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Like Bob and Stevie Burke, most of us have collections we'd like to display. It might be Grandmother's costume jewelry, toys from your childhood, antique cooking tools or the knives Bob collected during his travels.
So why not get those precious things out of the musty boxes in the basement? You can mimic Bob's look literally, as with this display of Native American rattles, or you can give yourself more freedom, depending upon what you have and the tone you want.
To get a shadow-box effect, start with framed hotel art without glass (4 by 2 feet, Stars Antiques Mall, $38; Oregon City Furniture Co. has a wide selection, $20-$50). Brush three to four coats of semigloss latex paint over the canvas (this is Miller's 'Roasted Pepper') and use a 1-inch angle brush to paint the frame black (the gold border was untouched).