Look!: New Yorker Covers as Wallpaper

As long as we can remember, our family has had a subscription to The New Yorker. When we were too young (or perhaps too disinterested) to read the articles, we still loved to look at the great cover art. Our mom would save the illustrations, and was way ahead of the curve many years ago when she decided to give them a proper showcase.

9-10-08 new yorker .jpg Our small downstairs bathroom needed some oomph, so she picked out her favorite covers and created a wallpaper out of them. It still makes us smile whenever we see it, and we think it's a great idea for anyone who has trouble getting rid of magazines. And if she gets sick of any of the illustrations, it's fairly easy to switch one out for any of her new favorites.

If The New Yorker isn't your cup of tea (yes, we realize this is AT:SF, after all), why not substitute with one of your favorites? Or maybe try this idea using pages of text, instead.

Comments (13)

That's pretty groovy...
...kudos to Mom for being so creative.

posted by bepsf on September 10th 2008 at 1:47pm
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how do yo get your subscription sticker off the covers? I love the cover art, but can't get the sticker off.

posted by suhita on September 10th 2008 at 1:59pm
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My teacher did that in her powder back in the early 1980s. It was really cute.

posted by Lori on September 10th 2008 at 2:00pm
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what adhesive is used?

is it shellaced or anything?

posted by mannequingirl on September 10th 2008 at 2:02pm
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hi there! according to mom, she started off with wallpaper sizing, put up the covers, then finished off with a sealer. at the time, i guess the address labels were easy to peal off, but that has since changed. hope this helps!

posted by sflily on September 10th 2008 at 4:21pm
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If those magazines are old, they may have shipped in brown paper wrapping. No sticky labels. That's how we got the New Yorker when I was a kid.

posted by GHB on September 10th 2008 at 5:01pm
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Ah, yes. The New Yorker before it showed Obama in a turban fist-bumping Michelle in combat boots with an AK-47.

posted by Lisa Hunter (Montreal) on September 10th 2008 at 6:02pm
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Just go straight to the source, and put this artist's stuff on your wall. she has plenty of stuff in the new yorker, and it'd be a fine addition to yer bland wall.

http://www.pupae.com/portfolio/newyorker.html

posted by baldmanmod on September 10th 2008 at 6:42pm
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wow, so cool!!

my mom saved and framed the covers from my brother and my birthdays (yes we were both born on the same day of the week), they are hanging in their home.

posted by CaliinFrance on September 10th 2008 at 9:43pm
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It looks like a country sampler quilt gone bad and slapped up on the wall.

posted by Daily Nuance on September 11th 2008 at 4:05am
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love this, i think the wainscotting keeps it from going crazy town

posted by DahliaCactus on September 11th 2008 at 5:29am
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The house across the street from us when I was growing up had this in their bathroom -- it was a commercial wallpaper, though.

posted by dr_mk on September 11th 2008 at 8:05am
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I saw this in someone's home when I was a child and adored it. Now I have a great collection of old ones (via ebay), but have yet to live in an apt. with a powder room, rats! I tried it in a normal bathroom once and they all peeled off from the humidity.

posted by marfa on September 11th 2008 at 8:53am
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