Hi Ryan
Sorry to not respond until now. I am not sure I would recommend what I did. I bought custom cut pieces of glass from a glass place in Brooklyn and had them delivered to my house. Bought the little frame kit that comes with metal l shaped things and string at Pearl Paint, where I also bought acid free paper and acid free foam core. Put it all together and hung it on the wall.

Let me guess: Jill finds that the tactile and visual stimulation fuels her creativity.

It truly isn't a clutter-vs.-minimalism issue so much as two different ways of processing the environment. Minimalists find visual busy-ness distracting to the point of being emotionally sapping. Collectors who go for the full shelves and the trays of stuff (rather than collection-behind-doors) thrive on the sensory stimulation and find themselves bored and depressed if they have to live in a minimalist environment for long.

This is a great space. Not what I would do but I would certainly love to visit. I usually dont like spaces with so much white. But in your place the white is just a canvas for all the wonderful found and loved objects you display. Its so crazy because you have so many I am sure everytime friends visit they discover something new. I am a packrat too so I would definitely take some pointers from how you have artfully displayed your collections.

Wende, you really have a flawless way with words, no kiddin'.

OMG! Love, love, love, love, LOVE it.

I feel like an amateur now.

I love it and don't find it cluttered at all. In fact, it makes me wish for a split second that I didn't have cats so I could display more stuff like you do. My kitties would not stand for a collection of small things near a ledge--they would need to experiment with gravity to see what happened if they pushed it over.

I think it's awesome! A really warm, personality filled home. Makes me wish I lived in a better city for finding 'things' on the street and saving furniture.

for the record, i am not the sam who posted above (guess it was before you had to register) - I love this place!!!!!!

So inspiring!

Must not have a cat.

Jill, You're making me late for work because I can't stop looking at your home.

It's beautiful! Peggy (I think it was anyway), Ebay.co.uk usually have vintage communist propaganda posters.

while I like your place for the most part I would really dread being the one that has to dust all of these natural collections and other nick nacks

I absolutely love your home and will be taking several ideas from you. I love that your house looks lived in and not cold. Thanks for allowing us in!