History and Home Decor

I am back! I have been out of touch with the blogging world since last fall!!!  But I have an amazing baby boy to show for it.  Our family is now grown to a family of 6 and we are quite busy these days.  So, this is actually an old post that I had written right before taking my break from blogging but never posted it. Hope you enjoy and come back for more!

Strange title I know, but my brain is not functioning at optimal performance this morning so all I could think of were the facts behind this post rather than a catchy little phrase.  So, let's get to it!

About a week ago, my husband walked through the front door with a look of excitement and accomplishment about him.  He held a rather large bag in his hand. As he began to open the bag, the excitement was suddenly mixed with hesitancy...which made me a bit nervous too.

He opened the bag and pulled out a ginormous map.  He was so excited about his find, which I could totally appreciate.  I often come home with that same look of excitement and accomplishment, only I am usually towing some random item from a yard sale, flea market, or end clearance isle of Target.

I'll be honest, my first thought was, "what in the world are we going to do with this? and surely he does not expect me to cover every wall in the living room with this 24ft long map?!"
These first thoughts would also be the reason for his look of hesitancy.

But as he began to explain what the map was, I began to get excited too and quickly realized that this was something that needed to be displayed.  Suddenly, the perfect place popped into my head and hours later, my accent wall/wall of history was born.

We measured and cut the map into three separate strips.  Then my amazingly talented and crafty husband cut some trim and painted it to frame out our map. There is a spot in the top corner where the map does not match up and we plan to type out a scripture, have it printed and place it there.  I just love the finished product. Not to mention that I could literally stare at this wall for hours and still not have read and taken in a fourth of the information on it. It is amazing!

 

 The map is a time line of the life of Jesus Christ. It begins with Adam and Eve.  It later parallels His life with other historical events going on in the world at that time. It is so amazing and I love that I can look at any time I want.  Someone put a lot of work into making this. 

If you would like one of your own, I believe my husband found it at CBO, Christian Book Outlet for a mere $25.  It is really nicely made with thick, quality paper.

So, this whole project costs us a total of $25! We used wood we already had from previous projects to cut and make the trim.  We used black paint we already had as well.

Hope this inspires you to think outside the box when decorating your home. It is truly a lot of fun and most of the time, much more affordable....for me anyway.