Imagine this camera as the center of a "world traveler"-themed coffee table, replete with hand-colored postcards.
Antique cameras are just plain fun, and if you have a few in your closet, try dusting them off and using them as a decorating element in your home theater or living room. Whether they're the very old, wooden boxed models, or the wallet-shaped models of the '60s, they're sure to be conversation pieces.
Instructions
1. Build a display theme around the type of cameras you have. If yours is a very early model camera, say from the turn of the century, surround it with photos from the same time period. Collect many old photos of the same type, such as men with mustaches or women wearing crazy hats. If you're displaying your camera on the wall, you can hang these photos around it to add to the visual impact.
2. Mount a vintage movie reel camera on a tripod in a corner of your home theater. If you're a movie buff and like to display vintage movie posters, displaying antique cameras on a shelf beside them may add to their appeal -- especially if that type of camera figured prominently in the movie. Think "Rear Window." Display a sleek '60s camera alongside a poster from a spy movie that featured camera gadgets.
3. Group a collection of old cameras together on the wall, each in a separate box or shelf. Paint all the boxes or shelves white to make the camera collection pop. Smallish cameras can be displayed singly or in groups on a coffee table, especially with coffee tables books that feature old photographs.
4. Use whimsy. Open the back of a 35mm camera to reveal "film" spilling out. The film can be a white reel of paper or cloth printed with frames from your favorite movie, "candid" moments from your life, or famous people doing silly things.
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