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February 2, 2026
‘Make your homes weird,’ urges an interior designer. Me? I’ve a stuffed magpie and three pewter goats
Not to mention my dad’s lifesize wooden sheep. All homes are wacky in little and large ways. Instagram pundits please stand down
TL;DR
- Interior designer Lily Walters believes homes should be more personal and 'unhinged.'
- The author argues that homes are already naturally weird with peculiar items.
- Examples of personal weirdness include feather-filled shrines, eye-shaped candles, stuffed animals, and homemade posters.
- Incidental oddities, like lacking a bathroom door or specific instructions for furniture placement, contribute to a home's true weirdness.
- Reddit posts reveal extreme examples of home weirdness, such as repurposed coffins and pet's amputated limbs.
- The author concludes that homes inherently possess sufficient weirdness without needing designer additions.
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