If you are out of college, and have unframed posters on your walls, then give yourself a slap on the wrist!
Upon reading this line, I felt an impulse to downvote the post due to what I instinctively perceived to be a simultaneous attack on my ingroup (eccentric geeks) and a move to promote the status of the outgroup which my System 1 summarized as “elitist snobs”. A bit of introspection noted that your line pattern-matched quite strongly to sentences such as “if you’re out of elementary school and still reading sci-fi/fantasy, grow up”. The fact that I do, in fact, have several fantasy posters on my walls also contributed, especially since I’m somewhat proud of them (you won’t find original copies of the maps from the Planescape and Dark Sun boxed sets in every home).
I didn’t act on my impulse to downvote, but considering the high amount of geekishness in this community, I would suggest doing something about that sentence.
This does NOT mean unframed posters. Unframed posters signal “college dorm”. If you would like to display your personality via geeky stuff (comic books, fantasy art, etc), this is acceptable, but frames should be utilized or they should be mounted in some other way. Think of it as protection for your art.
I don’t have them up now because I didn’t get around to doing any significant decorating this move and am about to move again, but in the past I’ve liked to decorate with cut-up old wall calendars (I have fairies and fractals and sealife and Kinkade paintings and will have pictures of glass art after this calendar year ends). They’re not framed, and I don’t really wish to frame them because that’s expensive, but is it worth matting them on colorful construction paper or something? Or do they not count as “posters”?
Good job! Pictures from calendars, books, etc, are actually a GREAT way to make it look like you spent a lot more on decorating than you actually did. At that size, it’s likely that you can find a decent photo frame for them when they go on a half-of sale at JoAnn’s or something. Picture frames are MUCH less expensive than art framing.
A calendar print in a good photo frame can easily look like expensive art!
Another option for you might be decorative memento boards. They can cost upwards of $30 to buy outright, but are pretty easy to make, using cork board and elastic. You can cycle through displaying different art pieces. I just made one last week. I’ve got a pic, to show you what I mean, but don’t know how to post it in a comment, so will post it in the OP, for you to see.
(I also made the necklace holder in the background, for like $4- pretty gold-colored nails hammered into a wood piece)
For other ideas, you can google “turn calendar art into wall art” and get a significant amount of relevant hits.
Sorry, I couldn’t figure out how to get a pic posted in the main post editor either, and then I had to go to work.
I just put a couple up in dropbox
Here is the pic with the memento board. It was made with a corkboard, black elastic, and a couple of brass pushpins.
Also, here is a picture of the entryway to my room to demonstrate what I mean by “accent wall” (the dark brown one is the accent). There’s going to be a really pretty black and gold old-school Singer sewing machine on the stand, once I get it back from my friend’s house.
Sorry for the low-quality. All I have access to is a friend’s camera-phone.
Upon reading this line, I felt an impulse to downvote the post due to what I instinctively perceived to be a simultaneous attack on my ingroup (eccentric geeks) and a move to promote the status of the outgroup which my System 1 summarized as “elitist snobs”. A bit of introspection noted that your line pattern-matched quite strongly to sentences such as “if you’re out of elementary school and still reading sci-fi/fantasy, grow up”. The fact that I do, in fact, have several fantasy posters on my walls also contributed, especially since I’m somewhat proud of them (you won’t find original copies of the maps from the Planescape and Dark Sun boxed sets in every home).
I didn’t act on my impulse to downvote, but considering the high amount of geekishness in this community, I would suggest doing something about that sentence.
Thanks for the feedback. How does it sound now?
Much better! This wording actually gives me a positive reaction due to the respect paid to my ingroup.
Awesome avoidance of potential disagreement in favour of cooperation for a positive-sum result :)
I don’t have them up now because I didn’t get around to doing any significant decorating this move and am about to move again, but in the past I’ve liked to decorate with cut-up old wall calendars (I have fairies and fractals and sealife and Kinkade paintings and will have pictures of glass art after this calendar year ends). They’re not framed, and I don’t really wish to frame them because that’s expensive, but is it worth matting them on colorful construction paper or something? Or do they not count as “posters”?
Good job! Pictures from calendars, books, etc, are actually a GREAT way to make it look like you spent a lot more on decorating than you actually did. At that size, it’s likely that you can find a decent photo frame for them when they go on a half-of sale at JoAnn’s or something. Picture frames are MUCH less expensive than art framing.
A calendar print in a good photo frame can easily look like expensive art!
Another option for you might be decorative memento boards. They can cost upwards of $30 to buy outright, but are pretty easy to make, using cork board and elastic. You can cycle through displaying different art pieces. I just made one last week. I’ve got a pic, to show you what I mean, but don’t know how to post it in a comment, so will post it in the OP, for you to see.
(I also made the necklace holder in the background, for like $4- pretty gold-colored nails hammered into a wood piece)
For other ideas, you can google “turn calendar art into wall art” and get a significant amount of relevant hits.
I don’t see the picture in the OP.
Sorry, I couldn’t figure out how to get a pic posted in the main post editor either, and then I had to go to work.
I just put a couple up in dropbox
Here is the pic with the memento board. It was made with a corkboard, black elastic, and a couple of brass pushpins.
Also, here is a picture of the entryway to my room to demonstrate what I mean by “accent wall” (the dark brown one is the accent). There’s going to be a really pretty black and gold old-school Singer sewing machine on the stand, once I get it back from my friend’s house.
Sorry for the low-quality. All I have access to is a friend’s camera-phone.