Decorating your dorm/apartment with certain things is tacky!

[jess_pom]

Originally posted by honeychile
What IS it with men, that they think that look is so scholarly, or what?! I was discussing shelving for my little home office with mr. honeychile, and he thought the old bricks & boards were the way to go, too! So far, it's been the one decorating "problem" I've had with him, though, so I shouldn't make such a fuss, I guess.

Please clarify. Are you talking about "bookshelves" made with cement blocks and 2x4s? I'd never heard them referred to as that, or really anything before!

[valkyrie]

Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
What about Maxim, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, FHM, etc?

Pages ripped from ANYTHING and hung on the wall is tacky.

[sageofages]

Originally posted by jess_pom
Please clarify. Are you talking about "bookshelves" made with cement blocks and 2x4s? I'd never heard them referred to as that, or really anything before!

12" "decorative" (and I use that term losely) cinder blocks and 12" x 6' shelving boards; generally stacked 5 shelves high.

I at one time lived with brick and board book shelves, brick and board record shelves and brick and board entertainment center!

UGH....currently we have 30 feet of brick and board shelving - 5 high in my basement/his home office. UGH!

[DeltaSigStan]

Originally posted by valkyrie
Pages ripped from ANYTHING and hung on the wall is tacky.

Well, I wouldn't say RIPPED....I intrically clipped them and made a huge collage that spans the entire hallway.....many (often drunk) girls said they actually like how I put it all together, like it was a jigsaw puzzle....

Listen to the monolouge by Michael Rappaport in Beautiful Girls..............

[valkyrie]

Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
Well, I wouldn't say RIPPED....I intrically clipped them and made a huge collage that spans the entire hallway.....many (often drunk) girls said they actually like how I put it all together, like it was a jigsaw puzzle....

Listen to the monolouge by Michael Rappaport in Beautiful Girls..............

Okay, a huge collage could actually be very cool. I was imagining random pages taped to some dude's bedroom wall.

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by sageofages
12" "decorative" (and I use that term losely) cinder blocks and 12" x 6' shelving boards; generally stacked 5 shelves high.

The "finer" ones, such as those in my room when I was a kid (they're still there), are made with real bricks rather than cinder blocks. The wood should be painted, of course.