suggestions for hanging Vintage sheet music on the walls...what to use?

Question

hello my basement is alll decorated like a TGI Fridays...all vintage instruments though....i have vintage sheet music (colorful and some titles are friends names and fun times) for the walls on the decent...some MAY be valuable and some have inserts...i tried to staple(gun) a few...the old cement board style drywall rejected that idea..then the putty type sticky on the backs.... THAT lasted about 1 week...would LOVE suggestions...do not want to damage any possible value....i am at a loss...H-E-L-P!!...thanks in advance!

Answer 1

FRAMING THEM WOULD PROTECT THEM AND MAKE THEM LOOK MORE IMPRESSIVE BUT MAKE SURE TO USE ACID FREE BACKING AND MATTING TO KEEP THEM FROM FURTHER AGING OR POSSIBLE DAMAGE. I BET THEY LOOK VERY COOL!

Answer 2

Micheals and other hobby/craft stores have many different frames that I am sure will work well.

I recommend the frames that are two pieces of glass (no backing), with the page suspended between them. That way, people can take them off of the wall and look at both sides.

For a cheaper option, get comic book or mylar document sleaves. These are archival and will protect the paper from degrading. Plus, if you must hang them using a pin, the pin can go through the plastic and not the paper.

Answer 3

Get a curtain rod and place it at the top of the wall. Then hang the music from fishing line with painted clothes pins. You can hang all at one level or mix it up and have all different which would be easier to do. Write your friends names on the clothes pins for a personal touch.

Answer 4

You should have framed them. Putting holes all in 'em ruined what value they may have had. Plus, frames look classier than just sticking them to the wall.

Answer 5

I'd take them all to the copy center and have color copies made. Then I'd use a Mod Podge to adhere the copies to the walls.