poster or similar for kitchen wall needed-any ideas

[brimfull]

atm I have 3 framed prints from ikea

am sick of them

need something fairly large

but not a triptyche thing please

help

[FritesMenthe]

Enormous world map from Ikea (£115 though)

[OnlyWantsOneDoesntLikeDM]

get your DC or some other more artistically gifted children (do it yourself then claim it was DC, thats what I did) and paint a murial

[brimfull]

yes have thought of that

we already have one upstairs though

at £115

[KnickKnack]

The map is pretty cool, but really bad quality close up and definitely not worth the money (a friend has looked at it several times but always comes away with the same opinion)

[brimfull]

has to cover a redundant light switch

but interesting idea

[OnlyWantsOneDoesntLikeDM]

by this I am implieing that my painting ability of said muriel looked like a two year old had done it

[brimfull]

muriel is good

could incorporate the switch lol

or a stencil montage in a painted frame??

[OnlyWantsOneDoesntLikeDM]

remove said switch and fill / sand / paint wall

[brimfull]

oh yeh

doh!

[FritesMenthe]

think you're right about the ikea map KK, but I like the idea of a map.

[OnlyWantsOneDoesntLikeDM]

you could paint a map?

[OllieWollieWoo]

Have you thought about the ole covering a canvas with some material trick???? I've done it with some dinosaur material for DS2 bedroom using a couple of largish canvases and it looks quite good. Ikea always has some stylish material imo?
Also - ages ago I once framed some nice wrapping paper which looked more like a poster which I luved and a friend has framed some liberty style print material in a chunky dark wood ikea frame which looks v cool. Would need to make sure it doesnt look too twee tho????

[brimfull]

ollie-fab idea,ikea do the stretcher frames.

Right a trip to ikea then

thanks

[chimchar]

lovely kids map of the world here...only £18 too!

www.gltc.co.uk/fcp/product/-/bestsellers_room_accessories/Giant-Maps/937?colour=World&imgcolour=WOR

[chimchar]

someone on here AGESSSSSS ago put a lovely link to a poster company...i spent hours trawling it...but i can't remember what it was called.

tk maxx sometimes have great prints and vintage sign type things.

[LaurieFairyCake]

I have an enormous "Keep Calm and Carry On" wartime type poster on my wall. If find it very soothing.

and I've rather sadly bought matching mugs

[CybilLiberty]

Ikea now sell frame stretchers where you can put any fabric you want over them and make them into a canvas. A load of them on the wall instead of one big picture could look good.

[CybilLiberty]

Doh just seen someones earlier post

[CybilLiberty]

to make up for my stupidity they have some cool prints on here

[brimfull]

cybil-great site !

your stupidity is forgiven

[CybilLiberty]

you could always do a Kirstie arf

[AussieSim]

I am loving www.art.com at the moment and they have a 'cuisine' category with plenty of great 'kitchen' appropriate prints and the prices are very reasonable.

[missmelly]

I've just bought the 'keep calm and carry on' poster too.. havent put it up anywhere yet though.. it's about £6 on ebay

[OllieWollieWoo]

That Pop Art site is fab - think a book cover poster would make a lovely present - esp if it was their favourite book! Think I am going to hunt down a keep calm poster Miss Melly and LaurieFairyCake - tho have also seen one once that said 'Keep calm and have a cupcake'!

Let us knwo what you end up with ggirl!

[brimfull]

book posters are great

however I haven't read any of the featured books

would feel a fraud

think I'm going to go with the fabric option