As inspiration for today’s post, I wanted to share with you my upcoming plans for the rest of 2009. Starting next week, the hubby and I will be taking a road trip across America and Canada, and when summer comes to an end, we shall be relocating to our new home. Based upon the vintage postcard above, can you guess where it shall be?
Remember Janine from UPPERCASE’s favorite vintage map? I think it resonated with all of us, and while I posted about vintage map decor ideas previously, it inspired me to delve once again into the wide world of maps — and the different ways we could repurpose them or hang them as vintage map decor.
Better Homes and Garden came up with a fantastic tutorial on how to turn a vintage map into chic window shades. Goodbye fabric, hello lovely maps!
Chez Larsson has a lovely tutorial on how to create your very own repurposed map lamp shade!
An Angel at My Table shared beautiful photo shoot pictures into her home. I actually adore the entire vintage industrial aura of this space. Those lockers are fantastic, as are the light pendants that work as beautiful decor on the bookshelf.
Kelly McGuill interior designs hung a wonderful schoolhouse map above chairs that look perfect together in its tones.
Elle Decor showcased a fantastic room perfect for wanderlust travelers, filled with the peas-in-a-pod mixture of vintage map and globe decor.
Relish Small Pleasures featured a lovely house tour, whose individually framed map segments look charming and intellectual in any room.
I’d love to hear about your mapping ideas!