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Monday, November 9, 2009

Would you do board game decor?

Photo Credit: claregraham.com

Photo Credit: claregraham.com

Knowing my ongoing obsession with Scrabble (and no, I do not mean Scrabulous, which is completely different and inferior!), a sweet friend sent me the link to Los Angeles designer/artist Clare Graham's amazing Scrabble tile- and board-based constructions. (Graham also dabbles in collecting and stacking up and gluing together buttons, bottle caps, yardsticks, and paint-by-numbers art, which I happen to love and a lot of you happen to hate.) If you have a few minutes you were planning on procrastinating through anyway, spend them clicking through Graham's site—it's like a museum of childhood detritus-turned-sculpture, and some of the pieces will really surprise you if you let them. There's even stuff that's not entirely kitschy, like the stacked-Scrabble-boards side table (below), which I would strongly consider putting in my house (and also think I might be able to replicate with a table base from Ikea and a few unwanted game boards from yard sales and eBay; I'd probably add a Plexiglas top so that I could use it both for Scrabbling and for setting drinks on).

What about you? Would you put board-game-inspired furniture or tchotchkes (or art) in your home?

Photo Credit: claregraham.com

Photo Credit: claregraham.com



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  • ChardonnayM's Avatar
    Posted by ChardonnayM Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:04pm PDT

    chat

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  • vixenvena's Avatar
    Posted by vixenvena Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:05pm PDT

    Scrabble Art is a little too wordy for me but I would totally do a Twister mat as a bed-spread.

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  • Jan, Poppytalk's Avatar
    Posted by Jan, Poppytalk Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:10pm PDT

    I think it works. I love old wooden games for wall art, and the odd table made from a game.

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  • Valerie Rains, Shine staff's Avatar
    Posted by Valerie Rains, Shine staff Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:42am PDT

    I have also seen people make very charming shelves out of game boards (the kinds that fold down the center): One half of the board acts as the shelf and the other part goes flush against the wall as a sort of backdrop for whatever you're displaying. Love it.

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  • Mom of Two's Avatar
    Posted by Mom of Two Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:37pm PDT

    Sure, why not? I enjoy Scrabble too. Might has well keep it handy.

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  • addybme's Avatar
    Posted by addybme Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:48pm PDT

    huh...I think I would decorate like that...sounds cool to me.

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  • Marena's Avatar
    Posted by Marena Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:24pm PDT

    what a great idea--I'm a scrabble lover have made some crafts from this game but i got more idea's now by reading your idea's thanks..monopoly is great also

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  • Linnie's Avatar
    Posted by Linnie Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:25pm PDT

    I definitely would, I love Scrabble. I used a Scrabble Board and letters to make a Valentine message for the love of my life. He thought it was great. At first he couldn't understand why I bought him a Scrabble game for Valentine's Day since we already had one until he opened it and opened the board to find the message made with the letters glued to the board.

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  • Poetrycooker's Avatar
    Posted by Poetrycooker Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:00pm PDT

    I think that if your careful, you could pull off board game decorations without looking like a Ruby Tuesday's.

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  • Tigs's Avatar
    Posted by Tigs Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:11pm PDT

    it'd be nice to have a little tabl with the table top as srabble pieces.

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