AntiqueWeekend: How About Big Numbers!

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

How About Big Numbers!

One of my favorite things are Big Letters. We see these all over the show sites as I posted earlier. We used a giant "M" purchased at Northgate Field in Warrenton for my daughter's wedding. Here are some images from HGTV "Ways to Fill Up Your Walls" showing a great decorating use for the big letters, or in this case big numbers, and something new: vintage book covers. For the numbers, HGTV suggests using numbers that have some significance to you, such as your birthday or wedding anniversary. They also suggest anchoring the display with a piece of furniture.

Use letters or numbers that have meaning to you, your birthday or anniversary!

When you visit the show sites of AntiqueWeekend you will see old books in many of the booths. Here is a great use for just the covers! For books that have damaged pages but interesting covers, remove the pages, flatten the covers and hang on the wall. Find books with hollow spines so the pages can be easily cut out with a craft knife. This is a great idea for renters because these could easily be mounted with sticky tack without damaging walls. The HGTV design works because the covers are solid colors and tie in with the collection of objects on the dresser top. I'm going to hunt for children's books. I think they would be perfect for this. Vintage children's books are often so “loved” that the pages are tattered, but the colorful graphics on the covers would look great on a nursery wall or a child's bedroom.

Tie in the color of the covers with the accessories below.

As always, happy hunting!

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In 2000, with his temporary job in California coming to an end, David asked me where I wanted to live next.
I said Fayetteville (Texas), a charming town of 266 people in central Texas. And so we came. We moved into a loft above a commercial building on the square in Fayetteville. It was there that AntiqueWeekend.com was born. My husband had visited Fayetteville many times over the years, visiting his parents and grandparents. He told me wonderful tales of the antique shows held twice a year. It was hard to imagine that the fields of grazing cattle could be filled with tents and booths full of treasures. (They do move the cattle!) We love garage sales, prowling through antique stores, flea markets and thrift stores. In California we attended some legendary flea markets including the Rose Bowl and Long Beach. We spent our Saturday mornings driving through the greater Claremont area finding some wonderful treasures at garage sales.
With time on our hands and treasure hunting in our souls, we decided to utilize David’s computer skills and develop a website that would serve as a resource with information about the semi-annual Warrenton and Round Top Antique Weekend and a directory for the ever-increasing number of show sites and vendors. It was a different world 13 years ago. Few show sites and even fewer vendors had websites. And social media was unheard of. With smart phones and tablets the world has changed and we can see it in the visits to our website. And we have changed, too. The website now has a clean new look. We are on facebook and twitter, have thousands of photos on twitter and instagram, send a periodic newsletter and have recently launched an AntiqueWeekend blog.
We have changed, too.
We bought our own old farmhouse, planned weddings and have wonderful granddaughters who love to visit Mimi and PopPop at the farm.
We bake cookies and do crafts and many of the pictures you see on the blog are projects we have done together.
When you are making your plans to visit Antique Weekend we want you to have all the info you need and great photos of what you can expect to see. Between shows we want to inspire you. We’ll share ideas, memories and information about events that happen here “the rest of the time” so you can plan to come back more than just twice a year.