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Do you display any unusual collection in your study?

post #1 of 34
7/28/08 at 7:23pm
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I was watching one of the design programs on HGTV when a study room with an usual collection of Napoleonic war relics (helmets, uniforms, swords, etc.) was shown. I have to say that everything goes very well with the wooden interiors, and boy, the whole room looks like a throwback to early 19th century France. I think I'm going to emulate this theme when I get a chance to redo my place. I'm curious if anyone has an usual collection of things that they use to decorate their work office/study room.

Kind of like below but with much more Napoleonic militaria stuff.

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post #2 of 34
7/28/08 at 8:17pm
Art glass and pottery from the same period my house was built.
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post #3 of 34
7/28/08 at 10:11pm
Mostly things I've picked up from my travels (usually art)
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post #4 of 34
7/28/08 at 10:17pm
I have a collection of rare, antique ammunition, rare books (especially Sherlock Holmes items), gemstones, and other things that appeal to me. Not a lot of each (except the ammo, perhaps), just a little of the things I enjoy....
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post #5 of 34
7/28/08 at 10:32pm
eh. I made this up, but since no one bit, it is gone.
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post #6 of 34
7/28/08 at 11:08pm
We have some cool black & white photographs.
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post #7 of 34
7/28/08 at 11:21pm
I have this print and this one (print, not postcard) and this one and another one, like the last, where the belle is holding herself, are-these-fake style. FWIW ... some of those sites might be NSFW
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post #8 of 34
7/28/08 at 11:24pm
Going up and looking reminds me that I should remark upon the sword and the custom bowie hanging on the wall, as well as some framed menus from restaurants I enjoy as well as some of my photographs. The things we keep near us are so very....well, important, really. ~Huntsman
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post #9 of 34
7/29/08 at 11:20am
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Originally Posted by G18C View Post

I have that exact lamp in the foreground in my home.
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post #10 of 34
7/29/08 at 12:30pm
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IIRC, the room is somewhere in an Imperial French palace. You must be royalty.

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Originally Posted by RyJ Maduro View Post
I have that exact lamp in the foreground in my home.
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post #11 of 34
7/29/08 at 2:15pm
Machine-gunned things from Pottery Barn.
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post #12 of 34
7/29/08 at 2:53pm
on my living room wall I have about a dozen african masks, and a masai shield and some spears. in my office I have a bunch of ugly religious objects from around the world - idols, icons, chinese funural stuff, communist stuff, etc.
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post #13 of 34
7/29/08 at 7:38pm
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Originally Posted by G18C View Post
IIRC, the room is somewhere in an Imperial French palace. You must be royalty.
It looks more like a country home than a palace to me... the lamp is an antique but I doubt it's particularly valuable. To my uneducated eye, it seems to be of decent quality but certainly nothing extravagant.
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post #14 of 34
7/31/08 at 11:51am
A collection of Hot Wheels cars and my Storm Shadow, Cobra Commander and Destro action figures.
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post #15 of 34
7/31/08 at 2:07pm
the still-beating hearts of my enemies
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