The powder room is our little haven. It is the one place that women kind of have free reign over decorating. We have to share the decorating duties for the living room, bed room, even the kitchen, but most men don't care what we do to the powder room since they spend so little time in it. It is our own little female cave. So here is an idea for a gift for a friend or a hint for guys looking to do something nice for their lady.
Old magazine advertisements for beauty and bathroom products are easy to find in magazines at antique stores and online. One of our local antique malls, The Brass Armadillo, has a booth devoted to old advertisements. The great thing about advertisements for beauty products from the '40s, '50s, and '60s is they are often heavily geared toward one color scheme. Color was so important to decorating during the time period.
A great gift would be an advertisement or series of advertisements that match a lady's powder room or beauty area color scheme. Then paint some raw wood frames to match and put them together ready to hang. Places like Michael's and Hobby Lobby have sales on frames all during the holidays and also sell pre-cut mattes to add a little extra fancy to the project.
It adds a little extra personalization when you have something so beautiful and unique on your wall.
Old magazine advertisements for beauty and bathroom products are easy to find in magazines at antique stores and online. One of our local antique malls, The Brass Armadillo, has a booth devoted to old advertisements. The great thing about advertisements for beauty products from the '40s, '50s, and '60s is they are often heavily geared toward one color scheme. Color was so important to decorating during the time period.
A great gift would be an advertisement or series of advertisements that match a lady's powder room or beauty area color scheme. Then paint some raw wood frames to match and put them together ready to hang. Places like Michael's and Hobby Lobby have sales on frames all during the holidays and also sell pre-cut mattes to add a little extra fancy to the project.
It adds a little extra personalization when you have something so beautiful and unique on your wall.
4 comments:
cute idea! i'm always needing wall inspiration.
what a great idea!! not gonna lie, i'm going to try this for myself...
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Old fashion mags make great source material for all kinds of arty projects. Have a very Happy Christmas Lauren !
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