At what age do you stop putting posters on your bedroom wall

Niamho! · 21-08-2007 05:25PM

my walls used to be covered top to Bottom Every inch. in all sorts. managed to have about 4/5 randomly dotted around when i was about 18/19 but after that i wasn't arsed.

Crumble Froo · 21-08-2007 05:50PM

hmmm... im 19, have moved out, and my wall is covered in newspaper cuttings, ripouts from magazines, posters, used gig tickets, funny pics ive printed off, birthday/christmas cards i found cool/amusing and photos... then i have cool lyrics/quotes/one-liners written up in permanant marker

moving out in december though, gonna be sharing a one bed flat with my fella, so probably wont be bringin most of my stuff with me...

starting to get stuff tattood to me now though... maybe thats just the next phase for me

Rb · 21-08-2007 06:11PM

I still have two massive posters, both on a wall by themselves. One is the top poster from here and the other is this. No interest in blur, but the black and white goes well with the dark red walls I have in my room. They won't be taken down until I've moved out.

However, did take down all the the sports/music/etc posters I had about 8 years ago.

Mrs. MacGyver · 21-08-2007 09:34PM

Archimedes wrote:

Whenever you move out, you get them framed. Classy.

I actualy didn't think of that! I have posters of Van Gogh's paintings on my bedroom walls at home.

admiralofthefleet · 21-08-2007 10:11PM

i stopped around 22, but when we win the all ireland ill put a dubs poster up and another when we win the world cup next month

Gaspode · 21-08-2007 10:15PM

Firetrap wrote:

Anyway, it got me thinking... at what age are you considered to be too old to have posters on your walls? By posters, I mean the sheets you just blu-tack to the wall, rather than the tasteful framed ones.

never too old.

walrusgumble · 21-08-2007 10:42PM

Irish Wolf wrote:

Once you move out of home... then you stick them to the ceiling..

In fact I've got a poster of YORE MA on my ceiling..

a good old classic poster on the ceiling in college house, all those page 3's. never really understood when girls thought that was weird, what a nice way to make up in the morning when the weather was crap outside

also handy for covering up holes in walls from landlords, apparantely

lilmissprincess · 21-08-2007 10:42PM

I get sick of posters very so often, like I'd thumbtack em up and rip em down a while later(thumbtacks are a lil difficult to get out of my wall thoguh!)...have up a sign I did as part of an Art thing in TY for Paddys Day, quoting one fo my favourite songs, I have some otheer quotes up, The Hackers Manifesto and photos of me and my friends...
They'll come down when I leave. And go up no a noticeboard/new bluetacked wall in my next home.

walrusgumble · 21-08-2007 10:49PM

Archimedes wrote:

Whenever you move out, you get them framed. Classy.

ah ye, sure beats paying throught the nose for that vintage (in a years time) of that classic eg beatles or whatever band, sports star picture.

i have a little hereo's corner in my living room with framed posters that once sat nicely via blue tack on me bedroom wall

Nevyn · 21-08-2007 10:50PM

Nevar!

Hermy · 21-08-2007 11:52PM

It has nothing to do with age. I stopped putting posters on my bedroom walls when I ran out of wall space.

tech77 · 22-08-2007 12:17AM

Never put posters on my wall when i was younger.
As far as i remember all my brothers and sisters did though.

I was into various bands and actors etc like the average teenager but never felt the urge to idolise them by hanging up a poster.

Always wondered what that said about me.
Suppose i just valued an uncluttered/minimalist environment over idolisation of someone in a poster.
Then again maybe i was just cool.

DarkJager · 22-08-2007 08:25AM

I think it stops as soon as you realise that the price you'd pay for a poster, would be better spent on a pint.

Wacker · 22-08-2007 09:10AM

I stopped putting the regular ones up when I was about 20. I'm 25 now, and I have seven on the walls in matching classy black frames. The woman in the shop was giving me a hefty discount by the end due to my repeat business. I have:

Marilyn Monroe, black and white, wearing a winter coat in Grand central Station with a big smile on her face.

Vito Corleone, a close up on his face in mooted colours. My favourite one.

Audrey Hepburn. The classic Breakfast at Tiffany's black and white close up.

AC/DC. The cover to Bonfire. My least favourite poster.

Pulp Fiction. The classic movie poster; Mia Wallace with a cigarette on the bed.

The Beatles, the Abbey Road cover. Very slick.

Led Zeppelin, a black and white shot of them playing live.

I have space for one more. It has got to be Grace Kelly, the hottest, classiest woman that ever lived.

NextSteps · 22-08-2007 09:48AM

It's like teddies. When do you decide not to share your bed with ten of them?

Hail 2 Da Chimp · 22-08-2007 09:52AM

I've got only 1 poster in my new place and its framed so that makes it classey!

AlmightyCushion · 22-08-2007 10:04AM

Why would I put a member of boards.ie on my wall?!?!?!?!

I'll leave.

22-08-2007 10:05AM

UB wrote:

It's like teddies. When do you decide not to share your bed with ten of them?

Never!!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 22-08-2007 12:34PM

AlmightyCushion wrote:

Why would I put a member of boards.ie on my wall?!?!?!?!

I'll leave.

That was cringeworthy Cushion, although I was surprised nobody said it sooner.

My wall used to be plastered with posters, then I swapped bedrooms and was only arsed putting 5 back up. It was due to lack of effort that no more went up.
I've got a massive Hot Fuzz poster that I found in one of those cylinder brown tubes on a bus once which is pretty sweet so I'll probably get that framed at some stage and also I've got a really cool poster of the Grim Reaper that I'd like framed also. I'll probably lose the other 3 at some stage, which are a Buffy Cast poster, Danger Maximum Noise Output poster and a Charisma Carpenter poster. They're fine for now, but I can't see myself being bothered putting them up next time I move.

Crumble Froo · 22-08-2007 03:31PM

tech77 wrote:

Never put posters on my wall when i was younger.
As far as i remember all my brothers and sisters did though.

I was into various bands and actors etc like the average teenager but never felt the urge to idolise them by hanging up a poster.

Always wondered what that said about me.
Suppose i just valued an uncluttered/minimalist environment over idolisation of someone in a poster.
Then again maybe i was just cool.

haha, i love how the opposite of uncluttered/minimalist is idolisation...

my rooms plastered in stuff, barely a spot of paint in the room left to see (im moving out and its gonna be a nightmare fixing it up in december :rolleyes: ) but i see it as different representative aspects of my personality, all positive stuff, the photos of the people and bands and pictures of stuff that remind me of happy times nad make me smile.

Mrs_Doyle · 22-08-2007 03:32PM

The first poster I ever had on my wall was a Kylie poster:)

I used to plaster my walls with posters, but then I'd go to the bathroom because I was convinced that all the people in my posters were looking at me!

echter · 23-08-2007 07:04PM

Firetrap wrote:

It would be pretty sad if I still had Morten Harket adhered to the woodchip

i still do

lemansky · 23-08-2007 07:10PM

DarkJager wrote:

I think it stops as soon as you realise that the price you'd pay for a poster, would be better spent on a pint.

I didn't quite know how to put it into words but I think you just have.
Well said brother Jager.

At what age do you stop putting posters on your bedroom wall

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