Evolution of a Man Wall.

So, as I mentioned previously I sort of made Lee’s anny gift this year. I wanted to convert our extra bedroom into a man cave, but seeing as the floral Pottery Barn duvet, white wicker furn and outdated tv weren’t going anywhere, I settled on a part of the room, specifically the wall. Lee is a lover of maps, so I thought I’d make him “man wall” with vintage maps and some sentimental (yet manly) items like the Chenault family crest and a picture of General Chennault’s flying tigers from WWII.

It’s funny, the blogosphere has opened a brand new creative world to me, and I love design, but the execution part is still quite the challenge, so I enlisted the help of my talented and creative friend, Kristin.

Here are a couple of pictures from the night. Overall I’m very pleased with the turn out and looking for a few more “man things” e.g., Vintage globe, more maps, etc. to fill out the room.

First two maps up. We are impressed with ourselves.

Kristin working away while I was probably sipping my wine :)

Work in progress. Sorry about aggressive flash.

Hammer time.

Voila!

Whew. That was hard.