Garden ornaments, objects that are part of the garden design, have rich histories, sometimes rivaling the living landscapes they embellish.

Emma Peel has been obsessed with garden ornaments since she was a child(Supplied/Emma Peel) From concrete koalas to hot pink flamingos, our garden ornaments say ...

Kitsch is a term that refers to something overly sentimental, vulgar or in just plain poor taste. Paintings on velvet of Elvis Presley, plastic pink flamingos and hula girl statues were all once ...

Art is enjoying a coming out party across America as gardeners add personality to their yards. Discarded farm implements are being restored for use as planters. Plywood cutouts of Disney-like ...

If there's anything that scares the pants off the avant-garde art world, it's kitsch. Plastic statues of saints and garden Pietas, say. Or tropical landscapes spray-painted on the sides of vans. But ...

From Basanti cushions to Meena Kumari coasters – Bollywood is the hot new decor trend of the season Reel to Real Mahmood advises using old film posters and film-inspired artworks to spice up a simple ...

Shopping at Walmart a few years ago, David Morgan saw a statuette of Santa Claus praying on one knee before a cross and knew he had to have it. Morgan, a professor and religious studies chair at Duke ...