The other day when I featured some of the London 2012 posters, one of them struck my mother as just the thing she was looking to put on the wall of one of her baths.
She, and I, have been looking for something for a few years now, and we had some starters earlier this year in these wallpapers.
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I ordered samples to pick up when I was in England/Wales, but through a series of misadventures, etc. I never got them . So it was back to square one.
So when my mother saw the London 2012 poster, she liked the style of the image and we talked about the books that Mirislov Sasek has written. 
We looked at some of the covers and checked out which cities he’s introduced to children.
We looked at some of the covers and checked out which cities he’s introduced to children. |  |  |
She’s picked out some of her favourite cities, and then an image from each of the books. I will scan the images, and then print them out on photo paper and then frame them. I think that there will be 12 in total. Simple black frames, white mats, bright images on a white wall.
I think that bathrooms are a place where you can have some fun, because it’s such a small space. What do you think?
Oh you are so smart Meg. I purchased a stack of Sasek's books on ebay a few years atom just for the heck of it. I am nuts for his drawings too. Your mother picked some great ones and how smart they will look framed. Now if only my books were here & not in storage in the states, you've inspired me!
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Haha! I was wondering what you meant. Look in some of the Oxfam bookshops for copies.
Delete*hate* auto spell-check...years 'ago'!!
ReplyDeletegreat idea ! they'll look fantastic
ReplyDeleteI think it will be fun!
DeleteClever idea! Dramatic and yet whimsical.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a long road to finding the right thing. I've got to get it done quickly before she changes her mind (her words, not mine!)
DeleteLove the idea, and the posters! Clever!
ReplyDeleteOne of the places I found a lot of fun alternative London 2012 posters was Pinterest.
DeleteI adore those covers. Such a clever idea, Miz Meg!
ReplyDeleteAll credit to my mother. I am just doing the work.
DeleteYour Mom may want to camp out for days in her bath just to look at the posters. What a fun room it will be!
ReplyDeletePerhaps! It's the main bath that she uses, so that is good.
DeleteYou know how I feel about bathroom walls. Remember the framed postcards on my BR walls?
ReplyDeleteAnd the shower curtain in her bath is like the paper in the tiny loo under the stairs at st. john's.
DeleteOoooo I think this is a great idea. Her bathroom will look fantastic. Can you share photos when it`s done?
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see the end result. I hadn't seen that olympics poster, it is so cute, now I'm curious to see what other
ones there are.
Great idea!
:)
mikky
www.todaloos.com
Thanks for stopping by! If you poke around a little on PD, you can see some of the images of the bathroom in the house where I grew up - huge porcelain tub, hex tiles, lots of light, subway tiles...
DeleteI think it's BRILLIANT.
ReplyDeleteThanks! It's going to be colourful!
DeleteSuper!
ReplyDeleteThat is a stellar idea, her bathroom is going to look even nicer than it already does!
ReplyDeleteSo VERY brilliant! And more versatile than the wall paper options.
ReplyDeleteIf they are easy open frames.... find a series of images say, just for Christmas!
Cheers!
I love your OKL posts. I often shop on their site and not a day goes by when I wonder if you saw the same lame over priced item too. Yes, I have purchased from them, but someone has got to call them out when its just too, too crazy.
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