Why Are Mushrooms Suddenly All Over Home Decor?

House Beautiful ^ | 11/26/21 | Hadley Carter

[DallasBiff]

Well I'm a mushroom fan, especially on pizza.

[rovenstinez]

I remember when it was Holstein cows.

[Jamestown1630]

The Brits seem to have used mushrooms in decor for a long time.

[SamAdams76]

Mushrooms are good in omelettes with swiss cheese.

[FreedomPoster]

That goes well with the black/white color palette of the last several years, that seems to be fading finally, perhaps.

This reminds me, I need to do something with a big Costco bucket of mushrooms.

[madison10]

They were back in the late 60s and early 70s, too. I do not get it.

[rlmorel]

I have a buddy who hunts, he gave me one of the backstraps from a deer he shot.

I sliced them up into medallions, sautéed them in butter, garlic, and Grand Marnier, along with some dried Morel mushrooms that were dried, and I threw the liquid I used to rehydrate them into the reduction sauce...:)

A magnificent dish...just wonderful.

[John Milner]

About 10-15 years ago you had to hang a large metal star on the outside of your house.

Those large bare-stick arrangements in big vases are/were a thing pretty recently. Also flat wooden bowls with random things in them, often fabric balls - sitting on your table or sideboard.

I remember a craft trend in the 1980s. Geese cut out of pine painted blue.

[9YearLurker]

They all look like poison mushrooms.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

A few years ago it was chickens, prior to that it was geese.

[Republican Wildcat]

And cows.

[Dr. Sivana]

The thing I couldn’t get was the decorative bowl of large shiny balls about 10 years. I even saw one on the Mark Steyn show. What’s the point?

[Fungi]

You did it right! The hydrating liquid has all the flavor, and even some sand to boot.

[dayglored]

> They all look like poison mushrooms

They are. Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria). Deadly.

They don't mention that aspect in the article, which is stupid. Kids will see the items with pretty red-with-white-dots, and godforbid see a real Amanita in nature and eat it and die.

Highly irresponsible journalism.

[rlmorel]

I was lucky-I didn’t even think of the sand or grit, but didn’t run into any-they must have cleaned those mushrooms well before they dried them!

[Fai Mao]

Mushrooms must be the Demondogs new drug of choice

[mass55th]

If you wait long enough, popular things from the past return. Mushrooms were part of home decor in the 1970’s.

[dayglored]

And just so y'all know, I LOVE mushrooms, they enhance almost any food. And long ago I spent a few years doing basic research into mushroom genetics for Campbell Soup Co. (they use a lot of mushrooms as you might imagine).

So I have nothing against mushrooms. Stupid journalists, though, yes.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Amber pans are making a come back along with earth tones.

[Veto!]

Yum.
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