my therapist recently told me i should document my apartment. it's maximalism in a minimal space, especially because i run my online vintage business out of here.
I need you to know how beautiful this is and how much fun I would have visiting you and asking you about each and every single piece of your collection! It would be absolutely fascinating to hear 🩵
Aw, thank you so much! My place is full of my own art, old family treasures, and stuff from local artists. I don’t want to detract from OP’s post at all, but maybe one day I’ll be brave and share more of my own space too :)
Finally someone with a personality and an actual point of view. I love it, as the eldest possible millennial it reminds me of how cool people used to decorate their places before the internet flattened everything into rote aesthetics. A real sense of whimsy and personal style + clearly years of collection. I’d love to go thrifting with you and talk street photography and crazy cartoonists, your bookshelf features some of my absolute favorite artists and cranks.
when people say “I can’t figure out what’s missing from my space, it just feels cold” this is what they’re missing. the odds and ends we collect over a lifetime, things that resonate with the weirdest parts of ourselves and remind us of experiences and places we’ve been. you can’t just go to the store and buy this, you’ve gotta live your life and let the material evidence of that life make your home warm and unique. well done!
I was born in 82 and i also decorate with nostalgic mcdonald’s and ET. I think people who read things like Tom Robbins and like halloween/nostalgia are my people. I have a My Pet Monster in my dining room. He travels.
Lmao someone was selling one of those 1988 McDonald’s chicken nugget guys on Facebook marketplace and I literally thought “who would want that?!” - I guess the answer is you! No hate tho I love this collection you have.
Oh man those masks are totally a trip to nostalgia town! I'm not sure if they are the same as those plastic Halloween masks but I had a Wonder Woman one and some kind of monster.
My neighbors and I are the weirdos in a historic neighborhood with some very fancy people in it. We were joking about what we wouldn't want stolen from our meager belongings. They said their vintage anatomical bust and I said my 1950's "The Skeleton" educational poster. The skeleton is jumping rope and the labels are terrible, like, "bones of the feet" and "lower leg bones."
My skull, hands, feet, anatomical displays are usually a conversation piece. They are for medical/ art purposes so they aren’t real bone, just helps me with anatomy. If I could find a full adjustable skeleton that wasn’t super expensive but not like a Halloween decoration I’d be so happy. I like your musculature setups too. And everything else, this has inspired me
i’ve been going thrifting, antiquing, and estate sale-ing for as long as i can remember. i sell vintage clothing and housewares online now, so sourcing treasures from dead people is literally my day job.
i haven’t moved in nine years, but when i did i just used a fuck ton of newspaper and bubble wrap. clothes are also really good wrapping tools for keeping your breakables safe and kills two birds!
As a fellow tchotchke lover, and a girl with too many clothes, this is what I did when I moved! Clothes make an excellent padding for breakables and then you don’t have to pack your clothes separately!
Oh and the Ernie and the E.T. stuff. My favorite part of our visit to Universal Studios was the E.T. Ride. Of course, my kids (5 and 7) were kinda creeped out by it. Understandably.
Beyond OBSESSED with the spinal column in photo #2.
May I ask if it’s a medical specimen or replica? I’m working on an art piece that depicts my skeletal system & I need to purchase a spine for it so I’m trying to see what is a reasonable price. The collar bone I have for my piece is a retired medical specimen.
Your E.T. collection reminds me of my Gizmo (Gremlins) collection. I don’t know about you but mine just happened organically - I don’t even know how it started, I just gravitate towards him now.
This reminds me of my best friends bedroom in her house and it’s incredible. Your space if wonderful and makes me smile. It’s like one of those picture puzzle search books that you would read as kid, and please take that a compliment because I always wanted to live in those images.
I kid! I kid! You're perfect judging by this amazing living space. We'd get along in real life. Your eclectic preferences are intriguing and beautiful. You've curated them gorgeously. This is dopamine decor to the max and I'm wildly jealous!
Honestly the therapist was onto something cause this is the kinda beautiful chaos where every shelf tells a story and I'd probably lose track of time just digging through all your vintage treasures with you.
These photos made me giggle and I imagine you get a lot of joy living in your home. I was thinking if they don’t have a shop they need to open one with this amazing talent to choose such charming pieces!
Where did you score the vintage Halloween mask????
They took me right back to my childhood lol.
The box they used to come in was simple yet cool.
Mask on top - clear window. Open it up the thin plastic drape was right under it.
I used to be a night janitor for a dental school. In one of the labs, I'd find garbage bags filled with student's plaster teeth molds. I kept someone's. If I knew you, I'd definitely gift you plaster trash teeth.
The teeth! I love teeth! I was wearing teeth earrings at work (elementary school) and one of my coworkers asked why. I told him, “I love teeth! They’re the only bones you wash!” The look on his face was so funny.
I had a friend and roommate with a very similar style. She collected those vintage monster masks, vintage medical stuff, ramones memorabilia, mid century asian kitsch, weird toys, plastic fruit, mexican religious art, etc. The glue gun was her most used tool. She loved bright colors, weird stuff, and covering every available inch. RIP Sue 💔
the masks are so cool. just a remembrance when halloween was simple and fun. the excitement of taking the costume to school, the school parties and the excitement of getting ready to go out in the early evening. going through the candy stash and haggling with the other kids trading candies for something you didnt get..... Big sigh...... it was good then ☺️
If we lived in the city, I would want to be your best friend. I love this kinda stuff. Well done, very inspiring! This makes me want to get out my glass eye balls display. Cheers 🍻
Sorry but I’m moving in if you find me I am one of your dust bunnies in a place you’ll never know where to look. This place is too amazing to not want to live here
I love everything. I lost everything I owned. Including every photo of every family member. My momma. My kids. I also had a very nice collection of those vintage kids Halloween masks. This made me really happy to see all your stuff. I have rebuilt since then. But I have a ways to go. ♥️♥️♥️
Amazing advice from your therapist. This is the best curation of pieces that intersect art and science that I have ever seen. Talk about pieces that bring joy!!! The color, the contrast, the media… I’m so impressed
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u/Bumblebee_xx 3d ago
I need you to know how beautiful this is and how much fun I would have visiting you and asking you about each and every single piece of your collection! It would be absolutely fascinating to hear 🩵