Look around the room where you plan to put the paperweights and see how it looks. Look for space on the wall where you can put a shelf or a display case, as well as places with good lighting so you can see the details of your collectibles. Watch out for sunny spots, because the sun can fade some collectibles.
- Paperweights can be a pretty addition to a home or a beautiful display in a shop window or on a shelf.
- Look for space on the wall where you can put a shelf or a display case, as well as places with good lighting so you can see the details of your collectibles.
Walk around the room to make sure that people won’t accidentally knock over the paperweights if they walk by the spot you’ve chosen to put them on display.
If you want to show off the paperweights at home or in a private office, make sure the area is visible from where most people sit. The collectibles are used as decorations, and people who stop by should be able to enjoy them.
Buy some eye-level shelves to hang on the wall. If the paperweights are expensive, you should choose a finish that is also expensive. Instead of putting up shelves, you could buy a display case. Glass-fronted display cases keep dust off of collectibles and discourage people from touching the ornaments. This can be helpful at home, but it can be annoying in a shop, where people want to get a close look at things they might buy.
- Walk around the room to make sure that people won’t accidentally knock over the paperweights if they walk by the spot you’ve chosen to put them on display.
- Glass-fronted display cases keep dust off of collectibles and discourage people from touching the ornaments. This can be helpful at home, but it can be annoying in a shop, where people want to get a close look at things they might buy.
If the base of your collectibles is not very stable, you should buy some holders for them. Holders can be made of many different things and come in many different shapes. Plastic rings are inexpensive and last a long time. Glass stands are more fragile than stands made of wrought iron or wood, but they look more expensive. There are many different colors and shapes of acrylic stands. You can hang paperweights from an ornament tree for a different way to show them off. Paperweights can also be put in open boxes that are lined with tissue paper to make them look a little more fancy.
- If the base of your collectibles is not very stable, you should buy some holders for them.
- You can hang paperweights from an ornament tree for a different way to show them off.
Set up the paperweights so that the ones that are more likely to break are far from the edge of the shelf or case. Mix the colors of the paperweight and the background to make them stand out. If you can’t paint the walls, use colored background cloths to make them stand out. The collectibles can also stand out with velvet base cloths.
Put your favorite non-breakable paperweights in places where you can see and enjoy them every day, like on the mantelpiece or the coffee table.