The word "collector" can bring to mind a connoisseur of fine art and, just as easily, an overzealous hoarder. Hummel figurines, matchbooks, ashtrays, bubblegum cards and campaign buttons - items that ...

Designer Josh Hildreth joined staff writer Jura Koncius last week on The Washington Post’s Home Front online chat. Q: My parents are downsizing and asked me whether I want anything. How do I tell them ...

Marcie Cheung has 30 Minnie Mouse ears hanging on the wall of her Renton office. Lindsay Yost placed 14 vintage lunchboxes atop her bookcase in West Seattle. Trent Merrill once possessed an entire ...

Whether it's artwork, books, ceramics, or decorative objects, collectibles are a wonderful way to bring unique personality ...

Displaying your plants artistically helps you create your own personal museum, or plant gallery, in which you can tell a ...

Once you hit a certain age, you find yourself with enough knickknacks to call a “collection.” The problem, generally, is that these odds and ends are usually scattered about with little thought to how ...

There’s an art to arranging collections like a pro. Here are a few pointers. By Tim McKeough Whatever you’re drawn to — whether it’s antique ceramic plates, framed insect specimens or contemporary ...

The problem of how to display a group of blue and white Chinese vases of similar scale is solved by placing them on a gilded Rococo mirror, which emphasizes their sameness. Rather than putting a ...

Ahh, toy collecting. Lately, it is an exercise in futility. Figure preorders sell out in seconds, noting is on the shelf to buy anymore, and companies cannot keep up with demand. Let's say you do walk ...