Category Archives: Wall Map Decorations

Jul

Gift Ideas for a Map Loving Dad

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Father’s Day is that one day set aside for families to honor the contributions of fathers. Each year, wives and children struggle to come up with gift ideas for the man in their lives. If your husband, father, best friend, or brother is tough to shop for come Father’s Day, there are lots of gift ideas featured below that are perfect for dads who enjoy maps and geography. License Plate Maps Most Americans .

Jul

Gift Ideas to Complete His Mancave

Most guys have the fortune of calling one area of the home their own to decorate. Commonly referred to these days as the mancave, this room is often designed with a man’s first-choice décor in mind. For most guys, a mancave consists of sports memorabilia or bar-themed merchandise. If you have a guy in your life that has finer tastes, perhaps the best gift you can give him are map and geography themed gifts. .

Jul

Decorating Your Child’s Room with Fun Maps and Map-themed Items

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When your children are young, their brains are sponges soaking up a lot of information on a daily basis. While there is no need to bombard their young minds with too much information, there is no harm in fostering an educational environment even in their bedroom or toy room. Maps are a great educational tool to help your children learn more about the world around them. In this post, we offer up some exciting .

Jul

Stylish Gift Ideas to Decorate Your Home Bar

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Millions of Americans have installed home bars in their residences to add a touch of class and provide the perfect entertaining space for family and friends. The toughest task facing many homeowners is decoration for that home bar. Creating a mature theme for a bar can be tough. Some opt for sports themes, hang a few jerseys and hats, and call it a day. If you want to develop a motif that is mature, .

May

Creating an Awesome Collage with Travel Maps

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GPS units and smartphones have put a big dent in the need for travel maps featuring clear directions across America’s highways and byways. Although most Americans now have a global map in the palm of their hands with a smartphone, there is still a place for those beloved travel and roadmaps everyone used to collect in the glove box of their vehicle. In this post, you’ll learn how to turn those old travel maps .

May

Charting Your Adventures for the World to See

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Throughout human history, mankind has used maps to help define the world and explore its outer reaches. Ancient civilizations charted territory using maps, defining the boundary between the civilized world and barbarian cultures. As mankind took the oceans in search of uncharted territory, unique wall maps were developed that depicted the world as it was believed to exist. Today, there isn’t much need for those same kind of wall maps. The rise of .

May

Map Themed Decorations for a Child’s Room

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All parents are guilty of imparting some of their own hobbies, sport affiliations, and interests to their children. That’s why manufacturers make NFL jerseys or MLB plush dolls with team logos and franchise names on them. If you’re more of a geopolitical individual interested in teaching your child at an early age about maps, you can still impart that wisdom and desire on them with some engaging and unique decorations. In the following paragraphs, .

May

Sprucing Up Flea Market & Garage Sale Finds with Maps

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Whether you don’t have the financial ability to purchase brand-new furniture, prefer the look of antiques, or just enjoy hunting down a deal, used furniture is a great way to add style and flair to your home. However, when you go through flea markets and neighborhood garage sales in search of furniture to buy, you aren’t likely to find items in pristine condition. With a little ingenuity and sweat, you can turn those treasures .

May

Keeping Tabs on Your World as a Business Traveler

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While the vast majority of people go to work and come home each day with little change in their routine, there are those who power the economy by traveling the world to represent their company and make deals with foreign partners. Business travelers put in long hours traveling to destinations far and wide, racking up frequent-flier miles while losing track of time and place altogether. For those business travelers with families at home, .

Apr

Maps with a Bird’s Eye View

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Creating and printing wall maps that include a visual representation of an entire nation, or even the entire globe, offer children and adults alike the opportunity to take in the world in an easy-to-view medium. While these maps are based upon mankind’s scientific understanding of boundaries and locations around the globe, the power of satellite imagery and views from space cannot be beat. Courtesy of the space race in the 1960s, and subsequent advances .