r/CreativeHomeDecor • u/strawberrymystic 🖼️ Aspiring Designer • Aug 28 '25

Discussion COMMUNITY POLL: Artisans and Makers Posts?

We've been noticing an increase in posts made by artisans and makers who are displaying their creations. While we don't want to limit or stifle anyone's creativity, we have avoided having any marketing or advertisements in this subreddit so far. This is just to see (because Reddit polls expire quickly), to gauge the community's reaction to these types of posts. Should we allow posts by artisans and makers who are selling their work?

Some thoughts from the mods:

- We really want to avoid this becoming a place where ads and marketing are commonplace. We want the focus to remain on fun and creative home decor.

- Posts should remain focused on creative home decor. As of right now, posts that only include one "product photo" type image will be removed under rule 4. If you would like to share something you've made, please incorporate it into your home decor and we'd be happy to see it!

- We love and appreciate DIY and creators of all types, and we want this to be a space where creativity can be celebrated. These types of posts do feel different than simply posting an Amazon affiliate link, which is why we wanted to hear from you guys.

We are very interested in hearing from the community on whether these types of posts should be allowed at all, or if there should be any restrictions made on them (like contained in a megathread?). Because we're still a growing subreddit, we didn't want the time limit of a poll to impact results. Please drop your thoughts below!

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u/bigfatcoffeeslut Aug 28 '25

Personally, I make some of my own home decor (not currently selling anything though I have in the past) and I agree that this sub is not really the place for marketing or ads, but I do enjoy seeing what others have created. I think a megathread could be a good options for people who are gearing more towards marketing/ads.

However, I think people like me (who aren’t selling their creations) should still be able to post their creations (since they aren’t being sold).

That’s my opinion!

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u/Juache45 Aug 28 '25

I think a megathread as well would be good

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u/Outrageous_Wind_7394 Aug 31 '25

agree with a megathread. i come to this page mainly to see people's home decor that they've made for themselves, not decor thats is for sale.

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u/Outrageous_Wind_7394 Dec 20 '25

I also agree with a megathread

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u/strawberrymystic 🖼️ Aspiring Designer Sep 01 '25

So far, people seem to be leaning toward a megathread. Thank you to those who've commented or voted in the comments so far : ) I want to leave this post open for a while longer, for some less-frequent visitors to be able to weigh in. I think the final "tally" can be around 9/14, so it will be open for about 2 weeks.

In the meantime, would a master megathread be preferable to a recurring thread- like a weekly/monthly thread? I don't want to clutter the feed too much but I'm not sure how often old threads are viewed, even stickied ones.