This $30 Rack Is Such a Smart Way to Turn Your Memories into Wall Decor
I love personalizing my bedroom walls with memorabilia. I’m always collecting notes, postcards, and photos, but sometimes I don’t even know where to display them — either because I am out of space or it feels too cluttered. But when I stumbled upon this $30 idea that turns memories into wall decor, I was hooked.
What Is the Wall Mount Greeting Card Postcard Display?
I saw this TikTok video from @zoeacarty explaining how she bought an adorable postcard rack from Amazon for only $30 — and I knew I needed one.
In the video, the creator explains how she’s always picking up postcards when she goes out to restaurants or shops in her city. On the back of each card, she writes the date, who she was with (noting if it was a special occasion), and a little message to sum up the memory. Then she places each of the postcards she gets in the holders on the rack. She notes in the video that she switches up which cards appear at the front of the stack depending on her mood.
This idea is perfect for any college apartment, especially if you’ve studied abroad, it’s a great way to cherish all the cool places you visited.
How I Would Use This Postcard Rack
Even if you didn’t go abroad, you can use postcards from other trips or from local gift stores and restaurants — they’re generally pretty inexpensive and make for excellent decor. Art museums also typically sell high-quality prints of famous paintings in their gift shops. You can also use this postcard rack to hold letters or photos since the display holds 7″x 5″ cards, with six sections.
The actual display is 28 inches high, 7.8 inches wide, and 2 inches deep, and weighs just over 2 pounds. It comes with screws to mount it into the wall, but if you’re living in a dorm room or college housing that has rules against putting holes in the walls, Command hooks are probably your best bet — just make sure you get hooks that can hold the weight of the display.
You could also opt for a tabletop postcard holder. This $17 acrylic card display lets you pick from three, four, or five tiers, and you can also choose to buy a one-pack or two-pack.
Whichever you use, these displays are the perfect way to organize your memories, display your postcard collection, and make your space feel like a collage of everywhere you’ve been.
