Alanna Cavanagh via Elements of Style
I love old maps and I have always wanted to do something like this in our living room. This one is a map of Paris, but again, a favorite city that has special meaning to the family would make it that much more personal.
The writer in me loves this giant hand-addressed envelope turned on it’s side. Maybe it’s a long lost love letter …
My dad has boxes of the letters my grandparents wrote back and forth to each other when my Grandpa was in Europe during World War II … I would love to blow one up and frame it just like this.
I know lots of people have chalkboards or are painting walls in chalkboard paint, but this one really feels like art to me. I would have fun finding inspirational quotes to write on here.
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If you’re anything like me and collect swatches of fabric (I have a box full that I just like to pull out and look at … they’re so pretty) this might be a fun idea … especially in a hallway where the colors and patterns don’t have to compete with anything.
New York International Gift Fair
Love these ideas, Amy! I once bought a nautical map of Hilton Head Island and wanted to cut them into 4 parts and frame them but was hesitant….now I just might! Thanks!
We go to a different carribean island every year with our children and I have been searching for a nice framed map of the carribean…..have yet to find one.
I also frame my children's artwork and hang them on the walls in the playroom. Jennifer
I really like the idea of the blown up old envelope. Neat!
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I was in a home one time with a long playroom, and the mom had hung a clothes line along one long wall and put out a box of colored clothes pins. When the kids wanted to show off some art, they'd take something down and put the new item up. It was a fun changing themed wall sure to bring a smile.
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We have a chalk wall…very cool.
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I like faces…suns, moons, and woodmen. I have a few Vietri pieces. Some are metal, some are wood, some are resin.
I don't know if you ever noticed, but I have a poem framed in my dining room. It is a poem written by Craig when Lisa was leaving home to be married. It was so touching and meant so much to me that I framed it and have kept it all these years. Chick