33 Puzzles on the Man-Cave Walls

I can't remember when I first visited the home of the Porter family in Sunnyvale, CA.  I was probably 10 or 11.  The wonderful family and good spirit that occupied the home are my fondest memories, but what made the physical place unique was the puzzle wall.  One of the walls of the Porters' family room was covered with jigsaw puzzles that had been painstaikenly assembled, cut to size, then mounted. 

Ever since I rediscovered puzzle-making as a pastime recently, making a puzzle wall of my own has been somewhere in the back of my mind.  So, as I churned out Hometown thousand-piecers, I'd stack them up, saving them for the day I'd finally get around to mounting them on my very own puzzle wall.  When the stack count reached 40, it was time to go to work. 

I was delighted to speak with Vonda Porter last week, to catch up and to learn the Porter-family method of puzzle hanging.  To my delight, the method is oh so simple:  contact paper on the back, then hang each with small finishing nails (or brads).  My obvious question -- "Is this method durable?"  Mrs. Porter's reply -- "They're still here."  Let's see . . . I first saw that wall when I was 10 or 11 . . . I'm approaching 52 . . . hmm . . . that's something like 40 years.  Yep.  That's durable. 

So, here's my new and improved man cave, complete with 33 Hometown puzzles by Heronim: