Comments on: help! how should i display these vintage menus?

By: shelterrific » Blog Archive » help! how should i display my typewriters?

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:39:28 +0000

[...] at Shelterrific we’ve fielded questions about how to display collections before, and now reader Meg has one of her own regarding placement of her four antique [...]

By: shelterrific » Blog Archive » follow-up post: erica’s vintage menus

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:26:13 +0000

[...] Thanks to all your great suggestions (and a little detective work on my end), I finally decided on a game plan for my vintage menus. Like many of you I’m sure, every month slipped in with my mounds of Junk mail is a free Val-Pak of coupons. Generally it gets tossed with the rest of the junk, but this month I was waiting for it. I had seen in the window of the frame store around the corner an advertisement for a “26% off -coupon in this months Val-Pak.” Aha! Perhaps custom-framing isn’t out of reach. With coupon in hand I headed down to the frame shop. After bit of bargaining and the promise of all my future framing business I made a deal with the framer on 7 of my favorite menus. Custom-framed to my exact specifications for just under $20 a piece. Not too bad considering one at regular price would set me back $47! So here they are, all in a row. Hope you like! — Erica P. [...]

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:22:40 +0000

I say color copy them and decopage them to the wall. If you rent, you can always use clip frames, really cheap at Ikea and other places. I frame everything in them and if you gather enough together they look cool, not cheap. Good score on the menus!

By: Allison R.

Allison R. — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:43:07 +0000

I say laminate and make them placemats…..

By: jenny

jenny — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:30:32 +0000

a floating frame (http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=1530&f=4268) would let you put them in matching sized frames without worrying about getting the correct sized matting for each.

By: Dina

Dina — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:25:35 +0000

It would not cost that much if you use a store-bought frame. You can cut your own mats, or buy those already made too. Any craft store would have the supplies to do that. Good luck, and post a pic when you finish them.

By: Blue Hill Gold

Blue Hill Gold — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:41:42 +0000

Having just returned from the Open Galleries in SOWA (Boston South End) this weekend, had a chance to see everything from photos to antique posters and original artwork displayed. One grouping in particular had B&W photos mounted on 1/4″ foam backing with a bracket that had the photos “float” about 1″ off the wall. A clear Plexiglass frame with no borders finished off the effect and allowed the content of the photos to be displayed without any distractions from a more traditional framing approach. Very effective and inexpensive. The menus would look great presented this way.