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Clocks and Mirrors.

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Calendargirl Sun 16-Feb-25 07:44:12

For no real reason, I have just walked round our bungalow counting how many clocks and mirrors we have.

14 of each.

I like to see plenty of them surrounding me for some obscure reason.

DH thinks we have too many, but I like to hear a ticking clock, not that they all tick, and mirrors reflect light.

Calendargirl Sun 16-Feb-25 07:44:39

Hence the title, how many do other GN’ers have?

tanith Sun 16-Feb-25 08:03:39

No clocks 6 mirrors that’s it.

Grandmabatty Sun 16-Feb-25 08:06:24

I have no clocks except the ones built in to the microwave and the oven and Alexa. Mirrored wardrobes in my bedroom, a mirror in the bathroom and one at the end of the hall.

Allsorts Sun 16-Feb-25 08:07:11

2 clocks and four mirrors.

Greyduster Sun 16-Feb-25 08:11:34

Two wall mounted clocks - one of which I need to get repaired - one small mantle clock and a bedside clock. I’m not keen on mirrors - only have them in the bathrooms and the downstairs cloakroom - but I have thought recently it would be helpful to have a full length mirror in my bedroom.

Astitchintime Sun 16-Feb-25 08:12:37

Five clocks - excluding the one on the microwave & oven. And four mirrors, although one is propped up in the airing cupboard - not got around to hanging that one yet........might have to wait another few years grin

Greenfinch Sun 16-Feb-25 08:16:15

I have at least one clock in every room ,a mirror in the hall and every room upstairs.

Casdon Sun 16-Feb-25 08:17:52

5 clocks, and 14 mirrors. I’ve got a grandfather clock, but it’s not wound up because the tick is so loud it distracts me, I can’t read with it in the background, and it rings loudly including through the night. It does look nice though.

Sadgrandma Sun 16-Feb-25 08:18:27

I’ve just counted seven mirrors and I hate looking into all of them! Three proper clocks but also ones on the oven, microwave, laptop etc. they are a pain when we have a power cut.

M0nica Sun 16-Feb-25 08:22:49

Could people say how big their homes are. Lots of mirrors and clocks in a studio flat would be very different from lots of mirrors and clocks in a 10 bedroomed stately home.

1 clock per room, counting reception room and bedrooms only. 1 mirror per room when bathrooms, cloakroom and kitchen are counted in.

Calendargirl Sun 16-Feb-25 08:30:47

We are in a 3 bedroomed bungalow MOnica.

No mirrors in our sitting room, surprisingly, but several in our quite long hall.

I included all types of clocks, and mirrors on the walls and in wardrobe doors.

ViceVersa Sun 16-Feb-25 08:32:35

We have three clocks, two in the living room and one in the kitchen (none in any of the bedrooms) and only the one mirror, which is in the bathroom.

Jaxjacky Sun 16-Feb-25 08:36:42

6 mirrors, microwave and oven clock, never right as both are switched off when not in use. One Winnie the Pooh clock in the kitchen.

tanith Sun 16-Feb-25 08:58:54

Oops! 🙄 I forgot the oven clock and I suppose phone and iPad. 2 bed semi.

Churchview Sun 16-Feb-25 09:00:14

Four mirrors and only the clocks built into appliances.

We don't really need clocks as the church clock face is directly opposite our bedroom window so we hear the Westminster chimes every quarter throughout the day and night. It's very loud and like the heartbeat of our home.

Chocolatelovinggran Sun 16-Feb-25 09:13:18

Calendargirl, I have a mirror in each room, and four clocks .
However, if we stray into the realm of how- many- does- one-house- need I will confess to having a surfeit of cushions, and have to hold myself back from buying more.
Perhaps I need therapy, but cushions are cheaper..

grumppa Sun 16-Feb-25 09:37:38

Five mirrors across four bedrooms (two inside wardrobe doors), one in each of bathroom, hall, landing and kitchen; that makes nine. Two 'mantelpiece' clocks, one wall clock, too many clocks in phones, and electrical equipment.

Babs03 Sun 16-Feb-25 09:42:06

Don’t have many clocks, just two working, a couple of others that don’t and we just haven’t bothered with, will get rid of them when we move. I think clocks will become obsolete in the next decade, already there are no clocks in most public buildings or other places, because everyone checks their phone, none of my grown family have clocks and laugh every time I tell them to adjust their clocks at the end of March/Oct.
Watches are more a piece of jewellery/an accessory so they will probs last longer.
We have several mirrors, I do like a well placed mirror to reflect the light and make a small space seem bigger.

Shinamae Sun 16-Feb-25 09:47:04

1 clock in the kitchen, which is about 20 years old that’s it for clocks
Mirror in the hall mirrors in the bathroom and in the bedrooms..

keepingquiet Sun 16-Feb-25 09:47:43

One clock in the living room. One broken but sentimental one in the dresser!

Mirrors? One on the landing and two in the bedroom. Two in the bathroom. One on the back of a wardrobe door in my son's room.

Harris27 Sun 16-Feb-25 09:48:20

3 mirrors 4 clocks. Never thought about it really.

henetha Sun 16-Feb-25 09:56:20

5 clocks. No mirrors on walls, but two in wardrobes, two on bathroom cabinets, various hand mirrors.

HowVeryDareYou2 Sun 16-Feb-25 09:58:16

4 clocks (2 in bedrooms, 1 in living room, 1 in kitchen)
7 mirrors (1 in each of 3 bedrooms, 1 in bathroon, 1 on landing, 2 in living room. One is 5ft x 4ft)

kittylester Sun 16-Feb-25 10:09:37

8 clocks - only one that ticks but that also has quarter hourly Westminster chimes and stood in my Granny's vast echoey hall. It stands in our hall which isn't quite so big.

We have 10 mirrors - some decorative and some with a purpose.

We have a largeish house., open plan house.