I actually like number 5. Is that so wrong?

So. Hard. To. Choose. Aaaargh!

To quote Laura from PR:

“There’s a lot of ugly going on in here…”

Ben

I think the lion is pretty cute. Kind of Alexander Girard-ian.

love 2 & 4… save those pillows!!!

Number 5 looks like a Bill Cosby sweater! WOW!
i actually think number 6 looks good!

pillow 4! too ugly too scary!

wow!! so many ugly pillows to choose from!! where do you start?

You are not going to believe this, but I actually have the coordinating twin bedsheets for #8. My mother-in-law saved them from when my husband was a kid. She gave them to us to use for my son.

I like #2 and #5, and vigorously disagree that #5 looks like a Cosby sweater.

i kind of like 2 and 5 as well. i vote for 3, ewwww those colors are pukey.

is there any way to see a close up of #1?
what exactly is going on there? native american teepees and confederate rebels?!

anon

if you email me i can send you one. and yes, it’s native american teepees and rebels. can you believe it???

d*s

I confess I like #4 — due mostly to a nostalgic fondness for a scandinavian shag rug that my parents have… they would be a kindred pair!

Down with Brown! Number 3 makes my tummy hurt.

Nunber 3 looks just like the one lining my cat’s litter box

Used to be lining your cat’s litter box you mean?

#7

Even though it might mean no Thomas Paul pillows, I’m kind of happy that my lion is getting some love. Girard-ian…I think he’s blushing now!

i love number two, too.

save the lions!

Thanks for a great laugh! Yes, I agree with those who said #2 is cute. It is very hard to choose between #1, 3, 7 and 8. If any of those were in my apartment, I would never come back here again …

Oh gawd, number 3 is just beyond serious ugly.

I think almost everybone owns at least one ugly pillow. Why do we save them? It’s pretty much the accepted, adult version of a baby blanket or teddy bear!

#6 is actually an Anthropologie pillow from last fall!

Definitely No 2.

#s 2 and 6 are passably nice! I don’t think they belong here. Especially 6.

I’m going with #8, though many of these are hideous. That one suffers the indignity of being both ugly and completely trashed. I mean, #1 is garish, but it looks like it’s in decent shape. #7 is ugly, but it seems like it would have been passable in its time. But there’s no time in history when #8 would have been remotely stylish, and it’s a wreck, to boot.

Target sold this 70s tufted Mizrahi chenille throw pillow this spring (similar construction as #4), in shades of turquoise, green, and brown. It was hideous. Every time we went into the store my fiance would chase me around with it, as a joke. :(

Some of these would be ok depending on surrounding decor.
I think #1 is interesting.
4 & 7 are terrible no matter where they were. # 6 is bad too.

Number 6, no doubt.

I know this is an old contest, but we had one of those lion pillows, and gosh darnit, I still love it.

I really like #2…actually, none of these pillows are ugly, only their backrounds. Even number eight would be OK in the car, or the littleleague lineup cage…

#1 is hideous…. and wait…what’s that… American flags intespersed amidst the mass of confusion. All I can say is, this new contest has a lot to live up to.

wow.. number 6 sort of reminds me of a butthole. is that bad?
defnitely ugly.