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Calling all Packrats! How to Turn Stuff into Style!
If you are like me, you are always finding some treasure in a
thrift shop or garage sale. A frame, a postcard, a pillow, a
quilt, or some other knick-knack that catches your eye or
touches your heart. But no matter how much you like the objects
you find, they can become an all-consuming avalanche of stuff!
But there are ways to use those objects to add style to your
home without overwhelming your space! Heres how:
1. Bring together seemingly unrelated objects by finding ways to
connect them by theme, shape, color or vintage. Group the
connected items on the walls, in a special cabinet, on a shelf,
or on a coffee or side table.
2. Group glass objects of differing colors and shapes together
on a glass shelf, in a display cabinet or in front of a window.
Find ways to have light shining through the collection. You can
use candles, clear small Christmas lights, larger bulbs or
lamps.
3. Find ways to display collections in unusual or unused space:
a. Collections of teapots can be displayed on a wooden shelf
installed high on a wall.
b. Picture collections can be displayed in halls or mount three
smaller ones on the front of closet doors (be sure to secure
them well!).
c. Hats can be displayed around the walls of a room just below
the ceiling (more original than wallpaper border!)
d. Collections of bowls can be used to hold collections of other
smaller objects like buttons, door pulls, or small bottles.
4. Find unusual ways to make the objects relate. If there are
objects of small size, but irregular shape, try mounting them in
frames of the same size or color. If all of the objects are the
same shape, try frames of different shapes and colors.
5. An old cabinet or medicine chest with the door removed can be
made into a coffee table with recycled legs. Put small objects
in the spaces made by the shelves. Have glass cut to cover the
objects and to act as the table surface.
As you can see, there are many ways to organize and display the
objects you love. But the secret is you have to be able to
find the objects you need to organize! Just look in the Yellow
Pages under Cleaning Services
or Bulldozers!
About The Author:
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Pamela Cole Harris is an editor and writer with 35 years
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remodeling, home improvement and decorating ideas for the
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