Who is afraid of the clown? Apparently enough people to have an own term for this fear: Coulrophobia.
In our holiday bungalow on Poel we found a children’s porcelain savings ‚box’ in the form of a clown’s head, used as decoration. It was so ugly and trashy that we immediately named it
Gruselclown
(German for creepy clown)
Gruselclown (Before)
In a state of absolute coulrophobia, I decided that it definitely needed to get a real makeover:
- Gruselclown – After our intervention
The bookshelf had mostly thriller and horror novels on offer. With the name already set for the clown and seeing the books, it was a short way to decide to turn him into a skull. Now he had a real purpose to hold the books upright and add to the horror theme and the poor thing did not look so out-of-place anymore.
Gruselkabinett – Horror Bookshelve
In good company with books titled: In the Name of the Dead and Cemetery of the Living Dead or In a Coma.
Disclaimer: It has become a habit of mine, to subtly alter and improve the decoration in hotels and holiday appartments when I have the opportunity. I do this with respect to the owners and future guests. I do not intend any harm and hope that it will put a smile on people’s faces who notice.
Imke Rust 
I only fear the first one, now it has character! Perhaps it is just this lack of expression/character which makes clowns so frightening.
Exactly – the lack of expression or character of mass-produced, cheap stuff that we surround ourselves with, is what I find frightening, because it all does influence us in the end. I hope my little interventions, give it a bit of character and soul.
OMG, you are dangerous! And you seem to do a lot of hanging out in hotel rooms :-). very cool clown xxx
Just a tiny bit of a rebell spirit in me… and no, I am not that often in hotels, but in this holiday bungalow I was lucky – it had lots of bad taste decorations to play around with 😉 Thank you, dear Jutta, for your continued support! big hug!