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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.

kittylester Wed 19-Feb-25 21:21:25

I have a grandmother clock that was my Granny's then my parents and is now in our hall.

Ali08 Wed 19-Feb-25 01:12:25

5 mirrors - one on the wall in the downstairs loo, one on the windowsill in the bathroom, one that's meant to be on the wall in the bathroom but it's one that gets moved around when needed for hair do-ing etc, one large one propped against a wall in my room that's meant to have been hung on the dining room wall, and one on a stand that opens up to reveal a jewellery box.

Clocks - one. A ticking clock that I bought for my housemate a few years ago, it might be slate and has an etching of a dragon on it.

Otherwise, we each have a tablet and a phone, so we don't need clocks.
Oh, he got me a smart watch at Christmas. I'm allergic to the metal on it. Lol

ViceVersa Tue 18-Feb-25 11:03:33

mae13

Has anyone got an authentic long-case (Grandfather) clock that has been passed down through the family?

We do - it now lives in my son's home, having been passed down from his grandfather.

Claremont Tue 18-Feb-25 10:50:51

6 of each + 4 mirrors for bathrooms and WCs.

mae13 Tue 18-Feb-25 10:49:51

Has anyone got an authentic long-case (Grandfather) clock that has been passed down through the family?

GrammarGrandma Tue 18-Feb-25 10:46:56

At least eight clocks and five mirrors, I think.

creakingandchronic Tue 18-Feb-25 09:49:44

1 long mirror landlord left on wall
1 clock in lounge just a kitchen style I think came with house but we tend to use phone or laptop clocks
I have the clock my dad was given by the Gas and Coal company he was working for when he married so is really old. i did have it serviced when I inherited it as it had not been going for years but 13 years later I do not seem to get it to work again it has a quarter half and hour chime a real Smiths big ben chime
I remember it so often during my childhood chiming away I do not think my partner would cope with it though!

Dempie55 Tue 18-Feb-25 09:44:43

Quite envious of the Darth Vader clock….. off to Google!

dontlikethisgettingoldlark Tue 18-Feb-25 09:32:50

Tiny 2 bed house'
not counting clocks in/on devices/appliances such as microwaves and tuners I have 3 clocks including a darth vader alarm clock. 4 mirrors including the bathroom cabinet.
I have not included the tiny tiny mirror I use when trying to thread my sewing machine.

mae13 Tue 18-Feb-25 03:27:02

Clocks are wonderful - 10 wall clocks throughout the flat, one of which is a replica School Room clock and it's pretty enormous. One has a pretty loud tick so that's relegated to the kitchen.
This almost-obsession stems from a spell in a 'care' home during the Pandemic when I noticed that the big clock by the entrance had been stopped for several days - I found out that the matron/manager had taken the battery out because she said she was "sick of you lot clock-watching, waiting for mealtimes!". Well, there was nothing else to look forward to in that dreary mausoleum.
She also banned residents from having clocks in their rooms.

So, upon escaping and acquiring my dinky little flat I went a bit overboard with some lovely clocks.

jonperkins400 Tue 18-Feb-25 02:28:17

I love clocks and mirrors, even in the garden.

Trisha99 Mon 17-Feb-25 22:28:08

13 clocks, not including microwave and oven, including garden and summerhouse.
14 mirrors, including the mirrored doors on the spare bedroom wardrobe.
Hadn’t counted before now, I too like plenty of mirrors to reflect the light and clocks are both decorative and useful.

Nightsky2 Mon 17-Feb-25 20:55:49

12 mirrors including one hugh mirror in the hall which I bought at auction several years ago. Will almost certainly stay in this house when we decide to move.
1 very nice clock which doesn’t work and would cost too much to have it repaired but it looks nice
4 other clocks not including iPads iPhones electric oven.

woodenspoon Mon 17-Feb-25 20:23:30

4 clocks, 14 mirrors including bathroom cabinets. I like mirrors as they brighten up a very dark corner. .

win Mon 17-Feb-25 20:10:01

Interesting how people do not use clocks. My digital one in the kitchen keeps going 2 hours ahead, I was thinking of replacing it, but perhaps I don't need to. I have another small clock in the kitchen one on the cooker and one on the central heating control. I would get used to not having the larger one no doubt.

MickyD Mon 17-Feb-25 18:19:24

13 mirrors, 1 clock

Cateq Mon 17-Feb-25 16:23:52

Excluding the clocks on appliances I have 5 on mantle clock in the living room one small clock in the dining room 2 radio alarm clocks in 2 bedrooms and one wall clock in what was our DGD bedroom when she lived with us. Mirrors about 7 throughout the house. Need to declutter I think

Sadbutfoolishlyhopeful Mon 17-Feb-25 15:34:09

12 clocks plus appliance clocks and 12 mirrors, excluding hand mirrors in a 3 bedroom house. Ranging from digital to wind up mantle clocks, and overmantle to full length mirrors. Gosh, didn't realise we had so many!

Norah Mon 17-Feb-25 15:05:43

cc

Forgor the mirrors in the bathrooms!

I did too.

5 mirrors in bathrooms, total 15 mirrors in our home.

Our home is old, it was my grandparents and passed down from their grandparents. Very old - rooms are quite odd, the house being built up, extended, and conservatory type added length of the back.

Halls blend into "formal" reception rooms with quite large cased opening. The kitchen is part to a family dining space with large cased openings further on to a family living room, children's playroom, exercise room.

Counting anything is difficult falling down a rabbit hole.

lixy Mon 17-Feb-25 14:40:04

3 bed bungalow: 5 mirrors - one in each bedroom and one in each bathroom - a radio clock in each bedroom and one ‘proper’ one in the kitchen. We don’t worry about the ones on the oven and microwave. OH can’t stand a ticking clock so they are all silent.

Hellogirl1 Mon 17-Feb-25 14:30:56

5 clocks, 8 mirrors

cc Mon 17-Feb-25 14:28:18

Forgor the mirrors in the bathrooms!

Dempie55 Mon 17-Feb-25 14:27:17

2 bedroom cottage. I have six clocks (I really like clocks!), one mirror in the bathroom, a tiny one on the landing and a full length one in my bedroom. (I have three other mirrors which are not currently in use, as I need to find a handy person who can hang them up for me - been in the house for over 2 years!)

Lovemylife Mon 17-Feb-25 14:26:50

Apart from clocks on the microwave and cooker we have a tiny clock in a bathroom cupboard. There is a clock facing backwards on the mantelpiece which hasn’t worked for years but was a present from my parents and I can’t bear to throw it away.
Mirrors in hall to lighten it (and also to check who is at the door), and in bedrooms and bathrooms.

cc Mon 17-Feb-25 14:26:41

I live in a three bed flat and have a long wall of mirror in my bedroom - it works well, making the narrow room seem larger and brighter. I suppose it is much the same as having a wall of mirrored cupboards, though we walk into our wardrobe behind the wall.
Also the end wall in my living room has an enormous sheet of mirror over the sideboard, for the same reasons. It's at right angles to the balcony doors, so extends the outside view.
Apart from that we have a decorative mirror in the spare room.
I've never used mirror sheets much before we came here, but it is a relatively modern flat so it seems more in keeping than smaller decorative mirrors.
We only have two small stand-alone clocks on two runs of bookshelves, though all the ovens and radio alarms have them obviously, as well as the weather station.