Fun & Famous

stating the obvious

I was just scrolling around through interior websites and I think they’re going overboard with the whole letter shenanigans. Guys, all those inspirational quotes – Always be a unicorn! Never let go of your dreams! – on canvases are bad enough but why would you need the word ‘jar’ written on a jar, or the word ‘eat’ on your kitchen wall or the letters ‘H-O-M-E’ by your window?

Who the heck is going to forget that their at home in the first place? And is someone really going to start cooking better with the word ‘cook’ in the kitchen? Or is Jeffrey really not going to remember is name if he isn’t continuously reminded what it is in his own bedroom? Is it too difficult to differentiate ‘soap’ from a ’towel’? And while we’re at it: why don’t we actually hang up the words ‘shit hole’ on the door of our bathrooms and ’take a dump’ as an inspirational quote directly in front of the toilet?

“And instead of a nightstand you should label it ‘condom cabinet’”

You might as well start naming your sugar pot, and your flower too, and instead of a nightstand you should label it ‘condom cabinet’. Label every stair on your staircase and you’ll finally be able to differentiate your TV remote from the media box remote by naming them the ‘zapper’ and ‘stress buttons’. And to make sure your kids don’t start snacking out of the cookie jar, prevent it with the words ‘hands off’, or other things in your home with things like ‘get your feet off the table’, ’this place isn’t a hotel!’ I bet that will help people never to forget.

There’s something incredibly childish about it, the absurd need to stick letters and words everywhere. Life stuck between words is like living in a Richard Scarry book. Learning things word by word. Cool for toddlers, not so much for grown ups. Dump it.

Written by Kalinka Hählen