Bonjour friends! I know I could never attempt to even bother you lazy lizards with another fashion lesson, so I shall keep this week’s post light-hearted and merely an idea that you may incorporate into your life! I hope to inspire you today to partake in something I have recently started: Decorating with vintage album covers! Now, please do not let your mind get too carried away, and think that I am about to convince you to cover every wall of a room in album covers! Oh that would be much too busy to relax in! (But what an accomplishment!) But sprinkling a vintage album cover here and there can add the most delightful splash of color, and even essence of nostalgia!
I came upon this idea when I became totally bored with my iPhone backgrounds. I was tired of the previously-uploaded ones that the phone came with, and the pictures that I had taken myself were becoming less and less interesting. I needed a change, and I somehow though that the colors and feelings of an old record would really brighten my day each time I needed to use my phone (A.K.A. all the time!) But some of you may not be interested in this, so other great places to use old record covers, or even just the print artwork of these would be: on billboards with other photos or knick-knacks, placed on the wall in groups as artwork, inside coffee or other decorative tables that can display objects, or even just placed within a stack of magazines to surprise a house guest looking for something to read!
Here are a few examples of vintage albums that I have used for decoration:
I came upon this idea when I became totally bored with my iPhone backgrounds. I was tired of the previously-uploaded ones that the phone came with, and the pictures that I had taken myself were becoming less and less interesting. I needed a change, and I somehow though that the colors and feelings of an old record would really brighten my day each time I needed to use my phone (A.K.A. all the time!) But some of you may not be interested in this, so other great places to use old record covers, or even just the print artwork of these would be: on billboards with other photos or knick-knacks, placed on the wall in groups as artwork, inside coffee or other decorative tables that can display objects, or even just placed within a stack of magazines to surprise a house guest looking for something to read!
Here are a few examples of vintage albums that I have used for decoration:
I find that I love album covers even more when I love the band. Steppenwolf, the Who, and Led Zeppelin are a few of my favorite classic rock bands. (Classic rock is chic by the way! Not too main stream! It’s only un-chic when riding on the back of a Harley Davidson in too-tight leather apparel. Dreadful!)
If you are not much of a music person or do not even know where to start, a great place would be to search the 60’s era through 70’s era artwork, or even visit the Fort Worth Modern Museum of Art! What another delightful and chic activity that compliments this fresh idea! Remember living chicly is always about keeping things fresh, lively, and always fun!
You could also look to album covers of today’s artists if you have even more of a modern flare! Surprisingly, even though there is so much distasteful music playing today, there are many great album covers! (Although today, these are compact discs, and are exactly that, much more compact and do not provide as large or significant of artwork as in the past.) But this can be worked around as artists are selling their own posters with their artwork as well! Here are a few example of modern album covers:
So no matter your fancy; go find YOUR retro chic!
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