(This isn't filtered; if he reads this and spoils the surprise it's no big deal.)
I was tagging some of Vogon's old posts when I noticed in a 2003 post he made while he was sick that he wanted to have a big butterfly on his wall. I just found a print of his favorite butterfly, the Ulysses Swallowtail, in National Geographic's online store and it should be here in a few weeks. I need to write myself a reminder to pick up a frame for it before it arrives.
He's had no objections that I have started to hang things on the walls because I am tired, tired, tired of him not having anything up. It was getting to be a pain to dust around all the frames sitting propped up on the mantel.
I was tagging some of Vogon's old posts when I noticed in a 2003 post he made while he was sick that he wanted to have a big butterfly on his wall. I just found a print of his favorite butterfly, the Ulysses Swallowtail, in National Geographic's online store and it should be here in a few weeks. I need to write myself a reminder to pick up a frame for it before it arrives.
He's had no objections that I have started to hang things on the walls because I am tired, tired, tired of him not having anything up. It was getting to be a pain to dust around all the frames sitting propped up on the mantel.
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It sounds like you might be able to give me a tip on good places to get standard-size poster frames...I'm looking for a few to finally hang stuff up, as well.
Most of the frames I use are from American Frame. They have nice pre-assembled poster frame kits and their customer service is excellent.
I've found that women hate bare walls while men are content with them. I hate bare walls because I feel like a place isn't "lived in." It just doesn't look complete without some pictures.
I'm okay with bare walls if they're not white. Flat white walls make me think I'm inside a box. I can't paint the walls since we rent, so hanging framed posters is my least expensive option unless I want to buy a ton of liquid starch and go the military-housing route with colored fabric (or sheets) on the walls. I wonder if people still do that in base housing...
I've only seen Christopher Lowell do upholstered walls with batting and fabric stapled to the wall. I run into ladies a few times a season at my neighborhood Hancock Fabrics buying whole bolts of batting and cuts of decorator fabrics to do that. I haven't seen an upholstered wall in person yet but they look great on TV!