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Most people have at least one tchotchke in their house. In ours, our tacky little decorations are gnomes. We had nicknamed our vacation home "Gnome Man's Land" and had gnomes located here and there in the house. They all came back here when that house sold. Here's our gnome family: The tiny gnomes who keep us company at meals in the kitchen:  The garden gnome:  The cookbook gnome (he's on a shelf with my cookbooks):  The Head Gnome (he's more than 2 feet tall): 
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity  |
Those are really nice gnomes!!! I'll take some pictures of ours! Back soon!
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My tchotchkes aren't "tacky little decorations."  Our house is full of pottery we've accumulated over the years. They're my tchotchkes! | |||
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one man's tchotchke is another man's tacky litte decoration.
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We have this ceramic rooster up on the baker's rack that we put different hats or other things on depending on the season. Always been a family inside joke. We have a Reds helmet, Santa hat, devil horns for Halloween, a colorful mask and beads for Mardi Gras, a pilgrim hat for Thanksgiving, a hat for St. Patrick's Day, a birthday cake hat for birthdays, etc. It's fun. 
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He's a handsome bird. So no Easter bonnet?
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When I built the office I included two open display shelves, one over my desk and one over Sharon's. The idea was to limit the various collectibles (Precious Pimentos!  ) to one area so they wouldn't fill up the house. We've rotated things on and off of the shelves through the years and they have mostly functioned as intended. Here are my shelves: And here are Sharon's:  There are a few other areas in the house where things have crept in:  
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Few of my tchotchkes have survived my travels around the world and the ravages of time. Lol. | |||
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I am planning to be a garden gnome when I retire. I already have the long grey beard. Mrs pj is going make me a red felt hat.
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How fun it is to see everyone's! Here are ours: My first grand piano:  Mr SK's Big Boys:  Close-up:  One more:  Stuff that people have given us that we don't know what to do with (in the guest room):  Most of these are from Mr SK's home town:  Most of these have a story...  Where they are:  A tile in the piano room, given to me by my mother:  Other stuff in piano room:  The castle that Mr. SK made:  My latest addition to my home office:  Close-up:  Not all are tchotchkes, but that's ok. 
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Like Steve, I try to keep them in a specific space.. This is a shelf I had made to fit the old bowls..other things have been added. 
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Cool! What are the ceramic things with the holes in the top. Flower frogs?
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Yes...My collection that takes up little space..I limit it to good pottery versions and no two the same color though I do have lead and wire versions I got at the dump... I use them for pencil/pen holders. I could not resist the ball shaped one (the rust colored on the left)..I think I paid $3. And I forgot one other...On the window sill over my kitchen sink.. 
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Isn’t it cool how much effort people used to put in to utilitarian items like flower frogs?
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity |
Steve do you have some Frank Lloyd Wright pieces there?
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