Frugal Friday!

Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 05:22

Todays decorating idea is a very simple and frugal one. I have a coffee table in my living room like everyone does but I want a way to display some old family photos rather than having to purchase frames for them... mainly because the cost of frames is just so expensive. I was sitting here writing down some decorating ideas and I thought to myself: Self, why don't you find another way to show off your old family pictures? So, I thought that it would be a neat to place some photocopies (you could do black and white or colour) of the old pictures onto my coffee table top and then cover them with glass. I think its an interesting way to be able to display your best loved pictures and its so easy to rotate photographs when you want a change.

Some other ideas for things that you could place under the glass of a table top:

• Family Photos
• Post cards
• Vintage advertising
• Fall leaves (put something underneath them so that you dont harm your table top!)
• Antique love letters along with pictures of the person who wrote them and the recipient

I think that it would also be pretty neat to "scrapbook" your table top and do a theme... you could have a beach theme in the summer and put pictures of your families trip to the beach along with some die cuts and various other scrapbooking type embellishments just for fun  

So many options... just use your imagination!

 Todays Journal Prompt

Write about your favorite family or couples vacation. Tell what made it so special and maybe add some copies of your favorite photos from the trip.

I would love to hear your ideas for frugal decorating! If I add them here I will be sure to give you credit of course.

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Posted by southernbelle on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 06:49 - Link

I can just envision the coffee table collage. Great idea!

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Posted by thatday on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 07:25 - Link

My Mom had a coffee table with an edge around and a glass top - and she always had pictures under the glass. But I like your idea of the themes during the seasons.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 08:11 - Link

I really love the 'scrapbook' table top idea and the 'fall leaves' idea. Just need the 'Maple Leaves' (hint, hint).
Love ya - Brenda Lee (I suppose I could send you some cactus needles in exchange but they probably wouldn't quite have the same charming appeal - but you might be able to find another 'effective' use for them! *ouch* just joking) Seriously I just thought of something (will miracles never cease..) occaisionally on pictures when we can't afford glass (or are worried about breakage) we have used heavy duty clear vinyl -just cut to fit - from the local fabric store. True Frugality and cheap too!

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Posted by Lisa on Monday, September 25, 2006 at 06:58 - Link

What a great idea for a tabletop! Look out, Martha Stewart, here comes SCOOBY!! I have a lap desk that has a clear plexiglass top with spaces for 4 pictures that I use to display pics of The Fam.