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Alphabet Decor Spells High Style for Rooms
Letters in artwork, on wallpaper and even woven into rugs show that you're well versed in design. Word up
School is officially in session! My 6-year-old has started first grade, and since then, we've gone from summer calm to classroom crunch in a hurry. I'm already battling piles of paper — spelling tests, math homework, art projects and so on.
In honor of the new school year, let's celebrate that most basic building block of academics: the alphabet. Like almost every writer, I have an ongoing love affair with those 26 letters in any form, font or combination. I'll take any chance I can get to weave them into my home decor, from refrigerator magnets to box signs to die-cut letters mounted on the wall.
Alphabet accents usually get relegated to nurseries, playrooms and other kid zones, but they look just as chic in grown-up rooms. Take a look at the typographic flair they add to the spaces below.
In honor of the new school year, let's celebrate that most basic building block of academics: the alphabet. Like almost every writer, I have an ongoing love affair with those 26 letters in any form, font or combination. I'll take any chance I can get to weave them into my home decor, from refrigerator magnets to box signs to die-cut letters mounted on the wall.
Alphabet accents usually get relegated to nurseries, playrooms and other kid zones, but they look just as chic in grown-up rooms. Take a look at the typographic flair they add to the spaces below.
Free-form alphabet letters meld into an abstract whole in this arresting piece of art.
Raise your hand if you miss old-fashioned typewriters. Just me? OK then. Regardless, this take on clacking keys is an appealing nod to nostalgia.
The vintage-look alphabet wallpaper in this space, set off by a midcentury-style floating cabinet, is just plain cool. It's intense, so too much of it might make your eyes ache, but an accent wall or a powder room would yield just the right dose.
I’m crazy about this twist on the gallery wall: a grouping of letters in different colors, styles and patterns.
Alphabet artwork with a subtle message embedded in the type looks anything but childish.
Look closely: That's an alphabet pattern on the rug in this glam Hollywood Regency–style space.
A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y — these twin alphabet prints bring that old grade-school mantra back to mind. And how cute are those umlauts at the end?
So I cheated. This is a child's room, but I'm throwing it into the mix because those brightly patterned, crisp and graphic letters are just too pretty not to make the leap to grown-up spaces.