Trend alert! Jigsaws
That’s right, jigsaws folks. It’s The Next Thing. Jigsaws stuck in frames and thus art for your walls, we’re talking. I’m not saying it doesn’t sound stupid, but artist and designer Julie Verhoeven has framed jigsaws on her wall and it looks sort of ace.
See that framed Charles and Diana photo? Jigsaw! And the swallows. Here’s the rest of the feature (sorry it’s so minute)…
It helps that JV also sounds like a marvellous lady: ‘It’s the act of getting dressed that makes me feel quite giddy. It’s like doing a piece of art, almost. I get that spring in my step. It’s only when I get outside that I realise it’s all a mask. I think uh-oh, I might have to wait at the lights or for a car to pass and I start to feel a bit self-conscious and silly.’
TREND.
I’m so ahead of the trend! I’ve had a framed jigsaw (comic painting of cats in a French chocolatier….I know. Sounds very kitsch, but I love it), given to me by work colleagues six years ago. Maybe I draw the line at dressing up in the curtains though.
You get 10 My Friends House points for being ahead of the curve, but we deduct one for the lack of curtain courage.