Michael,
I think many of us have the same problem. Here's what I
started doing when I ran out of wall space:
I have found that with Sue's frames (and probably others),
that the little spring clips on the back -- which provide extra tension to keep
the backing form board pressed against the poster and the plexi -- can be
replaced with something else. If you remove the little spring clips from the
frame, that opens up a little bit of extra space between the poster and the
backing board.
So, I now "store" 3 or 4 posters in one frame, stacked
one on top of the other, with the poster on the top of the stack displaying
through the plexi. The extra thickness of the 3 additional posters makes up for
most of the tension lost by taking out the spring clips and keeps everything
pressed reasonably tight up against the plexi. I've done this for years and have
noticed no sagging of the posters in the frame with this approach.
This way, when I've been displaying one poster for a
while and want a change, I open the top of the frame, slip out the poster in
front which I've been looking at to reveal the "next poster in line" and slip
the one I've been looking at to the back of the stack. I pop the top of the
frame back on and now I've got a different poster to look at for a while, and
the other 3 are safely stored flat behind it in the frame.. This avoids having
to have a separate standalone filing system for posters not-currently-on
display. It also makes changing my wall displays fairly quick and easy.
Sometimes my wife will come home to find to her delight that the display in
whole rooms or hallways will have been completely changed!
I really dislike filing posters away in a standalone system
-- I tend to forget about them and they sit there for years and years and
are never seen. This way, eventually, each poster works its way around to the
front of the frame and gets seen for at least a few months once a year or
so.
Please note, this approach is very likely NOT authorized by
Sue Heim.
-- JR
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