Beating The Drum For: Wall Decorations

For a long time, we’ve been against the idea of a blank wall – whether it’s in our cubicle at work, or on any of the walls in our home, we’ve long felt that the most inviting spaces are well-decorated walls.

Framed family photos are always nice, but sometimes you want to be distinctive and different, right? Well, here are a few things we like as some quirky alternative ideas.

Etsy.com is a marketplace for sellers of handmade goods to directly sell to people across the country. We’re partial to the surrealistic children’s book-style prints of AshleyG, as well as the digital art of JohnWGolden (and, as long as the topic is Etsy, we’d be remiss not to mention the hand-made crafts of our old NYC pal Erika Kern, who works under the name My Imaginary Boyfriend).

One of the cooler things to happen in rock music lately has been the tendency of bands to commission limited-edition lithograph print posters for concerts. They make for great collectibles – half “I was there” concert memorabilia, half “art.” We have a beautiful Wilco poster that we picked up at a 2004 show in Saratoga; for more examples of great Wilco posters, click their online store here. R.E.M., who we’re also quite partial to, has also commissioned some pretty awesome posters, which are available on their online store at remhq.com. Do yourself a favor – check out your own favorite band’s sites to see what they’ve done. You might surprise yourself.

Also cool? Go to EBay and search for foreign movie posters. Earlier this year, we picked up a vintage Italian-language “Blues Brothers” one sheet. The title loosely translates to “Slaves To A Rhythm.” Head over and see what strikes your fancy.