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September 20th, 2007
ugliest pillow contest: vote!

after a few days of wading through everyone’s ugliest pillow entries i feel like i need to take a shower. i saw some serious nastyness and some downright ugly pillows (why so many puppy pillows?). the top 10 finalists are now going public with their hidden shame and it’s up to you guys to vote for who you think is the WORST. the winner will receive two brand new thomas paul pillows (of their choice) to replace their ugly one, courtesy of pillows and throws. each finalist is below so check them out and leave your vote (please use the numbers provided) in the comment section below. voting will close on friday morning at 9 am and the winner will be announced that afternoon. thanks to everyone who entered!

[Entry #1: Illeana]

[Entry #2: Rebecca]

[Entry #3: Phyllis]

[Entry #4: Sharon]

[Entry #5: Jessica G.]

[Entry #6: Sarah]

[Entry #7: Wilhelm]

[Entry #8: Jamie]

[Entry #9: Karen]

[Entry #10: Rachel]

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420 comments
Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:38 am

Wow! Those are HIDEOUS… but I say #3 takes the cake!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:40 am

#8

Penguin & Fish said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:40 am

2 – no contest.

laura said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:40 am

number one. could use a face-lift.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:41 am

#3

Heather said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:41 am

#2-just don’t think they could even be considered cute, kitchy or workable in any circumstance!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:44 am

#9

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:45 am

#1

treasuring said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:45 am

number 5 for sure. those are awful!!!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:47 am

#3, yikes!

Christalena said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:50 am

i vote for number 3. this contest was a fantastic idea…it’s got me laughing!!!

beckie said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:50 am

#3 definately whats with the yarn tassels?

Laura said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:50 am

#8

kira makes stuff said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:51 am

Entry #3: Phyllis

Leigh said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:51 am

#3 is painful!

Miranda said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:52 am

#2 definitely.

Emily (all images copyright of the artist) said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:53 am

#7, Wilhelm!

Meagan said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:54 am

some are so ugly they are cute! but the one with surely no redeeming cuteness is #5

Pieter said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:55 am

3 for a win!!!!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:56 am

#8…no personality at all. the other pillows are ugly as well, but #8 lacks cuteness or kitschiness. ugly AND boring!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:58 am

#3, yikes.

Melanie said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:58 am

Oh my, god, #3 all the way… Phyllis, you poor thing!

ma vie en rose said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:59 am

#3 – I’m with beckie. On its own it could be kind of cute/kitschy but the addition of those tassels…..just takes it to a whole other level. Urgh!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:59 am

2. how gross. how bargain basement couch deal.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:00 am

#3!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:01 am

#5 is heinous

Laura said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:02 am

Entry #1

Erin Lang Norris said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:03 am

#2 for sure!

Erin Lang Norris said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:05 am

oh wait, no i meant #3! the mushroom one. i thought that was #2, my bad!

Sue P said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:05 am

Whoever came up with #5 skipped cutesy-ugly and went straight to just-plain-ugly!

Princess of Everything (and then some) said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:06 am

I vote #3

Porcelain said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:07 am

#3!!!!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:09 am

Phyllis #3
gets my vote

Candice & Shreve & River said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:11 am

Definitely #4

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:12 am

#9

ANNA BELLA STATIONERY said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:12 am

OMG, what an absolute riot! This, by far, is the most entertaining contest you’ve had :-)

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:13 am

i vote #1

Melody said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:14 am

#10!!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:14 am

#1!

Suz said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:15 am

I vote for #9.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:16 am

absolutely #9

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:20 am

Most definitely #3…Just to look at it makes me sneeze!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:21 am

#2, truly gross.

Melinda said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:22 am

It’s really a toss-up between #5 and #2–if we are talking so ugly you can’t even pretend it’s cool ugly–I vote #5.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:23 am

absolutely #3

PoppyD said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:24 am

#2…and there’s so many of them. yuck yuck yuck.

conner said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:26 am

#1 has been beaten by a wildebeest… that’s my vote.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:27 am

#3

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:28 am

#3 – mercy!

Clothes-Pin said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:28 am

#8 : is number 1 whole enough to be considered a pillow?

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:29 am

I vote for #10 : )

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:30 am

I vote for #10 : )

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:32 am

gotta be 3

Anna at D16 said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:34 am

#2 is giving me hives!! ugh…

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:36 am

#3

kelly said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:36 am

All hideous, but #3 takes the cake for sure

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:37 am

#9…

why did this ever come into existence?

kelley said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:38 am

#2… I agree with Heather- can’t imagine any circumstances where these could be tastefully worked-in.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:39 am

#10!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:41 am

3

Kurt said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:44 am

#5 Looks like it might even smell

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:45 am

#1I #1! How horrific! The thing is falling apart!!! Shiver…

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:46 am

#1 for sure… that thing looks rotten…

Sheri said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:47 am

is it wrong if i sort of like #8? it’s residual 1970s-isms…can’t help it…

#7 cause poodles on their own are pretty scary looking.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:48 am

#2 is my vote. I think #3 is cute and can be used in the right setting. I don’t think there’s anything you can do to #2 to salvage it. Will that fabric ever be “in” again?

Sondra frm Montana said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:48 am

Number 3 is the winner in my book.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:50 am

#3 Funny SA

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:51 am

#3

Celia said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:51 am

oh, yuck! they are all awful, in their own way. but i think #3 has to be the worst! ick!

Heather said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:51 am

#5

Christine said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:52 am

I’m going for #7 yuck!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:52 am

#3 – one word-hideous!!!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:53 am

#3!!!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:54 am

I know I’ve seen bad now,#3 is it

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:55 am

#10

sarah from the OC said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:00 am

#10 makes me want to puke!

LM said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:00 am

#3. WHY??!!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:00 am

#9 all the way!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:02 am

Go #9!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:04 am

#3 – although it was tough to pick just one!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:07 am

OMG #3!

MK said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:08 am

#3!!!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:08 am

if i have to pick just one it would be #3

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:11 am

Number 4 is the worst, by a neck, looks like that fake suede polyester stuff that gives me the hives, and they’re ugly. Number three is cute ugly, and number one is worn out but once might have had ethnic charm. Number 5 is pretty bad two. But really the ugliest pillows I’ve seen lately are photo pillows on the Anthropologie website, sale section, shame on them. The horse and dogs are bad, but there are worse, and they still have a personal quirkiness potential about them.

ladyjulianne said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:12 am

#2 – The rest can be seen as kitsch, and I actually like the naffness of the puppy and unicorn ones, but those are just nasty!

Ryann said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:13 am

#2!!! Those are awful!

Aimee said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:15 am

Close call, and those poodles almost had me, but #3 has my vote.

Melanie said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:16 am

No. 5, hands down!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:16 am

#10

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:17 am

#3-
If that belonged to me,
I would have BURNED IT years ago!
Those tassels are HIDEOUS!!!!!

Rose Red said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:17 am

#2

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:18 am

#5 for sure… gross!

Laura said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:20 am

4 gives me the heebie-jeebies. they look…dirty. and not in a good way.

3 might be sort of fab if not for those insane tassels.

Casey said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:21 am

#6.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:23 am

#5

Jes said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:24 am

Number 8 – the type of hideous items that come with ready-furnished rented houses (we hid them in the attic & hoped the mice ate them)

courtney baker said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:26 am

Clearly, #5!

Carrie said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:30 am

#6. It is hilarious.

If you removed the tassels, I’d kind of like #3. Come on, mushrooms are hot right now!

Massilianana said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:31 am

Number 3 , definately !!!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:37 am

#5 all the way

julie said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:38 am

#2

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:39 am

No. 3 is the worst.

While No. 1 is the ugliest in my opinion, it’s so bad that I just cannot believe someone would actually use it.

Katherine said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:41 am

Hard decision, but 7

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:44 am

#3. horrid…..get this girl some new pillows;)

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:47 am

#2

Tasha said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:47 am

Oh, #3 for sure. Um, is it terrible that I don’t think #2 is all that bad? I just think they’re… pillows. Not great, but not horrific.

Deepa said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:47 am

#6 – can’t bear to even look at it.

Great contest. Hats off to all the participants for being such good sports!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:48 am

#2. Besides being ugly, they are overstuffed and don’t look comfy at all.

Jerome said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:48 am

Wow, #9 is U-GLEEEEEE, definitely the worst!

henges17 said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:48 am

I’ve got to go with #3! It makes me cringe!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:49 am

#3 hurts my eyes!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:50 am

i vote #9. the other ones are all kinda cute (i love #5!) but #9 is the one that i would really hate to have in my house.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:51 am

#8

Jerome2 said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:51 am

#9 is definitely the ugliest!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:52 am

Hmmm, they are all pretty ugly, but I guess #9 is the worst.

famapa said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:53 am

No.5. they look like they’re smelly.

Carolyn said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:53 am

#7. Ack!

Mick said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:54 am

I guess I’m not liking #9.

famapa said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:55 am

No.5, hideous! Look like they could do with some Febreze too.

Paul said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:55 am

#9. #9. #9.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:56 am

#1 what exactly were you trying to do?

Keith said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:57 am

Some Girls make me happy. Some Girls make me smile. But the Girl in #9 DOES NOT CUT IT.

ugly pillow hater said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:01 am

#3

rbrome said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:01 am

Ahhh! My eyes!

#2, and by a long shot.

3, 4, 6, 7, and 10 are just awful taste, but they don’t cause me physical pain to look at like #2.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:03 am

#3

Lauren said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:05 am

#7, because not only is the pillow ugly, but the dogs are ugly too! I’ve never seen poodles with facial expressions like that.

chipped said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:05 am

#9!!!!!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:07 am

#2. I just can’t stand the stupid graphics on them.

meridith said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:08 am

i vote for #9 because i really, really, really hate it.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:09 am

#2 – bleh

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:10 am

#3

hvbc said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:11 am

3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joanna Bolick said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:11 am

3

Manuela said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:11 am

3! Wow.

junebug said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:12 am

#9 rubs me the wrong way for sure.

bleck

wig said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:12 am

Ahahaha! I have laughed hard at these. I think the photo image pillows with the white horse and poodles are actually rather kitschy fun though. The shredded thing, #1, is my vote.

Lynne said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:15 am

#8

mountain-quiltist said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:16 am

#3 definitely!

annie-san said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:18 am

this was harder that i thought it was going to be. but the unfortunate winner is…

#3

ann & dabney said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:19 am

no. 9 offends me on so many levels.

joy said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:19 am

#3!

Lauren M. said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:19 am

#8…U-G-L-Y, you ain’t got no alibi–you UGLY!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:20 am

#5 all the way!

Mindy said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:20 am

#2- wow. that is bad.

mykull said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:21 am

#2

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:21 am

#3, eeewwww!

katya said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:21 am

I just don’t know, some are skimming the border between hid-ge and kitsch so closely, but I think for me there’s no double about #3!

Sequana said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:21 am

Before I see anyone else’s vote, let me speak for #3. That is the worst combo of materials I can remember seeing…..*L*

Keepitmoving said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:21 am

Take the tassels off # 3 and it’s not so bad… but #9 has no hope of redemption!

Lauren said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:22 am

#3! the yarn…ick!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:22 am

#5 for sure!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:26 am

#10! Put those poor puppies out of their misery!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:27 am

#3 – gives me shivers!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:30 am

I vote for Entry #2: Rebecca, these dont even have a hint of kitsch

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:31 am

#8

Lyndsy said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:32 am

#8 The colors are AWESOMELY awful!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:33 am

#8…ewww.

zee said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:35 am

#2 – what kind of maniac buys FIVE of that cushion? Black and brown is my most hated colour combination. Ick.

Kathy said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:37 am

#3 for sure!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:37 am

I vote for number 3.

Jessica said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:38 am

#3 — Ack! Tassles!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:41 am

#2 — totally unsalvageable

keba said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:41 am

#10 is the ugliest!

Inner Doris said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:44 am

#4. There’s not even any artistic effort there, like at all. In fact, they’re so bad I’m not sure this person deserves to have nice pillows.

nathalie said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:45 am

#3 definitely.

Estelle said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:46 am

It’s a toss-up between #5 and #8…but I’m gonna have to say #5. Those are not only ugly, they’re yucky. Yucky, I said. Blech.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:49 am

#3,hands down.

Mary said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:49 am

I have to go with #5!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:50 am

I vote for the dirty little # 5’s.

megan said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:51 am

all pretty gross… but #4… i wouldn’t go near that.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:51 am

number 8!!! gross. cat is cute though.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:52 am

#9

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:53 am

9 because it’s just in very bad taste.

1 should just be thrown away.

Jill said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:54 am

#3, Phyllis. Unless her Grandma made it, then it’s sweet. (OK, it’s not.)

sadie said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:56 am

3 and 4 take the cake.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:56 am

#2

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:57 am

3

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:01 pm

#3 – Definitely ugly

Erin C. said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:05 pm

I vote for #8

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:05 pm

#8 I think my grandma had those in the 40’s

Diana said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:05 pm

#9! What is with that thing? The others, I could see maybe something that redeems them. But not #9!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:06 pm

#3

Steve said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:11 pm

#6

Alice said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:12 pm

#2222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222!!!!!

Elizabeth said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:15 pm

#2

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:18 pm

#8-not fun, just fugly

marthalena said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:21 pm

#3. Wow. wow.

Kristen said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:21 pm

#3, those super-sized tassles are just way too much!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:24 pm

#3

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:25 pm

#3

liz said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:29 pm

#5 gives me the creeps

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:29 pm

#3

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:36 pm

#2. I seriously hope there isn’t a matching couch.

Bethany said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:36 pm

#2!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:38 pm

#2. I seriously hope there isn’t a matching couch. Otherwise, two new pillows aren’t gonna help these people.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:39 pm

4444444444

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:40 pm

#9-sex and the city-the pillow!

Lucy said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:42 pm

#2

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:45 pm

truly a stunning collection of ugliness, but i’d have to say #9 (like the beatles said) takes the cake!

Rosie said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:45 pm

#8

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:47 pm

#1

Timothy M. McMurray said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:49 pm

It was close for me. #5 (Brown nasty deer running – is that burlap?) or #6 the Unicorn pillow. Unicorns are cute by nature so….

My vote is for #5 – Dat Shi’ is nasty!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:51 pm

#9

Julia said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:52 pm

they all make me want to hurl. but #8 appears to require fumigation. that’s my vote.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:53 pm

#3

kyra said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:56 pm

this was so hard!
but finally #9 receives my vote. please say it was a gift?

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:57 pm

yikes. I vote for #9 — are those nipples or polka dots, and which would be worse?

Jnett said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:58 pm

#8 – no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

LinnieBell said:
September 20th, 2007 - 12:58 pm

#3…sick, sick, sick!!

Anna said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:00 pm

# 4 is the absolute worst. tackiest idea ever!!! The other ones could have been a good idea in someone’s head, or at least try to be creative or useful.

erin said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:01 pm

#8. There’s just nothing redeemable about it and I swear I can smell the must through my monitor. Eww.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:01 pm

4

Adina said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:02 pm

#3, without a doubt.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:03 pm

#3 definitely!!!

Anne A Wong said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:04 pm

#3 for real…. though they are all pretty awful.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:06 pm

Number 8!

definitiveink said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:08 pm

Is #1 actually a pillow? Since I find it suspect #3 is the winner blows past kitsch to just horrible.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:10 pm

Well, I think we have a winner– or would that be a loser? :)

It has to be # THREE! E-GADzz that’s one ugly pillow!!!

Esin said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:12 pm

#4

disgusting.

but the bed under them is so too.. i hope the new pillows don’t get placed on that!!

Esin said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:15 pm

#4

disgusting.

but the bed under them is so too..
i hope te new pillows don’t get placed on that!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:19 pm

I really hate #3. Yuck.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:22 pm

#3 is certainly the worst!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:23 pm

#4

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:25 pm

i can’t believe I’m so alone here!
some of these uglies have something for me to ponder and look over. especially the handmade ones. But #10 is nothing but offensive to my aesthetic sensibilities; even if i like puppies.
#10 !

biquette said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:27 pm

I kinda like #3…

ugliest = #4.

Lara said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:27 pm

Pillow #2!

Jessica said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:28 pm

#2, but they are all hideous

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:31 pm

#9. The girlfriend/shopping/sister theme is just BAD. Always bad.

Maria said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:31 pm

# 3

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:32 pm

# 3

meg mateo ilasco said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:37 pm

for ugliest i give it to #3.

but if it were for the funniest pillow, i’d give it to #7. that pillow is hilarious with the husband-and-wife looking dog duo.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:37 pm

#3 is hideous.

deb said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:37 pm

#3!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:38 pm

#8…you couldn’t pay me to put my face on that thing

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:40 pm

#4 is unforgivably ugly

robin said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:46 pm

#9 for sure is the worst visually, though the one i’d least like to touch is #8.

but #6 and #7 would look great on my stark white couch! They fit the -so bad it’s good- aesthetic i sometimes go for…

brittanykate said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:47 pm

#1, please. Please please do burn that thing.

Zelda said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:49 pm

#2.
They are not for children and someone actually got paid for that design. Someone else did atleast have fun making #3…

pink23 said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:49 pm

#8. I look at #8 and immediately remember every unhappy musty apartment i was dragged to in my life up until now

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:50 pm

It was tough, but #5 takes the cake!! Those pillows have an awful shape to them and I couldn’t even begin to image what they would go with (other than puke). Some of the other ones would be cute if they had the right decor and environment to let them shine.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:53 pm

3

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:56 pm

#3

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 1:57 pm

#3. nasty!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:06 pm

Without a doubt, 5! All the rest, some hipster could spin as ironic. 5 just says, “I’m ugly, put me out of my misery.”

.Shannon .Doran.. said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:09 pm

5. some of these could have worked at some point in their life, or have this awful…long forgotten bad present aura about them. but 5 looks like some bad polar fleece made into pillows. just rough.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:11 pm

# 8 is the worst (and Wilhelm, if you can afford that chair – you my friend can afford a better pillow)

the screaming wallflower said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:13 pm

#3… ouch.

mama sponge said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:15 pm

number 3,definitely!!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:18 pm

#3 looks like Raggedy Anne and a hobbit had sex in a microwave oven and fused together. Brings new meaning to the emoticon :O

gretchen said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:19 pm

#3 hands down.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:19 pm

#7 i kindof like #7, maybe there’s something wrong with me. sigh.

Raven said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:19 pm

Hands down, the mushroom pillow.

Smurfette wants it back.

Brittany said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:20 pm

#8!

Amberlicious said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:22 pm

My eyes!!! #2 for sure.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:28 pm

#10

Ami said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:29 pm

#6

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:29 pm

I vote for #3… the tragic mushrooms with tassles. #6 and #7 are quite excellent actually and pull of tacky quite well and hilariously.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:34 pm

NUMBER 8

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:36 pm

#2

Meghan said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:41 pm

Number 5. They make me feel kicky and punchy.

nikki said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:55 pm

#9…ugh

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:55 pm

Wow!! It is a tie between #1 and #3.
Betty

Posybunny said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:57 pm

#3

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:57 pm

Oh my gosh – it HAS to be pillow # 3 – the combo of those mushrooms and tassles – blech! Yes it’s tacky, but while the other pillows are ugly, there’s a simplicity to them that doesn’t push them over the top of ugliness – but for pillow #3, those tassles take the cake!

Caitlin B said:
September 20th, 2007 - 2:59 pm

#2!!

Stephanie Besselt-O'Leary said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:03 pm

[Entry #1: Illeana]

orangelauren said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:03 pm

#5
:P

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:11 pm

#9 hands down

Camilla said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:12 pm

#1 for sure

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:13 pm

#2

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:22 pm

5.

Five.

Cinco.

Did I mention 5?

Tama said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:34 pm

#6 all the way!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:34 pm

#10!!!!! puppies!!!!

Julia said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:35 pm

#8

Jaime Beattie said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:38 pm

Definitely #1

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:40 pm

I agree with Anonymous.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:42 pm

#3 but #2 is a close second. It looks like they are breeding.

patricia said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:43 pm

#3
so I think there should a follow up contest with the most beautiful pillow, just for some balance.

staci said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:44 pm

#3. Hardcore.

modern printed matter said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:44 pm

#3 is the ugliest pillow i have ever seen.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:47 pm

hands down #3. I think she made it herself!

Jenny_H said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:48 pm

#3 the mushroom one!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:52 pm

[Entry #3: Phyllis]

by far the ugliest pillow!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 3:59 pm

I say #5.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 4:09 pm

#3 – foul.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 4:11 pm

#8 gives me the ickies more than any of the others.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 4:24 pm

OMG- #8 with the cat, this is totally a cushion from my couch! It was a hand-me-down from my last roomate. However, I love it. Its avocado green damask in the best way.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 4:32 pm

#3 is the worst!

melissa said:
September 20th, 2007 - 4:34 pm

#3 is hei-nous. it’s so bad i don’t care if i spelled that correctly. thhhhppplllt! :)

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 4:40 pm

#4 Crafty gone bad!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 4:43 pm

number 3 is definitely the worst!

Darcy810 said:
September 20th, 2007 - 4:43 pm

#9 Definitely

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 4:44 pm

It is a close race between #1 & #2, but #2 won by a nose… or a brown ovaloid, as the case may be.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 4:48 pm

6 easy

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 4:49 pm

I have to vote for #2 – the others made me laugh, these were just sad – rebecca deserves something beautiful for living with them!

dean said:
September 20th, 2007 - 5:08 pm

#2

i think its that number for a reason (nudge, nudge).

style saves the world said:
September 20th, 2007 - 5:14 pm

#2 for sure!

(is it wrong i kinda like a lot of the others??)

http://www.stylesavestheworld.com

be glam. live green.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 5:20 pm

three!!!!!!!!!!!

Caitlin said:
September 20th, 2007 - 5:20 pm

#10 all the way

Ann said:
September 20th, 2007 - 5:28 pm

I vote for #1-Ileana’s tattered relic.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 5:30 pm

9

Ann said:
September 20th, 2007 - 5:31 pm

#1

valerie said:
September 20th, 2007 - 5:32 pm

oh. muh. gawd.
people own these things??

though all are horrid, 9 is the most *offensive* of the bunch. the rest run the gamut from plain-old-ugliness to ironicute. there’s just no excuse for #9.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 5:35 pm

No. 6 is by far the ugliest

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 5:42 pm

#2 outstandingly hideous

Tina said:
September 20th, 2007 - 5:45 pm

#3 for sure- who bought all these to begin with?

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 5:46 pm

ugh, no.3

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:02 pm

I can’t believe my eyes, #3!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:03 pm

#3…why would you decorate your pillow with fungus and yarn?

pinkbathtub said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:03 pm

#3…oh my.

Robin said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:06 pm

#9, please.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:08 pm

2

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:09 pm

2

Stephanie Russell said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:21 pm

#3…hope their mom didn’t make that!

Lindsay said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:23 pm

#4 YUCK!!!!!!!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:26 pm

#1 for sure

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:27 pm

#3 is definitely a very ugly pillow.

Susan said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:28 pm

all gross but #3 is grossest

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:32 pm

#3- definitely!!!!!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:35 pm

#5. Numbingly horrible.

K. Snider said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:44 pm

#3

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:45 pm

#1, Illeana, thats pretty bad

Kyle Lynn said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:46 pm

my vote is for yucky number 3!

Gena said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:46 pm

#6 Sarah

Val said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:47 pm

To quote Project Runway, “There is some serious ugly going on in here.”

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 6:49 pm

They’re all painful, but I think #4 is the worst. #4 owner – even if you don’t win – please, please get new pillows.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 7:01 pm

#5 is the one i would least like to have in my home…

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 7:02 pm

#10 for sure! and its not because we lugged this thing back from greece for rachel….

vanessa said:
September 20th, 2007 - 7:03 pm

FIIIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVE.

smelly. yucky.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 7:07 pm

wtf, 6-7 and 10, I love them!

Number 1 sucks

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 7:10 pm

#9 offends on many, many levels.

caroline said:
September 20th, 2007 - 7:13 pm

number 5 -yeah right

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 7:20 pm

#9 fo’ sho’!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 7:23 pm

#9 fo’ sho’!

Catherine said:
September 20th, 2007 - 7:28 pm

2 they are terrible!!!!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 7:29 pm

#3 for sure, hands down. (and is it wrong that I liked a couple of the entries? Yikes.)

kellie said:
September 20th, 2007 - 7:40 pm

#3…wow

dash said:
September 20th, 2007 - 7:48 pm

ugly being the new pretty, it’s hard to decide, but I have to say…

#9!

it was great seeing you tonight, grace! rock on.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 7:50 pm

#3 for sure!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:03 pm

#3 without a doubt… very closely followed by #1

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:12 pm

# 3 – She must have made it – that’s why she’s kept it all this time.

Lauren said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:14 pm

I vote for #2. Yikes.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:26 pm

holy crap! #3

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:32 pm

#3, #3, #3 – a crafter’s vision gone amok!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:41 pm

#2 Rebecca’s pillows are the WORST! I think that the others can be redeemed by a kitsch aesthetic, but those? Not even the great 80s priest Father Guido Carducci can resurrect them!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:56 pm

#8 very ugly

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 8:59 pm

Number 7 but no. 10 is pretty bad too!
I thought the pillow a well meaning aunt made me with my wedding photo on it was bad but these beat it hands down. (still needed to destroy it though – hope she never asks where it is!).

Michelle said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:02 pm

#3 for sure! Deliciously tacky.

emily said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:03 pm

#2.

Is anyone else wondering if Sarah and Wilhelm bought their pillows from the same place?

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:20 pm

#3 is it!!!

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:53 pm

It’s a tough one, but I’ve gotta go with #5.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 9:55 pm

#8.

eliza said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:01 pm

wow they’re ugly, but #3 takes the cake.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:24 pm

definitely #5

Carson said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:29 pm

gosh, they’re all so hideous it’s really hard to choose!
But I think #2 wins ‘by a nose’.

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 10:56 pm

#3 by far

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:00 pm

#3 by far

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:10 pm

Number #6 for sure

Anonymous said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:49 pm

No. 4 Hands down.

Ali said:
September 20th, 2007 - 11:51 pm

#3 … tassels and mushrooms. eek.

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 12:30 am

Gotta be #5 for me! Yuk, yuk, YUK!

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 12:32 am

Gotta be #5 for me! Yuk, yuk, YUK!!!

Heather Moore said:
September 21st, 2007 - 12:49 am

Number 3 for sure!

babeth said:
September 21st, 2007 - 1:00 am

#7!!!

Megan said:
September 21st, 2007 - 1:07 am

#6 is awesome!

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 1:25 am

Yuck #2

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 1:26 am

#2 yuck!

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 1:28 am

2 is awful!

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 1:29 am

Did someone really have #2 in their home? Its a clear winner!

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 1:30 am

Do we really need a vote 2 is a clear winner!

Christina said:
September 21st, 2007 - 1:36 am

2 is just bad sorry

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 1:37 am

#2

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 1:38 am

Love hte puppy pillows! the horse is pretty sweet, too.

Gotta give it to the world’s ugliest pillow(With a pretty cute cat on it)–#8 is the worst!

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 1:47 am

damn! it’s got to be #8. I Think that cat is stuck to that fugly thing.

Christina said:
September 21st, 2007 - 1:54 am

2 I feel so strongly about this one. If anyone ever needed some new pillows!

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 1:56 am

Are you serious its #2!

Spray Glue said:
September 21st, 2007 - 2:18 am

I think I just threw up in my mouth a a little…

#2!!

Gary*

Ju Manchu said:
September 21st, 2007 - 2:19 am

#6

beruta said:
September 21st, 2007 - 2:27 am

A really a difficult decision!
But finally I`ve decided #9!

katie knits said:
September 21st, 2007 - 2:33 am

got to be #3

victoria said:
September 21st, 2007 - 2:53 am

#3 takes it.

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 3:04 am

#6, wrong

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 3:17 am

3 fo sho

susan said:
September 21st, 2007 - 4:12 am

#6 – wind effect and all, sheesh!

Laura said:
September 21st, 2007 - 4:32 am

#3

Meg said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:00 am

Absolutely #6! Totally awful…

Sarah said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:07 am

Number 2! Ew!

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:11 am

#3

shudder.

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:14 am

#2 went out in 60’s!

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:15 am

#2 not even funny

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:17 am

#2 not fashion conscious obviously

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:18 am

#2 too drab

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:19 am

#2 like what my gran had…

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:21 am

#2 hate brown & TAN

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:22 am

#2 sore on the eyes…

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:23 am

#2 u g l y

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:25 am

#2 yukky!

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:34 am

GRRRRRRRRRR #4

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:43 am

#4 ugly

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:44 am

#4 is ugly

Chipie said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:48 am

definitely #3

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:50 am

i’m voting for Entry #4: Sharon!

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:53 am

#9 remarkably bad

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:54 am

number 4 for sure!

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 5:55 am

#4 — and get this girl a new comforter too!

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2007 - 6:00 am

#2 Bad! Bad! Bad!

Venedia said:
October 28th, 2008 - 4:06 pm

7 by far. 3 is so ugly it may be cool again.

Anna said:
October 28th, 2008 - 9:07 pm

#6
Hahaha seriously come on! :)
where could you fit that!? I can imagine the space it would go in and that just freaks me out!

Janet said:
October 29th, 2008 - 4:48 am

#3 is so ugly it makes me itch.

October 29th, 2008 - 5:58 am

[...] Ugly pillow faceoff! [...]

kaytie said:
October 29th, 2008 - 10:19 am

#1
It’s amazing that anyone has saved this pillow – it looks like all kinds of nastiness is lurking in its torn and stained surfaces. Ugh!!

LindaQ said:
October 29th, 2008 - 12:20 pm

#1, the worst!!

Cindy G said:
October 29th, 2008 - 12:40 pm

#3, so ugly it’s funny.

Heather said:
October 29th, 2008 - 1:44 pm

#1!!!

Liz said:
October 29th, 2008 - 8:14 pm

Hey! I like #7!!! I want it. If you want to sell it let me know as I have a matching one and would love a pair.

Liz said:
October 29th, 2008 - 8:15 pm

oops meant #8

mona said:
October 30th, 2008 - 1:58 pm

yikes! da dun dun dun… #3

frances said:
November 4th, 2008 - 3:07 pm

#3.

but #6? really? give that thing a unicorn horn and you’d have hipsters all over that!

czechmate said:
November 5th, 2008 - 11:36 pm

whoa – #2 gives me nightmares.

Juli said:
August 18th, 2009 - 9:23 pm

#6

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