas, but put your own twist on them! Back to the placemats, an eBay buy, so not as much a trophy as if I'd found them buried in a pile of magazines in a charity shop. Six separate prints on hard table mats, I remember my own granny having something similar. They came in a hard box, so are in as new condition, so I don't use them, just display them. My favorite is definitely the 60's orange hued photo of the canal boat.
That's ready made kitsch, someone else has done it for you. When your decor looks odd like mine, it's a reflection on me, and I don't want someone else picking what furniture will make my house look 'properly retro'. Of course shops like the retro one & books about other people's kitsch homes are fabulous places to steal ideas, but put your own twist on them! Back to the placemats, an eBay buy, so not as much a trophy as if I'd found them buried in a pile of magazines in a charity shop. Six separate prints on hard table mats, I remember my own granny having something similar. They came in a hard box, so are in as new condition, so I don't use them, just display them. My favorite is definitely the 60's orange hued photo of the canal boat.
Claire
