Sensible Apartment Furnishings

[Pete]

not super into paintings. 

really trying to go with the map theme.  love maps.

You should make your own.  Cartography is where it's at.

[michigancat]

I like the maps idea, dlew. I may use it at my house. we already have one map on the wall, may add more. We also have an antique globe that is fun.

I also sort of display license plates from places I've lived on a bookshelf.

[bubbles4ksu]

Blow up family portraits to at least 6'x8' and display them proudly.

[hemmy]

I'm mid-20's and I have nothing on my wall. Should there be something there

[star seed 7]

I'm mid-20's and I have nothing on my wall. Should there be something there

i'm early 30's and i have nothing on my wall.   

[Tobias]

you should try to find old sanborn insurance maps, typically turn of the century-ish and can be very fascinating if familiar with the town.  I know the ku library has a whole series of them available for my town from like 1884 onward

[Tobias]

available online, I should say.  not by a computer ATM

[Mrs. Gooch]

Here are some ideas on how to decorate with maps.

http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=maps%20decor

[steve dave]

CB2

great suggesto

[steve dave]

I'm really into old timey advertising posters from defunct airlines and travel agency posters of destinations in the 20s-50s. It's kind of stupid but I nerd out on them.

[mocat]

oh wow that TWA NYC one is great. looks very Saul Bass-y

[steve dave]

[SabiNation]

Those are fantastic sd

[steve dave]

Those are fantastic sd

if you stumble across a vintage poster shop you should stroll in and tell them what you're interested in and they will throw on the white gloves and lay out, like, wall sized old advertisements of stuff like that. it's really fun. also, just google picture searching "vintage travel ad" and cruising through them is fun.

[Dr Rick Daris]

so like, urbana or worse? is dlew like a ku student living in tongie? my god. 

[Mikeyis4dcats]

Mpix is better than Snapfish

[ben ji]

Really like the map idea dlew. I have a large framed map of the carribean(sp) in my living room and have thought of getting a couple more to compliment it but I have not looked very hard. If you find a good place online to buy some already framed maps let me know!

Speaking of decorations anyone know a cheap way to frame newspapers? I have about 5-10 old newspapers I found in my GPA's house from historic events(moon landing, allies win edition of stars and stripes etc) that I want to frame and hang on the wall. I went to hobby lobby but the frames were like $40 each.

[Mrs. Gooch]

Really like the map idea dlew. I have a large framed map of the carribean(sp) in my living room and have thought of getting a couple more to compliment it but I have not looked very hard. If you find a good place online to buy some already framed maps let me know!

Speaking of decorations anyone know a cheap way to frame newspapers? I have about 5-10 old newspapers I found in my GPA's house from historic events(moon landing, allies win edition of stars and stripes etc) that I want to frame and hang on the wall. I went to hobby lobby but the frames were like $40 each.

http://www.hobbylobby.com/assets/dynamic/_weekly.coupon/2013_24_coupon.gif

[Dugout DickStone]

I like the maps idea, dlew. I may use it at my house. we already have one map on the wall, may add more. We also have an antique globe that is fun.

I also sort of display license plates from places I've lived on a bookshelf.

Move to things white midwesterners like thread.

[Dr Rick Daris]

Really like the map idea dlew. I have a large framed map of the carribean(sp) in my living room and have thought of getting a couple more to compliment it but I have not looked very hard. If you find a good place online to buy some already framed maps let me know!

Speaking of decorations anyone know a cheap way to frame newspapers? I have about 5-10 old newspapers I found in my GPA's house from historic events(moon landing, allies win edition of stars and stripes etc) that I want to frame and hang on the wall. I went to hobby lobby but the frames were like $40 each.

http://www.hobbylobby.com/assets/dynamic/_weekly.coupon/2013_24_coupon.gif

yeah. hobby lobby and michaels have 40/50% off framing and other coupons like every single week. every single week, son. word is born.

[Dugout DickStone]

Go to hobby lobby only on sundays.  trust

[Dr Rick Daris]

my sunday routine is to go to h lobby in the morning after church to shop for knick knacks and then grab some lunch at c filet. those nugs are amaze.

[CNS]

Map idea for all you weird map ppl:

Rent projector
Google Maps
Paint directly on wall
Color streets or buildings of importance to you in a different color than the rest.

[ben ji]

Really like the map idea dlew. I have a large framed map of the carribean(sp) in my living room and have thought of getting a couple more to compliment it but I have not looked very hard. If you find a good place online to buy some already framed maps let me know!

Speaking of decorations anyone know a cheap way to frame newspapers? I have about 5-10 old newspapers I found in my GPA's house from historic events(moon landing, allies win edition of stars and stripes etc) that I want to frame and hang on the wall. I went to hobby lobby but the frames were like $40 each.

http://www.hobbylobby.com/assets/dynamic/_weekly.coupon/2013_24_coupon.gif

 

[Dr Rick Daris]

my saturday routine is to rent a projecter and then paint maps on my walls with "specials" colors for things that are important to me.