I’m always looking for creative and easy ways to display 2D art. For many years, above my computer I’ve had multiple magnet boards to hold art cards, postcards, tickets, receipts… any little bits and pieces I wanted to see regularly or keep handy. Every so often I would clear off the magnet board and start with a clean slate, but most of the time it was a messy mismash of stuff. Kinda like life, huh?
Over Spring Break we stayed with some family in Washington, DC, and our cousin Kate, an artist herself, had an awesome solution for displaying 2D art. After arriving home I found myself looking askance at my messy magnet boards, dreaming of a solution like hers. So I emailed for the scoop on how she did it, and was extremely pleased to find out that all I needed was a trip to IKEA!
I bought two sets of the DIGNITET wire hangers, along with the RIKTIG hanging clips. The primary purpose for these items is hanging curtains so you’ll find them in the drapery section. It was approximately $30 total for two sets. It’s a perfect way to cleanly display a lot of paper items, especially POSTCARDS, don’t you think? It would work great for photographs as well, and I think our holiday cards will have a new place for display this year.
Right now, it just feels nice to not have all of the magnet board clutter hovering above me at my keyboard. My husband told me it looked waaaay too neat for my studio. I’m not quite sure how to take that comment. 🙂
Next, I just need to clean off my desk. But that’s a project for another day…
Ooooeeee! Thank you for this tip.
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Cool! I hope it works for you!
That looks great, Kat. Very neat and tidy, and easy to change the display in a flash.
I know! It will be so fun. Too bad the swap is over and I’m not getting postcards all the time right now!!
That’s it! I’m heading to IKEA! Thank goodness there’s one nearby! 🙂 P.S. I spy with my little eye… Lynn’s Birdie on the line! 🙂
Yes, thank you for the Postcard Lynn! Enjoy your new display.