George Lowell's Classic Contemporary Apartment
Tim's "Old Boot" of a Carriage House
Jose & Ben's Light and Cheery Apartment
Tomas and Eric's Downtown Davinci Loft
Vintage Tech is an area of collectibles that seems to be heating up. Old cameras, typewriters, televisions, radios, record players and more are taking pride of place in homes, whether they are functional or not. A few examples from recent tours:
Kathleen & Maurizio's Imported Italian Home
Mallory & Liz's Santa Monica Prop House
Kristen and Mike’s Mid-Century Oasis
Nan and Michael's Craftsman Flat
Danny & Jeff's Vintage Collections
Multiples is another classic wall display idea that more people seem to be embracing as part of their own style mix. Going for the grid is a surfire way to add impact, no matter what style artwork you are displaying: 
Scott Leaves the Suburbs Behind
Gene & Heidi's Colorful Art-filled Home
Images: all Apartment Therapy/as linked above
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Comments (7)
I love the map grid!
yep...i'm seeing grouped head portraits in some fantastic homes in europe right now n they do look awfully fresh. btw, for affordable portraits painted in the style of vermeer and rembrandt check out this artist i met....jeffreyburkeportraits.com
I especially love the grid or rows of canvases. I'm an artist and one of my most popular paintings is this one: http://www.etsy.com/listing/62336105/60x36-custom-elegant-tree-branches
That map grid is beautiful in this feature, I love it!
I'm anal retentive and love perfectly gridded artwork. Here's a similarly strict grid of prints in our bedroom:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/visualingual/2544389767/in/set-72157594505190197/
typewriters - yes! my husband gave me a vintage fire engine red typewriter for my birthday last year - displaying it proudly in the living room!
http://papercuthearts.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/block-printing-gnittuc-repap
I do love the old camera trend as well... & always always a big fan of maps in interior design. The multi-frame / split idea is great.
I think that if you're going to have old cameras you should take at least one roll of film with each.
A) It helps me edit my collection! You can buy old cameras almost everywhere, but I'll only buy functional ones. If I've bought one that I thought was functional, but isn't, I'll give it away. If I didn't do this I would have way too many cameras.
B) Even if you're not an artist, you can get some amazing photos off of large format, which most old cameras are. And you can get 160 film modified for 120 cameras online fairly easily. How fun is it to have your vintage cameras displayed near their own photos? :)
Oh no, I've bought into a trend ;) I have my grandfather's old microscope and a model steam engine. I also have maps, but they're not in multiples - there's a Mars one from 1973, a world map from 1957, Europe from 1969, and the US from 1976.