I collect vintage ephemera. My favorite eras are 1920's through the 1950's. I love and save boxes of: old wallpaper, sheet music, postcards, movie posters, magazines, advertising, illustrated book pages, seed packets, recipes, paper dolls, seed catalogs, menus, art, decorative papers of any kind. I come by it easily and try to find creative ways to display it. After all, it doesn't want to live in a box! One of my preferences is to decoupage any available surface (see previous post). Some large special items get framed and put on the wall. Recently, however, a large surface became available for papering. My friend Toni, who is a professional decorator and organizer, came over to help me turn our two bedroom house into a three bedroom house. Quite a challenge! We decided to use bookshelves as a divider in our large study/music room to create a cozy bedroom for hubby and me. It worked well, but left the backs of the ugly exposed bookshelves. Toni suggested we cover it with fabric - a good idea. But, I thought, what about my ephemera? I started playing around and using tiny nails covered the backs of the bookshelves with much of my paper collection. It think it's beautiful, and it has become my favorite room to be in, and not just because I love sleeping more than anything except eating.
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Before: back of ugly crappy Ikea bookcase
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I sleep better than ever now.
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