An interesting thought occurred to me yesterday while I was trying to move the mess in my living room out of the way for couch delivery day. I have collected music boxes for a while and while that and cookbooks are the only thing that I will cop to collection, I do collect things. How do you house collections? James collects computers and it was challenging (to say the least) to find a way to protect his electronics with all of our stuff.
I routinely purge things, we recycle and get rid of things, but I am always stumped when it comes to displaying collections. Besides a house full of bookshelves or making your house look like a museum, what is the best way? Curios, consoles, or some other table display? I am going to look into it since we are already looking into furniture and see what I come up with.
I’d love to hear about your collections? Do you collect wooden toys, magazines, concert ticket stubs, old photos, etc.? What kinds of ephemera do you have about? Do you let people see your collections or are they more private?
About the picture: Simone ‘Simca’ Beck wrote this French cookbook after she and Julia Child authored Mastering. I have particular edition with this cover and it’s one of my favorites in my collection
