Montages
Other good ideas I have seen include a whole patchwork of pieces of wallpaper stuck together on plywood to form an interesting, abstract design. This montage idea can be repeated with squares of brightly colored felt-available in the sewing sections of most department stores-which can be simply stuck onto some sort of backing to form a brilliant checker board. And of course, anyone with the ability, ideas and will, can make their own collages with a mixture of scraps of fabric, feathers, cards, cut out messages, tin lids, labels, whatever seems appropriate.
Fabric wallhangings
More conventionally, old quilts look splendid attached to walls, as of course, do ethnic rugs, shawls, large antique scarves, and indeed, any piece of graphically designed fabric, streched and framed like a canvas.
Mirrors
Mirrors can be used in many effective ways. Plain mirror of course, doubles or trebles space, as well as covering walls, reflecting lights and exaggerating images. If a whole wall of mirror is too expensive, a fair substitute can be made with a series of similarly framed mirrors hung side-by-side, one above the other. Huge, nineteenth-century mirrors with elaborate frames are often very much cheaper than one might imagine, and granted that there is space will more than adequatel fill a blank wall.
Screens
Screens are another useful filler. Old ones can be bought in junk shops or thrift stores, recovered with calico or burlap and painted with a design. They can be used as a sophisticated pin board; made into a modern version of a scrap screen with fragments of magazine illustrations, bits of cards, and so on; or covered in with patterned fabric to tie in with a room scheme.
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by Probo Hindarto
© Copyright astudio international. All rights reserved.
Other good ideas I have seen include a whole patchwork of pieces of wallpaper stuck together on plywood to form an interesting, abstract design. This montage idea can be repeated with squares of brightly colored felt-available in the sewing sections of most department stores-which can be simply stuck onto some sort of backing to form a brilliant checker board. And of course, anyone with the ability, ideas and will, can make their own collages with a mixture of scraps of fabric, feathers, cards, cut out messages, tin lids, labels, whatever seems appropriate.
Fabric wallhangings
More conventionally, old quilts look splendid attached to walls, as of course, do ethnic rugs, shawls, large antique scarves, and indeed, any piece of graphically designed fabric, streched and framed like a canvas.
Mirrors
Mirrors can be used in many effective ways. Plain mirror of course, doubles or trebles space, as well as covering walls, reflecting lights and exaggerating images. If a whole wall of mirror is too expensive, a fair substitute can be made with a series of similarly framed mirrors hung side-by-side, one above the other. Huge, nineteenth-century mirrors with elaborate frames are often very much cheaper than one might imagine, and granted that there is space will more than adequatel fill a blank wall.
Screens
Screens are another useful filler. Old ones can be bought in junk shops or thrift stores, recovered with calico or burlap and painted with a design. They can be used as a sophisticated pin board; made into a modern version of a scrap screen with fragments of magazine illustrations, bits of cards, and so on; or covered in with patterned fabric to tie in with a room scheme.
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by Probo Hindarto
© Copyright astudio international. All rights reserved.
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