Vintage School Map for the Family Room
Late last winter I found something that I had been searching for, a vintage school map. I found my treasure in one of my favorite downtown shops and it is extra special because it is from a local private school.
I'm so glad that the private school had a local estate shop sell these maps rather than throw them away. I'm thrilled to have it, especially since I know where it spent its life.
The map hangs above one of the two sofas in our family room and makes a bold statement on one wall.
We definitely have a map theme in our family room. The grouping above Mr. SP’s sofa are all Civil War maps from the Official Records. The large map to the left is Lynchburg in 1927. My parents surprised me with the pie safe one Christmas. The larger radio and phone on top of the pie safe belonged to my grandparents. The radio still works!
To hang the map, we stapled it to a large dowel that hangs between two wooden holders that Mr. SP fabricated. The holders are hidden by the curtains so we didn’t bother to add wooden buttons to hide the screws.
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We have an old map of the area of the UK where my husband was born framed in our den. I love the way it looks. Carol
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