Comments | domestic_snark: I seem to have missed an issue of Architectural Digest

tudorpot in domestic_snark

I seem to have missed an issue of Architectural Digest

Feb 21, 2011 10:23

Totally missed the new trend of using license plates as art. While I find them quite appropriate when nailed to the walls - interior and exterior - of garages and outbuildings, the thought of them as being saucy inside a home leaves me gagging.

( Florida sauce???? )

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rochelle February 21 2011, 15:54:56 UTC

I agree. Done nicely in a shadow box with coordinating decor, I think it would look just fine.

tingilya February 21 2011, 18:24:14 UTC

Agreed. My husband and I have old plates hanging in our garage. They're colorful and have memories attached to them.

thisisnota_pipe February 21 2011, 20:01:45 UTC

I have my collection of license plates (from about a dozen different states, lots of different designs) running along the top of a closet/wall sort of like a border in a spare bedroom. Apparently that's not classy enough for someone with a name like "tudorpot" but I like it. It's my collection, I like to look at it.

I'm growing very tired of the poor attempts at snark by some in this community.

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aspen February 21 2011, 15:54:44 UTC

Really, makes you gag?

randomjen February 21 2011, 15:57:40 UTC

Yeah, I mean, it's not my style either but it's not like they are wanting to nail bloody entrails to the wall...which is SO 2006.

lizrocks February 21 2011, 16:10:18 UTC

lol @ this

velum_cado February 21 2011, 16:26:00 UTC

Hey, don't count it out! Wait a bit longer and you could do it and say you're all retro and shit.

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rovylern February 21 2011, 16:01:21 UTC

I've seen homes that have used them in interesting ways; as a teen I babysat for a military family who had an entire wall full of them in individual shadow boxes surrounded by pictures and mementos of their favorite attractions from that state, like a roadmap of everywhere they'd been stationed.

lozette February 21 2011, 16:24:38 UTC

I have one of the export plates from my dad's car, from when we moved back from Dubai in 1989, hanging on my wall. Loads of sentimental value!

juel1979 February 21 2011, 23:03:13 UTC

That is awesome.

velum_cado February 21 2011, 16:06:10 UTC

Not my thing, but I don't see why it couldn't be done in a way that it would look nice.

ipsafictura February 21 2011, 16:23:19 UTC

Art is what you can get away with, remember? It's not my style, but since I love pop/advertising art it's not very far from my style. I'd hang a vintage metal advertising sign in my house if I found one I liked, and you know a little cursory googling results in some pretty sweet ideas.

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ipsafictura February 21 2011, 17:15:10 UTC

Well that would make anyone cranky.

tudorpot February 21 2011, 20:56:00 UTC

Second empire sounds interesting- here is a post of my before reno pics - if you care to look.

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