We had a busy busy weekend, including kayaking the Chicago River. Looking to take it easy on Sunday night, we browsed our game shelf in the closet and decided to do a puzzle - we are indeed an 80-year old couple.
BUT!
We got skunked when we got down to the last piece and found ourselves with two spaces left! A quick search around the table and even the plastic bag it came in. - yes, Bob went through the garbage to try to complete this puzzle - turned up empty. Much like the Sphinx with its missing nose, our puzzle too was "less than."
As we worked on that 1000 piecer, I thought about how you could decorate with a completed puzzle. . .
The easiest way to decorate with one is to frame it and slap it on the wall. Bob actually has a glued together puzzle of Rome that we are going to be putting on the wall in our guest bedroom (a small hint on the theme, stay tuned in the next couple weeks for that completed room!).
Puzzles are made more difficult when there is a large background area that is all the same or similar colors. Take advantage of this open space and create a multi-hole picture frame. Complete the puzzle - that's the hard part - and then break out picture size squares or other shapes. Glue or tape in a series of pictures that can go along with the puzzle's theme. Unfortunately, my travels have yet to take me to Egypt, so I am not able to fully realize the potential of this puzzle. Some random shots from Hawaii make sense, right?
So there are a couple ideas for keeping your puzzle alive. Possibly more appealing than immediately breaking it apart and putting it all back in the box to be pulled out on another lazy Sunday.

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