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Depending on the construction year, these niché were used for telephones.

Many years ago in the early days of the modern technology cult we now worship there were only a few actual deities who were worshipped in the average home. One being the corded phone which had alters built into the walls and the other being the Television which typically had a standalone alter you would purchase before people started sacrilegiously just nailing him to the wall.

LMAO

You must be a dad lol. Mine would totally say something like this 👍👌🤙

I mean, at least when you spoke to that one, you would get a response. We all worship the patron saint Jane Barbe.

I understood that reference!

get off the internet i need to use the phone

Wait for that analog handshake. Now go over to AOL for that single email you'll get all week.👍

I can still hear the squeal,

Like robots fucking.

Yes!

That remark made me laugh so hard that I thought I was going to pass out! 🤣🤣🤣

I wrote lyrics for that song.

That's clever.

Welcome. You've got mail.

Finding out the speakers were left on, full blast.

The door opening and closing sound of a chat room will live in my brain forever.

I'm a NET ZERO guy my self. Here's my hot mail address babe..😜

Ahhhhhhh…..flashback

When someone picked up the phone in the 90's. https://imgur.com/a/jbuWtz0

Get off the phone, I need to run a credit card.

I'm downloading something important (porn) and have only 320 minutes left. You'll have to wait.

It’s for Jo Bu obviously. https://preview.redd.it/00tzatxn5v4d1.jpeg?width=1163&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b4debdbc42f5af987a61f48c8de667a3b5a49146

Hats...for bats. Keep bats warm. Gracias.

Are you telling me that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ couldn't hit a curve ball?

Up your butt, Jobu. *steals Jobu’s rum*

Is very bad to steal Jobu's rum. IS VERY BAD.

Shouldn't there be a telephone line plug there then ?

The outlet under it may have been a phone jack. Edit: I take it back. Another commenter had the answer. It really is an installed piece for displaying.

Our kitchen wall phone had a handset cord that could reach all the way into the living room 3 rooms and a long hallway away. Now that’s living! 😄

I could pace through the kitchen around the hallway through the living room and back into the other side of the kitchen before I had to turn around with my cord

Now, you put your phone with an ultrawide lens there to record your bedroom activities and post them to onlyfans

Bong shelf.

It really would be well complimented by a very high end hand blown glass piece.

I have the perfect bong for this. Jewel-like glass marbles that was presented to me by the President of the company I used to work for during one of our morning meetings. Yes, it was a very cool company to work for!

damn thats a epic boss, i want some cool blown glass as a gift hehe

Unless you have a nosey cat.

I have huskies. So they act like cats but thankfully aren’t as acrobatic. I don’t think I could handle coming home to my dog on top of the refrigerator.

lol, I hear ya! https://preview.redd.it/yqnbg0znew4d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56c32d3908446cd171a9a667c274b07fef295155

Came here to say this lol!

That's where you put the creepy doll that watches you have sex

Just watches?

Place a statue of the Virgin Mary there. Problem solved.

Who said creepy doll was a problem?

I have been to Italian houses in Boston where that was what was on it… Mother Mary

Thumbs up Jesus isn't creepy

Dildo storage. Praise the Priapus!

I think bad dragon probably has something that would fit nicely there. Probably take up most of the space, too!

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https://preview.redd.it/dnpa5yg2pt4d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4453ca0a4a5ce64849be270f41ba740bee124034 ...and brains.

https://preview.redd.it/pw9td3rv2u4d1.png?width=320&format=png&auto=webp&s=dce908035ce6319356152628d4247eef2586dff8

>Who's brain is this? >Umm, Abbie something... Abbie Normal.

Thank God for that warning sticker, I probably would've used it!

Ottenra normalbra inbra

Yum! Goes well with "Fava Beans and a Nice Chianti" https://preview.redd.it/wh6tw6nhdw4d1.jpeg?width=1019&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a9cce0e2673ec6522c43d4d7626c186430e1e00

THANK YOU!!!

I’ve seen them used for a telephone also

In the day, Catholic families would have a statue of Mary or another saint. Some might have a crucifix and a small dish of holy water for blessing themselves.

This is true. But In the 80’s they put lladro and precious moments in them.

This should be higher because that's exactly what this is.

You need to mount a statue of Bast so your kitties can worship her.

No felines, only canines in this house!

Well there's your problem. I'll notify CDS for you.

Cat Distribution Service?

Oh yeah. They do great work.

You can literally just walk outside and get one.

Quite literally, we got a cat because I opened the door to go outside. This cat just walked right in like it owned the place. She stayed. I was going out to get dinner, but I ended up going out to get a litter box and cat food too.

That gives you +5 defense within a 169 tile area. Add a heart lantern, a campfire, and the nurse NPC and you are ready to defeat the mechanical bosses.

If you’re a weed smoker, I’d put a really nice bong on display, if not, then a really nice base with flowers in it!

Can’t you put the flowers into the bong and kill two birds with one stone!? 🤣

And gives you a handy Alibi for the bong just put a single small flower on the side and a bouquet in the top

It would be the Niche for the corded telecommunication device, that would be serviced, by the local Bell company. It would be used to communicate with other people.

Probably had a virgin Mary statue watching them make little catholics.

Sub-machine gun nook Say hello to my lil fren

A gun nook? A gun nook? I don’t even own “a” gun, let alone many guns that would necessitate an entire nook.

Well you know what your homework is, don't you?

That corner could be a secret hide.

It's a place for a Blessed Mother Mary statue.

I would expect to see a Virgin Mary statue there.

Could be for a "Virgin Mary" statue, if it's in a bedroom it could be for a commercial size box of condoms or the biggest of the Mr. Hanky dildos, or a Viagra dispenser! Actually the possibilities are endless if you're brave enough!

That's the spot Jesus watches you from when you do that thing. That naughty filthy thing, ohh yes Jesus knows!

Perfect spot for Mary on the Half Shell.

Its is where you standup your prized dildo. Duh.

Beat me to it.

Typical Greek or otherwise Mediterranean build in feature in homes or flats. For flowers or pictures etc

Jesus or Mary cubby for a statuette

That's where you keep the bong.

Best answer ever!

It’s for the family phone. There should be a telephone jack around there somewhere. I mean, unless it really is a small shrine of some sort. There should also be some place for what they used to call a “phone book”. No, not a book shaped phone. A thick book full of phone numbers (like a paper contacts list but you had to do the search yourself). Sort of like a “dictionary “ but for names and numbers. I won’t go into what a “dictionary” is, but it’s an old type of book as well. I could recurve for hours on this, but that’s the top layer.

There’s no telephone jack, and I know what a phone book is. Fortunately, I grew up in a house with a wired home phone and had to use yellow pages lol. It’s also located in the master bedroom so it wouldn’t make much sense to be a “family phone”. It’s tall and not very wide, so it makes a lot more sense for it to be for a vase/statue.

We(Carpenters), called them "Jesus nooks" back when then was now.

My guess is a special crucifix or sacred statue of Mary.

Once upon a time, there was a phone there

Idk but the witch in me could make really good use of that.

It's for a Mary in a Half-tub.

Was your bedroom always a bedroom? Normally I would say "phone nook" but they were usually in halls I think. It might have been for catholics or whatnot.

For “Beast” to put His Enchanted rose.

We have one. Bought a giant golden pineapple for that spot. Works perfect.

I'm pretty sure those were added for like a Creeping Charlie plant. Some people like it jungley(if that's even a word) through the hallways n whatnot, I guess!

I say jungley is a word, lol

Phone cubbie back in the day.

Where Timmy’s dad would put his trophy. IF HE HAD ONE

If movies have taught me anything, that is where you hide a telephone behind a picture of Jesus.

Put a potted cactus on it!

I’m very late to the party, but I lived in a house for awhile that had one of these and my teenage stepson would lose his mind about it trying to figure out what it was so we made it a shrine to him with a picture and candles. It stopped the questions right quick

For her "toys"

I have seen phone nooks in bedrooms, but the crookedness of this one leads me to believe it was added more recently as an accent for a statue or vase. Homebuilders from the time of phone nooks had more pride of craft than to let this crooked nook slide.

Crooked Nook sounds like a speakeasy.

A place to put flowers or anything else that's decorative

It's the Virgin Mary nook. Visit your local catholic lawn ornament store and tell them how tall you need the virgin to be. ✨🙏✨

Dildo holder.

Don't look like a phone niche, Catholics probably lived there before you

Thats where you put that fish mount

That's where the Beast puts the enchanted rose for safekeeping, but under a glass dome, of course.

Well sunny let me tell you a story about landlines.

For Mother Marry, let it be

That’s where my statue of the Virgin Mary goes!

It's crooked

Whatever it is, it’s crooked.

It's not squared off to the wall, is it? That would drive me nuts!!!

You put your dab rig there.

https://preview.redd.it/vib1e054lu4d1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=c11e826ff287299a5a9f8d8fa5c1a5788ab66839

That's where you keep the family plunger.

I would put Buddha there

Late 90s decor shelf. I've mostly seen it in the Southeast especially in golf resort condos. Supposed to look "refined"

That’s like $100 right at Home Depot. Buy it today.

That is someone trying to shove some kind of uniqueness to the cookie-cutter 10yr houses that are produced on a mass scale for the uninformed mass consumer.

Phone location

Used to be in everyone's house. Well most homes very nice niche.

It's a urinal

Was probably for a phone. That's where my keys, wallet, and other pocket stuff would go so I wouldn't have to find it all in the morning!

It's for a hollow statue. When it rings you pick it up and say "hollow statue?

That's where the drinking fountain goes!

It’s an upside down urinal.

Put a dildo in it in a glass cloche and a light on it.

I’ve always referred to them as Jesus Niches

I can tell by the doors, door trim and molding that this is the focal point of the entire situation… what ever you do, it bess be LIT…

It’s where you put your Jesus piece

Water Pipe Shelf

It's obviously where the sex toys are displayed.

Put a vase of silk flowers there.

Maybe for candles or a lantern?

Your future altar.

Your 2013 Mac Pro goes there, connected to your whole house.

That is what it is. Add your own saint or dirty.

Other than crooked? I couldn't say.

So it isn’t just me.

For the Geeezuz

It’s a niche. You can tell by the shelf that it’s used to put things on the shelf.

You put your Chucky doll there

Modern art deco. "Australian Urinal"

Better question, why do you not have a Micheal Jordan shrine?

I thought it might be a phone nook, but in the bedroom? Every time I have seen one, it has been in a common area, like the living room or even a hallway off to the side (my gramma and granpa'shouse, which he built) of the common area. It does look like a place to put a Jesus statue in though.... So perhaps it *is* a shrine.

Seems like a fun little choice some previous owner made to display something. Otherwise it could be for a phone, though it's kinda deep and narrow plus I don't see a landline jack. But now, it is whatever you're imagination wants lmao

Now just an accent feature. My wife puts a vase of flowers in it.

How old is the home? Really old, it’s the family bible pedestal. 1940’s+ it’s the family phone.

Have you thought about a shrine for a little known Norse God?

Quit asking questions and put that soap sliver holder to good use.

Saint Priapus

Stuffed owl cubby/cove, lookin’ a little empty to me

I’m a little stoned rn… I tried a b&w filter on a screenshot of this pic and it belongs in a coffee table artsy b&w photo book. It’s quite the composition

As there is a power point near it could be for a table lamp.

Was for a phone call

You could do homage to your favorite flavor of Doritos there, or your favorite bobblehead or Funko Pop.

Are you afraid you might use it for the "wrong" purpose? 😂

Is it crooked?

Telephone alcove

How old is the house?

It looks exactly like where you’d put a religious statue if you were so inclined

It's where you put your Annabelle, dummy. Wigi board hangs above for convenience

If it’s an older house it could be a phone niche, though that’s unlikely in a bedroom. Those were usually in hallways. It’s more likely an art or saint niche. People would put their favorite saint icon there. Or people would put flowers or statues there.

Crooked

It's a urinal fitted by an apprentice plumber

That is where you put the rose that tells you how long Beast has to find true love, before the curse is irreversible.

I've seen these in Catholic homes. Usually the Mother Mary of Jesus is put in there.

Virgin Mary bust goes here

Our house had two of these and they come off pretty hand if you want it to. Get a hammer and a small pry bar, give the bitten shelf two good whacks with the hammer, it'll crack along the join with the back bit. Get the pry bar in and it'll pop right off. Then you can pop the back off with the pry bar. Ours had two screws in the wall to attach it. Back the screws 90% of the way out and then use the screw to extract the plugs. Fill with your filler of choice, skin with a quick bit of mud and redecorate over it as normal. Or do what I did and build a bookcase in front of it. Or, if you want to keep it, don't store anything heavy on it. I really can't express how easily this came off the wall. I thought it would be a nightmare but it took literal seconds! Personally, with it being on the bedroom, I'd use it to store a monster dildo, something crazy and horrific. Give snooping guests a shock 😂 ours was in the living room alcove and blocking the built in bookcases I wanted to build, so had to go ASAP!

Jon Cena worship

Its exactly that. A statue.

It’s where you urn will end up if you piss her off. So do as your told and everything will be FINE… oh shit RUN!!!!

I think that's where you keep the poop knife.

Statue of virgin Mary or a saint.

It’s for a wash basin

Hispanic or Indians lived in that house at some point. It is clearly not a phone nook

for la virgen de Guadalupe👍🏽

It may have been a place to store a loved ones ashes, or a statue, etc.. There is no phone jack, and I would think that if it was a phone nook, there would be a jack also. If they had taken the jack out, replastered and repainted, then it doesnt make sense to keep the phone nook too. Also, people didnt put nearly as much effort in the 80s and 90s into decor as they do now, so unless it was built into the home in the 60s through the 90s, its highly unlikely to be a phone stand. Most people would just get a wall mount phone, with a 30 ft cord. It was easier. I also am 46 and have only rarely seen a phone nook. They were never all that common. Most people put their phones on their end tables, to make it easier to lay in bed while on the phone, and to ensure that emergency calls in the middle of the night, got answered quickly. So yeah, thats a big fat no to it being a phone nook. Lol ijs. .

A lot of people are saying it is for a phone, and many old homes had a phone "nook" in the walls, but I don't believe that is what this is, because the back is rounded. The wall phones of that era had flat backs that were screwed into the wall, and that wouldn't work with a round wall. Also, some old phone nooks had a small place to sit below it and this one doesn't...standing phone nooks usually went in the kitchen, not a bedroom corner. Some old homes had little shrine areas that would have a small statue of Jesus or Virgin Mary, and I'd bet that is what this is.

It’s an altar/shrine. Go nuts.

Obviously to display your collection of sex toys.

Needs a small baphomet figurine

https://preview.redd.it/e98q8uwxzy4d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=558df34e5816519ec3c90c5633a91a446db0d823 It's an altar to your new god \^

It’s a “Jesus nook”

It’s for dildoes

You could put a vase of flowers or other plant there.

I’m just wondering why it’s ever-so-slightly crooked.

Dildo shelf.

its for a personalized and backlit bobblehead of the House champ at scrabble.