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creative
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Advertising
art, collected by Megan over the years, brightens the kitchen
walls. Although originals can be hard to find -- and pricey --
reproductions abound. Another trick is to buy inexpensive frames
"to show off greeting cards and calendar images with
advertising art. When you crop them and show them on a black
background, no one knows where you got them from, as long as the
image quality is good."
Interspersed
amidst the framed artwork are "Earthquake stars" --
iron brackets used to stabilize walls in buildings from the
1800s. Explains Megan: "[Two stars would be placed] on
opposite walls linked by an iron bar that would run through the
house (many times through the attic), holding the walls and roof
together in strong winds and earthquakes... My
mother is a fan of old rustic and country decor, and she gave me
my earthquake stars which are mostly reproductions. You can find
them for $5- $25 in country/craft stores and in decorator's
catalogs, too. The best, though,
is when you find the originals at flea markets!
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