DIY Map Wall
It's back!!! The coveted, beautiful, insightful MAP WALL!! But its back in an all new form! 
Remember the old map wall? Its glorious too, but this time around I had to reimagine things a bit. In our last home, the map wall was more seen as wallpaper and was thumb-tacked and overlapped each other to completely cover a wall in my office/craftroom. In our new home though, our walls are concrete and you cannot get anything in them, so I had to get creative. I found these adorable, small gold binder clips and some teeny tiny command hooks at our local craft store. I brought all my maps with me in the move; they are all National Geographic maps that I bought at a local thrift store.Supplies:
- Maps
- Binder clips
- 3M strips and hooks
I then sorted through my maps and began choosing my favorites.
I made an arrangement in the floor of what I thought was the appropriate sizing/spacing....
Then I remeasured the wall I was using and realized it was too small for the amount of maps I had chosen and reconfigured. Then I began hanging them! I measured somewhat and only had to redo one map that was really crooked. The nice thing about the binder clips is that you can tighten or loosen them to even things out a bit if you hang them a little crooked. Heres a quick GIF I made of how the wall came together using the Party Party App.The finished wall turned out very formal since the maps were so strategically placed and I love it.
The gold binder clips are gorgeous! And make a great accent to the maps.
Here you can see the 3M hooks and strips, they are actually clear (way to go 3M!). They aren't the prettiest close up, but from a normal distance away they really do blend in with the wall and look great.
This project took less than 3 hours to choose maps, hang them and photograph as I went. This is such an easy way to update a large wall, cheaply, without being permanent at all. Which wall is your favorite? The original one that is more wall papered or the this one that is more formal and planned? Also, does anyone have any tips for getting the wrinkles out?! Do you have any map inspired DIYs?! If so, show me! Maps are my favorite and I have a ton leftover now that NEED to be used....