Company is coming and the walls, well, the walls are just standing there looking so blah! What can you do to spruce them up not only when company comes but for all time? Even if money is a bit tight, here are a few thoughts from a mind that is often deranged but means well.
1. Enlarge and frame some favorite snap-shots.
Go through the family scrapbook and pick out some of your favorites. Black and whites are fine and they can be made to look wonderful on a wall, especially when matted in white or gray surrounded by white, black or clear frames. Any collection of anything looks better when all of the frames are simple and consistent.
2. Use local resources incognito.
If you don’t want to be recognized as you peruse the shelves of local bookstores searching for old volumes of maps, architectural drawings and botanical prints, there are two courses of action. First, wear dark glasses and keep a stocking on your person to slip over your head in case you need a quick disguise. Be careful, however, that you don’t terrify yourself if you happen look in the mirror, and that you don’t get arrested for hanging around looking ugly. Have mats cut to fit your finds into ready-made frames.
3. Good day for a hanging.
Hang pictures so that their centers are equal to the average person’s eye level or about five feet six inches from the floor. (Just to be on the safe side, never invite any midgets or giants to your home.) If the pictures are to be hung above a sofa or other piece of furniture, position them so that they sit just above the object.
4. Symmetry, frightful symmetry.
Position a collection of pictures so that either all the tops or all the bottoms align.
Stay tuned for more tips.
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