Scale is important in determining how to display your collectables.
If the objects are small such as thimbles or compacts they will need to be viewed up close and displayed in a group.
Vary the heights of the collection with the use of other props.
A stack of Hard-BoundBooks make a useful elevation for objects especially if the titles or colors are appropriate and help to tie it all together.
A - Americana looks right at home in a Navy, Cream and Burgundy setting. Like most collectables they look better in clusters rather than individually.
- Collectible Angels (see our
Angel Art)
B - Bears, old ones, new ones, Beanies, Boyds, or Steifs.
Bears can add a whimsical touch to any room. They can look quite at home in the shelves of a book case or snuggled in an old cradle.
Make your own or
craft with ready made bears.
Also take a look at our collection of
Bear Art Prints.
- Baskets
- Used to hold just about anything they can be a wonderful addition to almost any room.
- Barbie
- Baseball Cards
- the Beatles
- Boxes - these are geat fun to collect while being functional at the same time.
- Butterflies
C - Cameos
- Coca Cola
- Compacts
- Cookie Jars
- Clowns
- Cranberry Glass - This looks especially nice displayed in a window with the light shining through.
D - John Deere
- Dolls - These can be charming sitting on a guest bed or at a tea party on a shelf.
- Disney
E - Elephants
F - Fiesta Ware
- Hand
Fans
- And large ones look great as a fireplace screen, while a small collection can be charming mounted on the wall.
- Fenton Glass
- Folkart
G - Glass - Wheather it's cut glass, depression glass, milk, cranberry or carnival glass it looks lovely displayed in a window with the light shining through. Window shelves stacked to take advantage of the whole window and flanked by white shutters can show off a collection while eliminateing the need for any other window treatment. Group the pieces in a mix of form and color rather than lineing them up in a row.
- Greeting Cards - Can be displayed in a framed grouping. How about 4 in identical frames with mats hung as a large square formation, or 3 displayed in the same frame as a horizontal image?
H -
Handkerchiefs
- Harley Davidson
- Hot Wheels
- Hummels
I - Ironstone
J - Jelly Glasses
K - Keys
L - Lace - Can be used as a Victorian accent on shelves and furniture.
- Lighthouses
- Linens - Look quite elegant layered and stacked in the bathroom. Or try layered on a ladder
- Llardo
- Lunchboxes
M - MatchBooks - Add a world traveled look displayed in a large Brandy Sniffer on the fireplace mantle.
N
- Nascar
- Nippon
- Nutcrackers
O - Owls
P - Pottery - Pick a color scheme and build your collection around that.
- Plates - Hang them on the wall to add weight, antiquity, and charm to any room.
- Precious Moments
- Perfume Bottles
Q - Quimper Ware
- Quilts - Use these hanging on the wall as a dramitic headboard, or hang them from shelves in any room of the house for an instant country cozy addition, also try them as
table covers with a piece of glass cut to size to
protect them. Quilts also look wonderful folded and
stacked in an armoire for all to see and admire.
(Make sure to refold them occasionaly so they don't
get permanent creases.)
R - Rabbits (see our art work)
- Raggedy Ann
S - Salt shakers
- Stamps - The serious collector may not think of craftig
with these but if you have extras they make wonderful
additions to hand made greeting cards. Layered over
hand made paper some of the stamps are miniature
works of art.
- Spoons
- Santas
- Seashells
- Silver
- Swizzle Sticks - Group them in a glass
T - Tea Cups
- Tea Pots
- Tins
- Tin Signs
- Tramp Art
- Trays
- Thimbles
- Trains - I have seen these displayed on a high
shelf that can circumnavigate the entire room. Very
effective if you have uninterupted wall space.
U - Unicorns
- Uncle Sams
V - Vintage (Retro) Kitchen Ware
- Valentines
W - Wedgewood
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