Tacky vases that come with flower arrangements.
When my cats sleep with me and purr so loud it wakes me up
Lace curtains
Corelle dishes
The way a room looks 50% cleaner, just because you vacuum the rug

Leather club chairs, especially with nail head trim.
Mercury glass
Tarnished silver
Hard cover books
Vintage wrought iron
Mounted steer horns
Mirrors, especially old, pitted mirrors
Wooden ceilings & wood beams
Matlesse coverlets
Bark cloth curtains
Vintage tea towels & aprons

beautiful things of all kinds
silver
lovely grained woods
fabrics/textiles
crisp white sheets
honed calacatta gold marble
books, books, books, the feel, the look
my china pattern
persian rugs
baby grand pianos
my home, and most of all, my family
most of the decisions I've made

ok I'll bite,

These have been for at least thirty years so they definitely qualify~~
White trim
Blue and White Pottery/Ceramics/China (anything blue and white)
Blue

And of late, I love the granite in my house. It's only been a few years so I don't know for sure how I will feel in 30, but I have a hunch it will make the list. (ask me then...:)

@polly929
Here's a pic of one the angels

barb thought I was the only one who loved gravel driveways! we are one of only two that havent been asphalted in the neighborhood.
I also could just say ditto to just about everything mentioned- seems like every post adds something I love and forgot in making my list.
but will sub in my pups for cats, although i do miss a cat purring in my ear. If dogs could purr, they would be perfect!
love seeing your pup grow up

I love having our little pup sleep with us!!

Lukki - your doggie is so cute!

Kitchen Kelly - is your back sore yet? That's a load there!! Here in the south many of us use pine straw (we do), and like Stinky, I love how it looks when it's refreshed.

tina

Thanks everyone, she was a much needed delight!! She didn't stay small very long and is only 3.5 months old now!

Orchid, thanks for sharing, we got Ellie after we lost our 17 year old kitty girl to cancer. Congrats on your new additions, 2 at the same time! Wow. I'd love to see pics so I'm going to start a photo thread on the conversations side.

The idea of a purple and red or purple and orange room. There, I said it.

decorating, even though i lack a style. I love looking here at everyone's beautiful homes. i still love my solid oak, countryish dining room set, one of our first investments as a married couple. I've replaced some of my furnishings as my tastes and styles changed. the oak set doesnt really "go" anymore w/ the rest of my house. but i love how heavy the chairs are, lol. i love my curio (do people still have these in newer homes?) and the memories it holds. i love the memories of all our family dinners. I love dusting it and remembering how the scratches got there. in our current home, we switched the living and dining room, got rid of the carpet in both and put in wood floors. the former dining room is now a much needed "den", and the former living room is now our dining room. i love it because for big dinners, we expand into the den. Just looking at my dining room as i come in our front door, makes me feel happy. in the curio, is, yes, a family picture. it's my husband's grandmother wearing her mink stole. behind the picture is a bear my sister-in-law had made from that stole. I love looking at these things....
Looking at the pics, i sorely need drapes and something on the walls next to the hutch, but I've never been able to decide on anything, so they've been bare for 15 years while I search for just the right thing. Haha, that's the game i guess..and it has no end..

drapeless

curio

grandma

Perfectly scaled rooms
Texture
Monochromatic Color schemes
Antique silver
Antique heart pine flooring with a waxed sheen
Eclectic furnishings
Milk paint
Long windows
My basset hounds, present & passed

Nice to see so many mulch lovers out there! (Hopefully no one has the red stuff. That would be on the dislike post for me.) That is actually an old picture. I usually get my mulch in early summer/late spring. It does take me about a week to get it done because I like to hoe in the old mulch first. It does make the beds look so much better.

Lukkiirish .. what a sweet baby! Enjoy him/her.

KK .. Love, love, love fresh mulch! Nothing improves a yard and flower beds quicker.

Rosesstink, I forgot about tablecloths! I think it's because I love how textiles adds that homey/comfy feel I crave.

Although I have a nice DR table, I still use tablecloths for the seasons. It does go nekkid at times. :)

I just took my summer "french country" tablecloth off which had a white background with navy, red and green print. Very summery!

Yesterday I received my new Fall/Winter tablecloth which is a deep burgandy with black roosters on it. You can't tell they are roosters until you get up close. Not only do I have my fall/winter tablecloth, it will also serve as a Christmas tablecloth. First it needs ironing. Ugh.

Long live tablecloths, table runners, table toppers, placemats and napkins!! lol

I still love

White, white and more white
big houseplants
old and worn leather furniture
bleached antlers
shells
minimalism
texture
mono-chromaticism
ironstone
enamelware
acrylic/ghost chairs
lanterns
velvet and linen and burlap
and seeing what folks on here accomplish thru DIY - it is pure inspiration.

toile de Jouy

Old houses (have one)
Old stuff (have plenty)
Old people (almost am one)
Creating things from fabric
Fabrics, lots of fabrics
Repurposing, refinishing.
The freedom to do exactly what I want to my house.
Happy people
Diane

kitchenkelly, I am obsessed with mulch. We have a large yard with ever expanding beds and mulching is an on going activity. I'm not trying to 'one up you or top your story" but mulch is near and dear to my heart. I would be happy with mulch as a birthday present.
I can unload three (large) pick up truck loads of mulch -that I hauled- in one day before I give out. It takes longer to spread it, but your pile, makes me happy but also makes me laugh. It's tiny.

Lukki, I love your baby! What a precious pup!

OMG bumble, you are the mulch queen. Mulching must keep you in good shape.

My brass DR chandelier
the glass mosaic tile on my bathroom wall
the bakers rack between the front windows
how the lace curtains create interesting patterns on the wall when light streams through them
the little box made from cinnamon bark that releases a lovely aroma when I open it
my kitchen pantry

I must confess. Regarding burlap, I only have two items presently - a burlap table runner and a burlap Christmas stocking that I copied last year from a blog, magazine - something. Burlap with a vintage rhinestone brooch and a piece of vintage lace. It's used as a Christmas decoration. Both these items are a creme color burlap.

Just the other day I ordered (Etsy) a burlap lumbar pillow cover and today I found another one with a looped ribbon trim. I didn't realize I love burlap LOL.

Oh I take that back - I have one other item - I made three burlap roses for the fall wreath I have up right now.

tina

Bumble - you are making me laugh - mulch for your birthday!!

massagerocks, your home is warm and cozy-- my favorite kind. Thanks for sharing those pics. Very pretty!

Thanks AJ, she has definitely stole my heart! I didn't realize labs have so much personality!

Owls and Dragons. (I collect both.)

It's so nice to hear others appreciate & get a kick out of mulch! I pay my yard crew to install it, as I have several deep shrub beds (& a bad back.) Mulch day is a joyful one, always! I stand back and marvel at what a difference it makes each & every time. It can smell so great too!

Walnut
House Plants and especially my living wall
House porn
Matrioshkas
Birch floors
Leonard Cohen

No one uses pine straw? Only mulch I buy. Easy to spread and easy on the back.

Love2weed,

THAT's THEM!! I have the same ones! But I only have September and March. September a girl, March a boy. My Nan's birthday was in September, as is mine, and one of her siblings March, as is my sister's. I put them away years ago and gave them very little thought. I always loved them b/c they were from her, and she was so special to me. She had very little worldly posessions, so the few items I have, I truly cherish. Thanks for the reminder, I think it's time they came out of hiding.

Sorry to hijack.

I like the look of pine straw but it doesn't nourish the soil the way wood mulch does. I get it from the county and it's $10.60 a scoop and that includes tax. One front end loader scoop way overflows our large pick up truck.

It is a mixture of hard and soft wood double ground.
It smells so good and helps keep me fit. I am careful with my back though.

I usually unload it onto tarps then spread at leisure.

saltillo tile (the real thing!!)
my Mom's handpainted soup tureen and tea service
my great grandmother's purple carnival glass "spoon cup"
my sons letter jackets from high school sports
my(framed) sorority bid card (c 1962)from college

white kitchens, marble counters, walnut floors...

I amend the soil with compost. When I first started gardening I used wood mulch, but now much prefer pine needles.

I cannot believe there are two other people who love gravel driveways!

I love real dining rooms like Massagerock's. That furniture is beautiful. It could be used as an example on the "less discernment = blanket 'dislike' thread. People think they don't like oak furniture because there's lots of junky examples it it. Oak furniture was not invented in the 1980s.

Make that three. I never really noticed it but my DH mentioned he loves the "sound" of our gravel driveway. Now that he points it out ...

Almost as nice as the sound of breaking a peppermint patty.

We have a concrete driveway, but added two parking aprons ... one is gravel, the other oyster shells.

Cozy, human scale rooms
matelasse
baskets
glass with a green hue
pillyvuyt
wooden utensils
white Wedgwood country ware
texture
clay paint
white flower gardens
muntins
unfitted bathrooms
fluffy white towels
sea sponges
wire
pergolas
screened sleeping porches
moss gardens
our isthmus
greek revival
Provence colors
salt cellars
patina
texture
dimmers
symmetry
rows of hooks
unfitted mudrooms
bookcases
nooks and crannies
sight lines
orb, brass, nickel and copper
reading lights
daybeds
Swedish
Moroccan
kids artwork in real frames
clerestory
stonewalls
eggs
pigs
gold rococo frames
fouta
orchids
slate
millefiore
depression glass
opaline
pleats
built in dressers
ticking
saris
hudson bay
scrimshaw
painted brick
ivy
greek key
Bassarabians
brown Jordan fake wicker
black pools
terra cotta pots
gates
dogwood
obelisks
Lalique
suede paint
bees
water closets
Dutch doors

Rocks
Stone & cedar houses.
The smell & texture of raw wood.
Iron
Wicker
Antique Books
Leather
Soapstone
Bronze & copper
Photography =antique & contemporary
Plants
Trees & tree roots
Clocks
Ceiling fans
Fireplaces
My inherited pieces
Round cocktail tables
Burlap & linen
Green
Candles
Simplicity
Elegance
Rustic
Vintage Industrial
Baskets
Murano glass
Area rugs
Bamboo
Stripes
Mattelasse
Texture
Tweed
Paisley
Chenille
Seeded glass
Niches
Bungalows

A few things I love, not that I necessarily have them all yet or will ever bother to get them all:

Water gilding on frames and furniture
Bluestone floors
Dry laid stone
Plaster walls
Oushaks
Silk
Books, many kinds, including leather bound, decorative bindings, illustrated books, coffee-table house and garden books
Painted furniture
Knole sofa
French enamelware coffee pots
Clarice Cliff
Chihuly glass
Art glass from the 50s and 60s, particularly Italian
Murano animal '60s swizzle sticks even though I broke one
Paperweights, Stankard et al.
Library containing huge collections of books
Art
Nakashima conoid bench come to think of it anything Nakashima
LaVerne coffe tables
Moravian tiles
Hostas, daylilies, primroses: collections of many different kinds
Heirloom tulips
Orchids
Tapestries, hanging on walls, on pillows, on chair seats
Swan Island blankets
Divided light windows
Beaded glass
Moss
Old boxwood
Adirondak chairs
Biedermeier
Ornamentation, decorative elements, and color
That room I just saw on the house tour with pink/coral silk velvet-covered walls
Unlacquered brass anything
Japanned furniture
My 15th c. manuscript leaves from a Burgundian book on herarldry
Quirky candlesticks and lamps, especially with animals on them
Japanese prints
Heirloom vegetable and fruit garden
That purple-blue wall color seen in rooms by Saladino
That purple-blue wall color in conjunction with reds and/or oranges and/or corals
Shona sculpture
Daniel Garber's paintings: now there's something I'll never own, alas

I'd better stop now.

I must add:

Stained glass
Yellin metal work

And count me in on mulch, compost piles and gravel driveways. We will probably have the driveway redone next year, and we will probably have the ~50 year old asphalt taken out and replaced with gravel.

grasscloth wallpaper

We could start a webpage like the one for pink bathrooms (which I also love).

Save the gravel driveways!

Lynxe, i'm with you re:gravel driveway, as well as pathways. Unfortunately, I live in a development where I don't dare dig out my ugly asphalt drive, so i'm just going to edge it w/flagstone. ;o)

not necessarily in order:
chrome
purple - deep or pale
green - perky or olive
bright white trim and wts
tile done in a pattern
drawers in base cabs
vintage/retro lighting
vintage mirrors
antiques, esp strays
crystal
high ceilings
natural light (skylights, solatube, eyebrow window, etc..)
family pictures
nature photography
functional but pretty items
good closets/storage
ceiling fans (as many as possible)
landscaping that produces edible things
our Roomba
home cooked meals from scratch
main level laundry room
kids' artwork
soft floors in kitchen

After seeing lukiiirish's puppy....I'd have to say puppy tummies....and puppy breath. :)

Natal, I mentioned before (I think) that we use pine straw. I prefer the look. We also amend.

Here in this part of the hot, humid south, where termites are rampant, we are advised not to use wood mulch - at least not up near a house.

tina

Add puppy breath to my list also!

I am not an inexperienced gardener by any means but I have many areas to mulch. I trench the edges and keep everything looking sharp and one deep layer of mulch every so often will enrich the soil over time. In my oldest areas, the soil is dark and like butter- from originally compacted red clay.

We have a good, half acre pine grove I could gather pine straw from, but to me, pine straw doesn't have good moisture retentive qualities ( essential to me) and breaks down too fast.

BB, not disputing your gardening knowledge; just saying I prefer pine straw. I like that it stays in place in heavy rains, it's soft underfoot (I use it in pathways) and although it breaks down it's easy to renew. You have to be careful with bark mulch. It can cause an imbalance in soil makeup unlike pine straw.

Old buffets
dachshunds
matelasse
blue mason jars
bird prints
birds (real)
hydrangeas
blue willow

Red