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Display Your Vintage Purses

April 22, 2018 2 Comments

Display your vintage purses

Display your vintage purses from pretty knobs

Here’s an idea that combines your handbag couture and your home decor: display your vintage purses!

Display your vintage purses

Try displaying your vintage purses

From top to bottom, I’ve hung my vintage bags by Bueno, Gamins, and Aigner.

Display your vintage purses

Use pretty knobs to display purses…

The pretty knobs on which the purses are hung were found drastically marked down at Anthropologie. Also, check out Amazon for some of the same or very similar knobs. In fact the knobs that I happened upon in Anthro’s back sales room are what inspired me to display some of my favorite vintage purses. That, plus I recently “Konmaried” all of my clothing, shoes, and purses, (which I’ll be posting about soon!); that cleaning made me take notice of my almost-forgotten lovely vintage handbags.

Plan Ahead

Just as I mentioned in my post about hanging a picture gallery, you need to plan ahead if you want to display your vintage purses.  If you just try to estimate where the handbags should be hung on the wall, and where their knobs should be placed, then you’re likely to make mistakes that will leave unneeded and unsightly holes in your wall! Here’s what to do:

Step 1

The very first thing is to lay out the purses to decide in what order and distance from each other that they look the best.

Display your vintage purses

Lay out the purses before drilling and hanging

Step 2

The second step is to lay out each purse on some paper (I used a cut-up grocery bag), and outline the purse in ink. Mark the point in ink where the purse’s knob will be.

Display your vintage purses

Draw outline of the purse on paper

This takes just a little bit of time, but is sooo worth it.  Remember that you’re doing this to to avoid drilling multiple holes in your wall, which would take far longer to repair and paint over!

Step 3

Next, cut out paper outlines of the purses.

Display your vintage purses

Cut out paper outlines of purses

Step 4

Next, tape the purse paper cut-outs onto the wall, moving them around on the wall until they are positioned the way you like them.

Display your vintage purses

Tape up the paper outlines on the wall

Step 5

Now you can get your drill out and drill holes through the spots marked on the paper showing where each purse’s knob goes. Remember that the width of your drill bit should be a tad narrower than the width of knob’s long screw. I also recommend using wall anchors to hold the screws tightly in place.

Display your vintage purses

The drill bit should be smaller than the knob’s screw

Step 6

After the holes are drilled and anchors screwed in, screw in some pretty knobs (or hooks) that will complement the purses that will be hung.

Display your vintage purses

Displayed purses on pretty knobs

Step 7

Before you hang and display your vintage purses, be sure to stuff them with clean rags or tissue paper to preserve and enhance their pretty shape. For example, in the photo above, you can see this thrifted black Bueno bag before I stuffed it. Below is the same bag after I stuffed it…much better!

Display your vintage purses

Stuff displayed purses for shape

Display your vintage purses

Pull out those lovely purses!

I also stuffed this classic Aigner bag, a gift from my parents while in college over thirty years ago. I modeled the Aigner in this post a couple of years ago.

Display your vintage purses

Bringing this Gamins purse back to life…

I had to bring this vintage Gamins purse, found at an estate sale, back to life. The original purse strap was missing, but I had a long chunky necklace that I never wore, so I fashioned it into a new purse chain handle. I can also undouble the necklace to make a longer “strap.”

Display your vintage purses

Vintage black velvet purse by Garay

Occasionally, I might switch in this adorable black velvet Garay handbag, also found at an estate sale. Note the pretty mother-of-pearl detailing at the top. Of all the knobs shown, the whimsical Eiffel Tower knob is my daughter’s favorite.

Display your vintage purses

Alternate display of three vintage purses

Here’s the display with the Garay purse on the bottom…

Display your vintage purses

Vintage purses

…and here’s the display with the Aigner on the bottom. Both arrangements are pretty, wouldn’t you agree?

Display your vintage purses!

To display your vintage purses is to feature a part of your fashion sense as artwork. If you’ll pull out those forgotten handbags from the back of your drawer or closet, then who knows? Maybe you’ll even be inspired to carry some with outfits!

–G

*Please note that all opinions are mine alone, and that I received no samples, payments, or financial incentives from Anthropologie, Amazon, Aigner, Bueno pursesa, their affiliates or any other person or entity for comments or links in this article.

Filed Under: DIY crafts and projects, Fashion, Home Decor

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Comments

  1. Didi says

    July 15, 2018 at 9:54 am

    Hobby Lobby has a huge variety of funky knobs including a couple of the ones in your pictures. They are very inexpensive and there is alway a discount or coupon available. Thanks for the idea, I purchased a bunch of knobs to use on my daughter’s dresser but she didn’t like the idea of mixed knobs. I never returned them and now have a use for them.

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    • gingerwroot says

      July 19, 2018 at 10:52 pm

      Ooh, I will definitely check out Hobby Lobby, and you are welcome! Hope your knob project turns out to be a success, and thanks for stopping by! –G

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