When my husband and I bought our house he was disappointed there was no extra room or basement he could use to make into his "man cave" and put up all his Yankee stuff. Not being a fan of "caves" to hide out in I told him he should put his stuff up in the living room. As I was planning on putting my Garfield stuff up in the kitchen anyway. He thought we'd put plain, neutral stuff up on the wall and decorate that way. Like most people do. I told him. "This is our house, this is what we like why shouldn't we put up what we like? It's who we are." He quickly got on board with that. Besides why go waste money on things we don't really want just because we felt we should. Yes we were adults with our own home. That didn't mean we couldn't make our home what we wanted it to be.
Since we moved in six years ago we have rearranged and remodeled a few times as our family and house has grown in size. Our first living room Rob attempted to paint pinstripes on the wall. It didn't work out so well. We settled for white walls with navy blue trim. He hung as many Yankee pictures as he could fit. The kitchen was painted orange and I fit in as much Garfield stuff as I could. At the time we didn't have a lot of space. Many of things we had collected over the years of our obsessions went into the attic for storage. Once we were able to add size to our home everything came back out. Some got tossed most we decorated with.
We decided I'd still have the kitchen and now the dining room also for my Garfield stuff. Rob would have the living room and up the stairs for his Yankee stuff. I wanted an Odie yellow for my dining room but couldn't decide on the shade. I picked a color and my husband picked one too. In frustration he bought a gallon of each one. In my own frustration I mixed them together and that is now the color of my dining room. Our own special made Odie yellow. I got rid of a lot of stuffed animals and put out more collectibles. I have a china closet in my dining room. We don't do formal much around here so it is full of Garfield collectibles I have aquired over the years. I also have plates and pictures of the kids with Garfield, even a street sign my dad got for me back when I was in high school.
My husband has a lot of pictures and plaques he has made over the years from all the games he/we have attended. We have a picture with Bob Sheppard and one with Reggie Jackson too. In his decorating scheme each wall has a meaning. With his newest addition "The Chair"(more on that to come) he'll soon be doing some rearranging. He hung championship banners from the top of the stairs and they do look great. We could fit one more up but we've yet to get the special ladder we'd need to reach to hang it. Not sure that we ever will by now.
The hallways, both upstairs and down, are filled with family pictures. Though some have made their way into the living room. All of us at Yankee games of course. And since the big trip I've added a bunch to the dining room. I had been hoping to have a picture of Jacob with Garfield every year since we found him at a park in Conneticut. They have since gotten rid of Garfield from their park so we have not been back. Quite disappointing as I had pictures from his first three years with him. Oh well. The big trip pictures have taken over a wall yet, Garfield still prevails. Though I have not been collecting much lately, more important things come first. All the things I already have displayed will not be going anywhere soon. Especially not the tattoo on my leg.
I can't explain why but I've been obsessed with Garfield since I was little. My husband will say the same about the Yankees. Check my 1st grade birthday picture, I had a Garfield party! My husband has been to over 200 Yankee games and has a book of his stats from those games! Check the interlocking ny tattoo on his right bicep. I did get mine first. :) We are who we are and our home definitely shows it. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
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| Don't worry about the people in the picture how many Garfield's can you see? |
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