25 Conversation Pieces for Your Home

These are things you might not be sure about until your friends freak out over their amazing-ness.

Crested Crane Bust

Beige sisal rugs and white duvet covers are sorta the blue jeans and black dresses of décor: totally necessary staples that are great and timeless and all things good, if a little boring in their basic-ness.

The home goods in this slideshow, on the other hand, are anything but ordinary. They're the statements, the sort of things you aren't sure about until one of your friends freaks over their amazing-ness.

Pop art throw pillows Liza Minelli would love, heirloom-y accents straight out of a Charles Dickens novel and shower curtains that might actually make you laugh, legitimately, out loud? Yeah, you're sure to get more that a few compliments -- and queries -- on those kinds of tchotchkes.

This slide: Mount it near your closet and drape your necklaces and belts around it.

Crested Crane Bust, $198, Anthropologie.com

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Silver Snow Globe

About as big as my head, it's the ultimate little-kid-turned-adult desk accessory.

Silver Snow Globe, $225, Maison Martin Margiela, Cooperhewitt.org

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Quaaludes Jar

Or cookies, or dog treats. Your choice.

Quaaludes Jar, $138, Jonathanadler.com

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Pewter Hourglass

All the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen appeal of a telescope or globe, without the space commitment.

Large Pewter Hourglass, $235, Match, Barneys.com

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Hors d'Ouevres Tray

You could serve Kraft Singles on it and they'd somehow seem fancy.

"Make Headlines" Hors d'Ouevres Tray, $75, Katespade.com

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Chained Vase

Fill them with wild flowers or floating candles for a centerpiece Courtney Love would adore.

Chained Vase, $148 for small or $198 for large, Anthropologie.com

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Bronze Legs

Fancy, grown-up artwork for rental places (no holes in the walls needed).

Bronze Legs, $1,495, Kellywearstler.com

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"Please Don't Leave" Rug

Fool them into thinking they didn't overstay their welcome.

"Please Don't Leave" Rug, $18, Urbanoutfitters.com

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Ceiling Medallion

Push your light fixtures into ornate, Narnia territory.

"Golden Twig" Ceiling Medallion, $320, Neimanmarcus.com

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French Bowling Set

Might even be more fun than Jenga.

1920s French Bowling Set, $299, Restorationhardware.com

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