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I love to
travel, and I love it to show in my home as well. But I like to keep my home very minimalistic, and try not to buy souvenirs, and things that, well, don’t really fit my home. What I love: decorating with maps! They instantly bring the world to my home, and give me the sense of travel, plus I think maps just look great, and usually bring great amount of color. Here are ideas how you can decorate with maps!
Decoupage furniture with maps
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I love this idea of decoupaging an old chair with a map!
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Don’t throw away the broken globe!
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Broken globe turns into a bowl. Upcycling that looks cool!
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Cavallini Vintage Map Calendars – so much more than calendars!
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I have been buying
Cavallini calendars for years. They have amazing pictures, vintage graphic art, nature graphics – and maps. You can reuse the calenders after the year is over and I like to frame the pictures (you get 12 prints for 22 bucks) and I just used two map pages from an old calendar to do my
IKEA clock hack.
Frame Maps & Get Crafty
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You can also take framing maps one step further and cut shapes like hearts out of them before framing them.
Map Tray Reminds me Of Stockholm
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I love this Stockholm map tray from Scandinavian Grace.
Subway Map Shower Curtain
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I like the MTA subway map shower curtain, but there are other map styles also available.
notNeutral Map Plates
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The collectible city plates feature 20 different city maps world wide. The entire collection is $900, and collections of 4 is $190.
DIY Map Plates for Wall
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Or… you could save a few hundred dollars and whip up some map plates on your wall with the instructions from PS. I made this
Decoupage soup can with maps = cute vase
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Remember this?
Soup can turned into vase with a little help of glue and a map.
Map Pillows
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And I love map pillows, like the map world map pillow by ferm living.