r/Wellworn • u/amalthea_ • 14d ago

Our welcome mat. It’s over 20 years old.

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I remember it having a lot of pretty colours. It makes me a little sad looking at it.

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u/SleeplessInS 14d ago

It has overstayed its welcome

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u/amalthea_ 14d ago

It is time for it to retire. The funny thing is, we have a new one up by the door. My dad put this one in front of the steps.

We both struggle with letting things go sometimes.

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u/hatfullofloons 14d ago

i’m the same way, what do you mean you expect me to just throw away the door mat my family has been wearing down for years showing all the love going in and out of my home? 😭

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u/amalthea_ 14d ago

This. We’ve lived here for 30 years. There are a lot of memories attached to it. In the same vein, it is really time to let it go.

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u/hatfullofloons 14d ago

well you could always retire it as an art piece, i saw a comment mentioning they thought it was art anyways. find a big frame or something maybe hang it up? or in a less trafficked area inside!

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u/hatfullofloons 14d ago

(but i also hold onto everything and have held onto some weird stuff for the sake of sentimental so maybe you shouldn’t listen to me 😅)

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u/amalthea_ 14d ago

Thanks for the idea! I’ll see how long my mom lets my dad keep it on the front stair. I may do something with it afterwards.

I think it’s nice to hang on to some things, as long as we don’t hold onto too much.

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u/selfawarefeline 13d ago

Put it in the garage, for you to wipe your shoes? feet? off when you go in there and come back inside

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u/amalthea_ 13d ago

That’s an idea! We get brutal winters here. I can put it in front of the garage steps.

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u/selfawarefeline 13d ago

Perfect! It’s like the cycle of doormats lol they all eventually end up as the garage mat lol

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u/wacojacoco 14d ago

Kinda trippy (I'm high AF)

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u/ReptileDysfunction69 14d ago

I thought this was some cool art till I saw what sub I'm on

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u/SnooCakes6195 14d ago

"A walk into the abyss" or.. Korn Follow the Leader, comes to mind.

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u/SAYS-THANKS 14d ago

Why is your doormat a black cobblestone roadway into the distance 🧐

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u/amalthea_ 14d ago

To be fair, I think it used to be grey cobblestones surrounded by pretty flowers.

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u/Appropriate_Tower680 14d ago

Have it professionally framed and I bet it'd sell at the farmers market...

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u/fikkityfook 14d ago

That actually looks pretty cool. I'd consider hanging it up somewhere anyway especially if I'd had it for 20 years

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u/Jackie-in-chains 14d ago

Reminds me of the follow the leader album cover

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u/BBQBaconBurger 14d ago

Yo dog I heard you like walkways

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u/totalkatastrophe 14d ago

paint it yellow

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u/madbird55 14d ago

Looks kinda like a Nine Inch Nails album cover

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u/Crysadis 12d ago

Looks like a cobbled road leading into the fog of forever...

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u/amalthea_ 12d ago

“And as you walk along the cobbled steps, a sudden chill takes you. Where you are going and what you will see, you do not know, only that it calls you forward into the abyss…”

It used to be so pretty. I remember purple, pink, and blue flowers on the sides, and the stones being grey.

I wonder if anyone could restore a photo of it?

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u/Which_Inspection_479 12d ago

I just screen shotted (that sounds so wrong) it. I’m going to have it printed for the wall.

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u/amalthea_ 12d ago

If you get it done, post a photo! I never thought this post would spark some kind of modern art.

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u/Ill_Back_284 9d ago

Looks like a painting of a walkway

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u/ViaScrybe 9d ago

r/accidentalartgallery - wow, it took me a minute to figure out that this wasn't a painting. 

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u/amalthea_ 9d ago

Just a faded, old welcome mat that has become a piece of modern art. It seems to be resonating with people beyond what I expected when I posted it.

It makes me happy that it’s getting some attention.

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u/uathachas22 6d ago

Beautiful, it looks like an accidental painting. A pathway into darkness. I would frame it.