While the typography trend continues to truck along, a new trend of decorating with letters, often consonants and syllables from vintage signs, has arisen. Personally, I find it kind of cheesy to decorate with initials — a big "C.S." on my wall is just not my style. But I'd happily put a less self-referential letter in my home if it were eye-catching like this vibrant red T. Putting a letter in your home, even if it doesn't mean anything to you, is a great way to celebrate all of the serifs, shapes, and ligatures that make typography such an interesting art. Do you decorate with letters?

Pedro Garcia
This is hardly a new trend. Didn't you all recently post about astriks replacing letters as a trend?
1Way too pottery barnesque
2Nope. I'm not into monogram-style decorating.
3oh letters are so my thing...i adore letters on everything from small to large. i was actually just searching for a new planner with my monogram on it. i am obsessed with personalized stationary, and i have been trying to decide on the perfect alphabet print to hang. if there are letters or words on plates, books, candles, ANYTHING I am drawn to them immediately, i always have been! I try to resist but sometimes i can't. I currently have letters in my bedroom, from anthropologie and office.
4I love my initials!! I have had them on everything for YEARS, especially bedding and stationary. I also have a small blackboard with my first initial at the top that I got from Ballard Design several years ago. I also have two of those canvas carry bags, one with my three initials and one with my first name!! I love them. The mug I have my tea in everyday has my first initial and I have an initial on my bulletin board. It is most certainly NOT a "new" trend; it's been around for decades and personally I hope it stays around forever. I don't however, like the * and & trend. So not personal and who cares???
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