Frugal wall art?
Judy Bay
could also try movie theatres.
john...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> I live in an older apt that has high ceiling and
> lots of wall space.
>
> I need some frugal wall art to hang on them.
> Something that is big such as big posters. Any
> ideas?
>
> John
jennifer
finish a show for old props that they can't use anymore. Most places I
know recycle everything now, but you could give it a shot. The places
more likey not to reuse props are the really big theatres, that have the
money to waste. Also while your there ask them for some posters. I have
a Jesus Christ Superstar poster and a Wizard of oz poster.
Tip for lowering ceiling: Hang really large pieces of fabric from it.
Not so that when it hangs it's straight down but so that both ends are
tacked up and it sort of looks like a hammock. I can't figure out a way
to really discribe it so i hope you get what I'm saying.
Buy some art from flea markets, and thrift shops too. Or even your local
high schools art exibition if they have one.
You could even hang fabric on your walls so that it looks neat.
Hope I helped in anyway,
Jenn
Soul Surgeon
Anthony Matonak
>
> I live in an older apt that has high ceiling and
> lots of wall space.
>
> I need some frugal wall art to hang on them.
> Something that is big such as big posters. Any
> ideas?
>
> John
What's wrong with empty walls?
Here's where I'm coming from on this. I've been to houses that were
chock full of brick-a-brack, knickknacks, and things-better-left-
unsaid. Every square inch of wall had a picture, every table had
a clutter of ornaments, the curtains had curtains, the couch had
skirts and probably petticoats as well and there was the annoying
scent of decomposing flowers floating in the air. I've never been
real comfortable in such surroundings. On the other hand, I've
been to places like museums where they have a whole 20 foot wall
dedicated to a two foot square piece of art. On thinking about all
the places I've seen, the simple, unadorned, open space seems most
attractive to me.
Anthony
Myranya
>I live in an older apt that has high ceiling and
>lots of wall space.
>
>I need some frugal wall art to hang on them.
>Something that is big such as big posters. Any
>ideas?
Not quite that big but a good tip in general for nice pictures: old
calendars. They vary in size, subject and quality, but even the
largest and best quality prints are very cheap or even free after the
year is over.
Myranya.
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make long wooden "clips" that will hold the top edge of the blanket so you
don't have to put holes in it.
Trina
john...@yahoo.com wrote in message ...
>I live in an older apt that has high ceiling and
>lots of wall space.
>
>I need some frugal wall art to hang on them.
>Something that is big such as big posters. Any
>ideas?
>
>John
Bob Ward
Soul Surgeon <SoulS...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> I got all kinds of awesome Spice Girls posters for about $5 each.
You got taken.
Joann M. Hnat
>
> I live in an older apt that has high ceiling and
> lots of wall space.
>
> I need some frugal wall art to hang on them.
> Something that is big such as big posters. Any
> ideas?
Buy an old book for $1.00 or so at a used bookstore (something like
horticultural prints, animal prints, garden book, etc.). Tear out the
pictures, and cut plain poster board (50 cents for a big sheet) for
mats. Put the pictures in frames you get from a junk store or yard sale
for 25-50 cents each. If you put 3-5 of these together, you have a
great looking group.
.. Joann
Joann M. Hnat
>
> I live in an older apt that has high ceiling and
> lots of wall space.
>
> I need some frugal wall art to hang on them.
> Something that is big such as big posters. Any
> ideas?
Buy an old book for $1.00 or so at a used bookstore (something like
horticultural prints, animal prints, garden book, etc.). Tear out the
pictures, and cut plain poster board (50 cents for a big sheet) for
mats. Put the pictures in frames you get from a junk store or yard sale
for 25-50 cents each. (If the frames are mishmash, paint them a single
color to unify.) If you put 3-5 of these together, you have a great
looking group.
.. Joann
Soul Surgeon
You know where I can get them cheaper? Care to guess how much they will
be worth in 20 years?
Cindy
that I got pretty cheap.
Cindy
Joann M. Hnat <j...@shore.net> wrote in article
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> Buy an old book for $1.00 or so at a used bookstore (something like
> horticultural prints, animal prints, garden book, etc.). Tear out the
> pictures, and cut plain poster board (50 cents for a big sheet) for
> mats. Put the pictures in frames you get from a junk store or yard sale
> for 25-50 cents each. If you put 3-5 of these together, you have a
Bob Ward
> Bob Ward wrote in response to my $5 Spice Girls posters <You got taken>
>
>
> You know where I can get them cheaper? Care to guess how much they will
> be worth in 20 years?
>
maybe $.50 each? That's if the value continues to rise. If you're happy
with them, fine... but I doubt if it's a good investment otherwise.
Nikki Kavanagh
them in different prints to match your taste. I've seen it done with a
southwest print and looked really nice. I think the worn ones you get
second hand look better for this then the brand new ones.
Nikki
JC wrote in message <7rr3k5$scj$1...@news.xmission.com>...
>This may not be your style, but a quilt makes a nice BIG wall hanging.
They
>make long wooden "clips" that will hold the top edge of the blanket so you
>don't have to put holes in it.
>
>Trina
>
>john...@yahoo.com wrote in message ...
>>I live in an older apt that has high ceiling and
>>lots of wall space.
>>
>>I need some frugal wall art to hang on them.
>>Something that is big such as big posters. Any
>>ideas?
>>
>>John
>
>
Dennis
>
> Bob Ward wrote in response to my $5 Spice Girls posters <You got taken>
>
> You know where I can get them cheaper? Care to guess how much they will
> be worth in 20 years?
Ummm, about as much as Donny Osmond posters are now?
Dennis (evil)
ari...@pepper.eajenkins.earthlink.net
>john...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>> I live in an older apt that has high ceiling and
>> lots of wall space.
>>
>> I need some frugal wall art to hang on them.
>> Something that is big such as big posters. Any
>> ideas?
>
>
>horticultural prints, animal prints, garden book, etc.). Tear out the
>pictures, and cut plain poster board (50 cents for a big sheet) for
>mats. Put the pictures in frames you get from a junk store or yard sale
>looking group.
>
> .. Joann
This works for old calenders, too. If you buy one, wait until
after the first of the year when places like Borders has them on sale
for half price or more. You can still use it the entire year, and
then cut it up for artwork, OR ask people if you could have theirs
once they're done with it.
I also have a friend who saves particularly nice greeting cards
that people send her and frames them for cheap art. I plan to do the
same thing. The same friend sent me as a wedding present a
_beautiful_ framed piece of calligraphy she had done herself. It was
an Irish blessing, with a border of dark green celtic knotwork she had
also drawn. It looked very professional, and I love that she took so
much trouble to do it herself.
One thing I did at college to cover up my ugly walls
(cinderblocks painted a sickly yellow, sort of like a mayonnaise-color)
was to type up and print out quotes or poems that I liked, and taped
them up everywhere. Word processing programs sometimes have little
graphics you can add to text, or you could spring for fancier paper
from places like Kinko's. Craft stores also sell decorative paper for
scrap booking for .25 a sheet that would probably go through a printer
or copier. The Michaels store I visited sold sheets of uncut matting
for $1.00 each, slightly cheaper than the precut matting. If you
chose a nice font, a poem or saying framed in a cheap frame with a
matte could look very good and it would be a heck of a lot cheaper
than store-bought.
Ariane
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>On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:37:21 -0500, john...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>>I live in an older apt that has high ceiling and
>>lots of wall space.
>>
>>I need some frugal wall art to hang on them.
>>Something that is big such as big posters. Any
>>ideas?
>
>Not quite that big but a good tip in general for nice pictures: old
>calendars. They vary in size, subject and quality, but even the
>largest and best quality prints are very cheap or even free after the
>year is over.
You can get them for practically nothing in February of any given
year. And anything you like to look at is available on calendars.
Then stop by The Christmas Tree Shop, pick up some frames for cheap
(You may have to open a few boxes to find ones that don't have some
flaw), slip in the pictures and Walla! Instant art, cheap.
I've done the same thing with small frames and greeting cards. In
fact, sitting right here on my desk, is Mary Englebreit card I bought
specifically to put in a frame and give to my wife. It costs a whole
$1.95. I'll put it in a three dollar frame and it will be a great
gift.
Soul Surgeon
Of course not, he has a guest slot on the magnificent new Melvins album
The Bootlicker.
rainbow
several together. I have a nice set of Ansel Adams prints I got this way
that look great together- only cost about a dollar. Plus, You can change the
pictures if you get bored with them.
Tara P
Myranya wrote in message <37e6fd57...@193.67.79.54>...
>On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:37:21 -0500, john...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>>I live in an older apt that has high ceiling and
>>lots of wall space.
>>
>>I need some frugal wall art to hang on them.
>>Something that is big such as big posters. Any
>>ideas?
>
>Not quite that big but a good tip in general for nice pictures: old
>calendars. They vary in size, subject and quality, but even the
>largest and best quality prints are very cheap or even free after the
>year is over.
>
rainbow
quilts if they are washable. It would be no different than hanging curtains.
Tara P
john...@yahoo.com wrote in message ...
>I've thought abt using big beach towels or quilts
>for wall hanging art.... but I have allergies and
>you are supposed to eliminate as much carpet and
>fabric material as possible in a house to lower
>dust and dust mites.
>
>John
Sadfer
the G.D. print. Whats up with that ? Does he always do that ?
>
Chloe
Monet or Renoir or any of the other (mostly dead) visual artists whose
output is so reproduced. It's the bright idea of the people who print
posters. I've always assumed it was intended to give the product a little
extra cachet to people not well informed enough to recognize or appreciate
the art on its own merits. I'm mildly annoyed by it, but it drives DH crazy.
Unfortunately, if you cut it off then the poster won't fit standard size
frames.
Sadfer <sad...@local.net> wrote in message
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: every Ansel Adams print I've ever seen has his name almost as big as
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sweetchild
on ebay a few years back, I was shocked to see how nostalgic some people are
and what they will spend to relive their teeny bopper years- take for
instance, Teen Beat magazines from the 70's. I could go on and on but if
you are interested, do a search on any teen idol or tv show from 20 years
ago and see what you will come up with!! Who would think they would be of
value today!! SS, keep your Spice Girls posters in good shape!! :) Anytime
I see NKOTB stuff at thrift shops I grab them- they sell for practically
nothing and I know in 10 years I will be making a nice profit on them. BTW I
was NEVER a NKOTB fan!!
Peggy
peggy
Dennis <dg...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:37E25E...@hotmail.com...
> Soul Surgeon wrote:
> >
> > Bob Ward wrote in response to my $5 Spice Girls posters <You got taken>
> >
> > You know where I can get them cheaper? Care to guess how much they will
> > be worth in 20 years?
>
> Ummm, about as much as Donny Osmond posters are now?
>
> Dennis (evil)
Bob Ward
<john...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >every Ansel Adams print I've ever seen has his name almost as big as
> >the G.D. print. Whats up with that ? Does he always do that ?
>
>
> Adam prints or other prints at a cheap price??
>
> John
See http://www.book.uci.edu/AdamsHome.html
Also
http://www.barewalls.com/cgi-bin/search.exe?searchstring=Ansel+Adams&boolean
=AND&DisplayRows=4&thumbs=1&ontitle=1&onartist=1&onprimeta=1&onsecmeta=1
Also http://www.adamsgallery.com/home.htm
Also http://www.digitalwow.com/screenlogic/ansel.htm (nice screensaver
here...)
So, the anwer is yes... Ansel Adams' work is readily available on the web.
Bob Ward
<john...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >See http://www.book.uci.edu/AdamsHome.html
> >
> >Also
>
>http://www.barewalls.com/cgi-bin/search.exe?searchstring=Ansel+Adams&boolea
n
> >=AND&DisplayRows=4&thumbs=1&ontitle=1&onartist=1&onprimeta=1&onsecmeta=1
>
>
>
> What mounting method do you prefer for a poster?
>
> John
I've never mounted a poster. I've never gotten much beyond holding hands.