MENUMENU
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Our Favourite Tools
  • Get In Touch

Little House On The Corner

DIY & Home Improvement

MENUMENU
  • Blog
  • Projects
    • Our Favourite Projects
          • Favourite Projects
          • DIY Slatted Garden Fence | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Slatted Garden Fence

          • Floorsanding In Progress - 16 Grit Paper | Little House On The Corner
          • What No One Will Tell You About Sanding Your Floors (+ How We Did It!)

          • How To Plan And Install Panelling | Ultimate DIY Guide On How To Install Panelling Yourself | Little House On The Corner
          • How To Plan & Install Panelling

    • Home Improvement & DIY
          • Home Improvement Projects
          • DIY Thin Floating Shelves | Little House On The Corner
          • How To Build Super Thin Floating Shelves

          • DIY Log Store | DIY Guide: How To Build A Log Store | Little House On The Corner
          • How To Build A Log Store

          • HOW TO LAY A PLYWOOD FLOOR

    • Craft & Art
          • Art & Craft Projects
          • DIY Pegboard
          • DIY Pegboard

          • DIY Framed Instagram Photo Display | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Frames Instagram Photo Display

          • DIY Guess Who Game - Setting Out Board | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Guess Who Game

    • Painting & Decorating
          • Painting & Decorating Projects
          • What To Do When You've Chosen The Wrong Paint Colour (& How To Fix It!) | Little House On The Corner
          • What to do when you’ve chosen the wrong paint colour (& how to fix it!)

          • Kitchen Makeover | Little House On The Corner
          • How To Paint Laminate Kitchen Cabinets

          • DIY Geometric Painted Walls | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Geometric Painted Wall

    • Free Printables
          • Free Printables
          • House Cleaning Checklist | Free Printable | Little House On The Corner
          • Cleaning Checklist – Free Printable

          • Halloween Book Covers - F0ree Printable | Little House On The Corner
          • Halloween Book Covers – Free Printable

          • DIY Halloween Treat Boxes | Free Printable | Little House On The Corner
          • Halloween Treat Boxes – Free Printable

    • Furniture Upgrades
          • Furniture Projects
          • DIY Herringbone Desk | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Herringbone Desk

          • DIY Wooden Bench
          • DIY Wooden Hallway Bench

          • DIY Copper Towel Ladder | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Copper Ladder

    • Outdoor & Garden
          • Outdoor & Garden
          • DIY Slatted Garden Fence | Little House On The Corner
          • How To Build A Slatted Fence

          • How To Lay A Gravel Driveway

          • DIY Logstore
          • How To Build A Log Store

    • Cleaning & Organizing
          • Cleaning
          • Cleaning Checklist - Free Printable
          • Cleaning Checklist + A Free Printable!

          • Ultimate Guide: How To Clean Brass - Ketchup | Little House On The Corner
          • How To Clean Brass

          • DIY Floating Spice Rack | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Floating Spice Rack

    • Holidays & Festivities
          • Holidays
          • The best mulled wine! (click through for the recipe)
          • The Best Mulled Wine Recipe Ever!

          • DIY Christmas Napkin Rings - Free Printable | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Christmas Napkin Rings

          • DIY Dowel Tree Advent Calendar | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Wooden Dowel Advent Calendar

    • Travel
          • Travel Posts
          • Szechenyi Bridge
          • A Weekend In Budapest

          • Riesenrad im Prater Wien | Little House On The Corner
          • A Long Weekend In Vienna

          • Lake Bled
          • 72 Hours In Ljubljana

  • House Tour
        • Our Edwardian House
        • Our Edwardian House (1st Home)
        • Our Berlin City Centre Apartment
        • Our Berlin City Centre Apartment (2nd Home)
        • Take The Tour | Our Art Nouveau Apartment | Little House On The Corner
        • Our Berlin Art Nouveau Apartment (3rd Home)
        • berlin riverside apartment house tour
        • Our Berlin Riverside Apartment (4th Home)
  • Shop
    • The Little Corner Shop
    • Shop Our First Home
    • Shop Our Current Home

Personalised Map Art

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Our office is probably the most finished room in the house. All we need to do is sort the lighting and strip and paint the door. The walls have already been plastered and painted, so it’s about time that we hang up some art. We have been planning to make a map with pins in the cities and countries we have visited and would like to visit for some time. That’s why I was really excited to find this print.
Map Art
It’s the ideal size for the office wall and more importantly will fit in a standard size picture frame.  As I couldn’t find a piece of cork the right size for the frame, so I bought some cheap place mats that I cut to size with a craft knife and stuck to the back of the picture frame.

Map Art

I used some spray glue that I still had, but I assume that any other glue would work just as well. This is what the back of the frame looked like after sticking the cork together.

Map Art

Then, using the spray glue, I coated the cork with glue and (with a bit of help from Jan) stuck the print onto the cork.

Map Art

Now for the fun bit – choosing our next holiday destinations! We used map pins, in different colours to differentiate between places we have already visited and places we would like to go. All of the yellow pins are still on our wish list! It might take us a while to see them all!

Map Art

And here is the result.

Map Art

You probably noticed that the frame in one of the other pictures is black. It’s still the same frame; I just gave it a quick coat of paint to go with the white and blue colour theme in the office.  All in all it cost less than £10 to make the map art. We love it, because it is so personal to us. There is one small problem though… When I bought the print, I checked the date on it and, although it says 2003 on it, the world map itself seems to be much older. There are quite a few countries on it, that don’t even exist anymore! Ups.
If you have any suggestions for our next travel destinations, let us know!

Christine 3 Comments

the PAST
the FUTURE

Subscribe To Our Newsletter

Sign up with your email address for secret projects, DIY advice & lots of fun!

Privacy Policy

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Comments

  1. Janet says

    07/03/2013 at 01:12

    You need to come visit Ottawa, Canada. And St John’s, Canada as well. I think I saw either Vancouver or Victoria on that map with a pin in it (It was hard to tell) You can’t visit the west coast without visiting the east coast and without visiting the capital. We are friendly.

    Janet

    P.S. I am enjoying the blog immensely. You are very creative.

    Reply
    • Christine says

      07/03/2013 at 18:52

      Hi Janet,
      I think the pin is in Victoria. We’ve never been to Canada, so it seemed a good starting point. As soon as we have a free pin (all of the pins in the colour representing our wish list are in use) we’ll pin Ottawa too! It’s always great to have a holiday recommendation!
      So glad you like the blog!
      Cx

      Reply
Painting Checklist

Our Favourite Tools

*Contains Affiliate Links*

Things To Know

ABOUT US

CONTACT US

DISCLAIMER

Privacy Policy

Shop Our Home!

OUR FAVOURITE TOOLS

SHOP OUR HOME

Disclaimer

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Please read our full disclaimer here!

Let’s Be Friends!

Keep Up To Date!

Subscribe for exclusive content and tutorials!

Thank you!

Copyright © 2022 · Little House On The Corner · This Website is powered by Cloudways and the Genesis Framework