Non Traditional Rooms

10-03-2010, 07:29 AM

I finally moved the dining table and chairs out and am using the area for a couple bird cages. I'm on a War Against Clutter and the dining table was rarely used for large sit down traditional meals now that the kids are grown.
I think our homes should reflect who we are rather than having the exact same furnishings as everyone else on the block.
My son who is temporarily living with me snapped up the table and has it in his room with his large collection of electronic doodads on it (mostly computer stuff).
What about you, are any of your rooms non traditional?

10-03-2010, 07:39 AM

One of my other interests, besides snakes, is Middle Eastern themed paintings and weaponry, swords, daggers, etc. I also love anything to do with the big cats, and i have decorative plates and small statues of Tigers, and a Leopard on the wooden ceiling beam in that room as well.

Most of the middle eastern items came from my dad, who doesn't have a lot of room at their place, and he was losing interest in them, so he gave them to me, so that room would definitely reflect me as a person, and what i'm interested in.

10-03-2010, 07:59 AM

Hell, what is traditional? I have used every single room in my house as a quarantine room at some point. My dining room is one of my critter rooms. On the flip side, I have my coffee pot in my bedroom instead of in the kitchen.

10-03-2010, 03:07 PM

Nothing special. The living room used to be our display room for all our critters. Now its our rat room/music room and we have a whole separate room for our reptiles. The only thing non traditional is we have black walls with dark purple trim in the living room, dark purple bedroom and black reptile room. We also collect gothic and halloween themed stuff.

10-03-2010, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by AK907

Nothing special. The living room used to be our display room for all our critters. Now its our rat room/music room and we have a whole separate room for our reptiles. The only thing non traditional is we have black walls with dark purple trim in the living room, dark purple bedroom and black reptile room. We also collect gothic and halloween themed stuff.

Weirdo......

10-03-2010, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by garweft

Weirdo......

What is wrong with black and purple walls? I think it looks neat. What is weird is our 60's orange fake marble veneer counter tops in the kitchen. I kinda like them too, actually...