'working with what you've got' is a big theme in the way I create visuals...
it's not only cost-effective to make use of materials you have on hand already,
but it also forces you to be creative instead of just throwing money at something.
The amazing woman who handles 'the book areas' at the Laura's House resale stores
asked me and my decorating compatriot Debby to come up with a decorative treatment
for a blank wall area at one of the stores.
Well, it's not hard to think of what might be plentiful, on hand,
Well, it's not hard to think of what might be plentiful, on hand,
not to mention completely appropriate in that area, is it?!
BOOKS!
NOW BEFORE YOU SCREAM AT ME.....
I am a book lover. I love them so much that I won't throw them away,
even if they are water-damaged, torn, coverless, mildewed, or otherwise ruined.
I just can't do it. That paper is too valuable!
So when books are damaged beyond the point of re-selling them,
I USE the pages in other ways.... like this:
Several pieces of posterboard form the base of this wall art,
because I didn't want to apply the paper right to the drywall.
The posterboard was covered with pages torn from damaged books -
yellowed pages with type, and pages with beautiful black and white illustrations -
and then nailed to the wall with tiny headed nails.
Then some other books -
ones with seriously damaged covers, which makes them un-sellable in these stores -
were meticulously folded into origami-like artful sculptures by Miss Debby.
She's an ACE at this!
Those book sculptures were nailed to the wall, right through the pages and the posterboard.
She's an ACE at this!
Those book sculptures were nailed to the wall, right through the pages and the posterboard.
This keeps them on the wall - even though people have rudely attempted to remove them.
It all perfectly highlights the sign indicating that this is 'The Book Nook'.
Keep going to see MORE ideas using paper!
Keep going to see MORE ideas using paper!
