You Need to Avoid These Interior Design Mistakes at All Costs

Don't Even Get Us Started on Table Doilies...

We get it, you have a lot of extra time on your hands. For some reason, you stumbled upon someone doily maker's Etsy page and you "accidentally" spent $2,200 on hand-woven snowflakes. You shouldn't have done this, but you did, and you need to learn from this mistake...

It's Only Retro if You Think The 1850s Were Retro

Doilies are simply impractical pieces that are just for show. They are beautiful, but they were originally created just to reinforce thread for later usage. If you spill something on a doily, it's toast. You can't get it wet, you can't wash it, and you just wasted $700 on a red wine stain. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.