When you’re out and about, look for small items that you can buy in multiples. That way you can mount them on stands and create an amazing visual effect," says Mark Sage of BoBo Intriguing Objects, a company known for turning cheese presses into sculpture and bricklayer’s pallets into tabletops.

top left: Plates old and new decorated with photos and punched diecut papers are a whole new way to frame. Piggybacking the plates adds depth. Alternatively, break apart traditional frames and glue mismatched parts together, suggests artist Jane Wynn, author of Altered Curiosities: Assemblage Techniques and Projects. "The quirkiness works perfectly. You can always go to your local framer and ask for samples—a lot of times they just throw the old ones away."

bottom left: Objects connected by a common theme inspire a whole-room "installation." In this paean to photography, a den is appointed with collectible cameras.

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