All signs point to retro
| Posted Jul 18th 2006 8:07AM by Nicole Weston
Filed under: Haute Home
Whether they're the real thing or just the pseudo-vintage variety, those old-fashioned metal signs are a great piece to add to a room. I've found them in both antique and thrift stores and even at craft stores and shops in the mall. And prevalent though they may be, they are a seemingly infinite number of designs and myriad places to put them.
My personal favorites are all the food-related ones, such as old Coca-Cola ads or even signs that promote various citrus growers, which I have found a number of here in California. You can put them in any room, but they give a particularly homey feel to a kitchen and have the added benefit of not being damaged by exposure to heat or moisture, so you can hand one over the stove.
Other design options include stores, restaurants, cheesy tag lines, vacation destinations and generic slogans, like "hot, fresh coffee!" or "ice cold beer!" Tack them in an office, bedroom or even send them to a recent grad that is looking to decorate their dorm room. As a final selling point, they're usually fairly inexpensive, which means that you can change them around as many times as your heart desires - and that's not a feature you can count on with a lot of artsy things.
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