Decor

Interior decor with swords without looking tacky?

I have a bunch of swords and I was hoping to use them for interior decor. I have seen people hanging swords on walls and it looks just tacky and awful. The worst are when people put samurai swords upside down on cheaply made stands.

Very tricky. There’s definitely more ways to go tacky, like using one of those racks or something. Whether its swords, dolls or spoons, collections tend to look tacky the more you have. The big key is in the editting. Don’t try to display them all, just find no more than 3 of your favourites that work together. If you like, you can change them up every few months so that they all eventually get displayed. You could put them in a shadow box, or simply put a splash of paint colour behind them to frame them on the wall where they hang. You might be able to find or make a large enough coffee Table with display box to house a couple — a subtle conversation piece that would be. Lastly you could choose to compliment one sword with another relic of that era so it becomes a period piece (like a costume, shield, banner or coat of arms). I’ve included a couple of examples to get your creative juices flowing!

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