r/malelivingspace • u/sensitivepsycho • May 28 '13

Stuff to Put On Your Walls

BU-BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I LIKE...

Ah now. You must have hobbies and interests. This guy likes movies. Or you could Google "(favourite film) alternate poster". Vidya? Try the same thing. Want something a little more refined? Go to an art museum, find something you like, and then research the style. Missing home? Next time you visit mum and dad check your friendly local library for things like old photos or maps of the area where the older children used to steal your lunch-money. If you grew up next to the sea, nautical charts are a nice alternative to maps of the world. When on holiday collect things like postcards, ticket stubs and beer coasters and frame that shit - I went to the DMZ and now have my waiver, North Korean money and a JSA sticker in a lovely Ikea frame. Broke-ass student? Scrounge event posters or flyers from nightclubs and gigs, or ads from magazines - all of these cost me exactly nothing.. Go to a charity shop and stock up on cheap frames, or get lucky and find something cool.

IMAGE SOURCES

SHOPS

GUIDES

PRINTING

  • Short Run Posters - will print that cool photo you found to the dimensions you specify.

  • Blockposters - create any size posters from any size image.

  • Rasterbator - hehehheh.jpg. Same as Blockposters, but a lot more options.

SUBREDDITS

TO DO

  • More shops, more sources, MOAR EVERYTHING

  • Organise shops by shipping locations?

Suggestions and links are humbly accepted.

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u/SentimentalGentleman May 28 '13

Definitely sidebar worthy. Great resources!

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u/ghee-don Mar 05 '24

Lots of great links! even though it's 11years ago a lot of it is still relevant

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u/Jealous-Fisherman691 Jun 27 '24

You can also go for decor like #2 or #4 here > https://dreamyhomestyle.com/bedroom-wall-decor/

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u/Unfriendly_Giraffe May 28 '13

I'm going to add one that I've used a bunch: www.greatbigcanvas.com. I love canvas prints, I have 4 of them, and with my large walls, they can cover a good portion of them.

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u/sensitivepsycho May 28 '13

Added, thanks!

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u/powerfulsquid May 28 '13 edited May 30 '13

I recently purchased a house and turned one of the bedrooms into my office.

Two things I did for the walls (which is still a work in progress) were this:

  1. Bought 5 of my favorite classic rock bands' albums (not first pressings, but old enough to get that "vintage" look) and then bought some matted album frames. Hung them up on one wall.

  2. I then went the same "vintage" route and, because I'm a huge football (American) fan, I went on eBay and purchased ~12 original trading cards of my team's best all-time players from the 60's through the early 90's (anywhere from $1 - $3 each). I then took 9 of the best ones, purchased a matted trading card frame, placed them in accordingly and hung that up on another wall.

These were a mixture of various ideas I had been playing with for some time. I wanted something a bit different and unique that expressed my own interests while at the same time being something "original" that I had to put a little bit of work/thought into.

Two other ideas I had been playing with that someone else might be able to use were to:

  1. Purchase used CD albums and frame them if you are a music fan of more contemporary music. Not exactly a ground-breaking idea but still something I thought worth mentioning.
  2. Buy vintage magazines with something you like or are interested in that is feature on the cover and frame them. For example, for me specifically, I was thinking about taking two old sports magazines from the 60's and/or 70's that featured players from my favorite team and framing them on each side of the vintage card frame that I've already hung up.

As you can tell, I like the "character" vintage stuff gives you and mixing that in with more modern furniture/fixtures seems to give it a very nice, "classy" look and feel.

Edit: Here's a couple pictures: http://imgur.com/a/oTn8O

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u/sensitivepsycho May 28 '13

Nice! That's the idea - you should hang something personal on your walls, not Walmart Art. Unless you have a thing for Walmart Art.

I was thinking of adding an inspiration album, if you could put some photos of your stuff up that would be great!

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u/powerfulsquid May 29 '13

Sure thing! I posted this while I was at work and had full intentions of coming back with some photos. Unfortunately I got a little busy taking care of my son while my wife was at work and completely forgot. I'll definitely try and get to it tonight!

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u/powerfulsquid May 30 '13

Here are a couple pictures!

http://imgur.com/a/oTn8O

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u/atomofconsumption May 29 '13

well let's see a photo!

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u/powerfulsquid May 30 '13

Here are a couple pictures!

http://imgur.com/a/oTn8O

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u/powerfulsquid May 29 '13

I'll try and get to it tonight!

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u/Barrakuba May 28 '13

I have my vinyl records up on my wall with each one as sort of a picture. Its a cool way to display your musical taste.

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u/circa7 May 29 '13

Can you upload a photo of how you did it? I'd like to do something like this.

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u/Barrakuba May 29 '13

http://imgur.com/a/mpt1r

Ask and ye shall receive! I'm a poor college student so its still a work in progress. I plan to get more string lights to weave through them and albums by the end of the summer.

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u/RorschachTesticle Jun 11 '13

I do the same thing, but I have the records in frames. I picked up a few of the frames at Target for pretty cheap.

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u/Xuth May 28 '13

Absolutely brilliant. I'll be moving into a new place soon and this will be very useful. Saved.

These are much more of a budget item, and only available to us European types I'm affraid, but if you frame them or hang them right they'll look good for very little cash:

Central Park Poster

New York Window Poster (Ya know', for those of us not in New York)

In fact if you just do a search on that website you get a lot of city themed, large posters.

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u/sensitivepsycho May 28 '13

Glad to be of service, I just got sick of seeing the same topic every other day.

I think all the major shops - ebay, Amazon, that kind of thing - are pretty obvious as places to seek out posters and famous photos. I'm trying to list smaller, less easy-to-find shops and resources so people can source more unique items. Thanks though!

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u/[deleted] May 28 '13

I'd like to submit www.dna11.com to your list. Your DNA integrated into canvas art, with your choice of color schemes, etc. They also do fingerprint art and kiss print art. The coolest way to show your true self to your guests.

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u/sensitivepsycho May 28 '13

Not my cup of tea, but I can see the appeal. Added!

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u/Bazek May 28 '13 edited Oct 29 '13

Great write up, been seeing way too many posts requesting advice on what to hang on the walls.

I would like to add: http://www.primermagazine.com/2013/learn/make-this-giant-map-frame-for-only-30

Guide to make a frame and a nice wall map for less than 30 bucks. I used the frame portion of it, which cost me less than 20 bux for a custom 15"x52" frame and switched out the map for a different one. Very helpful.

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u/sensitivepsycho May 28 '13

Added, thanks!

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u/pricecheckaisle4 May 29 '13

That was awesome and looks to represent a huge expenditure of time and effort; thanks, man! I've got bare walls even in the room I'm most interested in finishing at the moment, my library, so this is a timely guide. I'm an occasional traveler and have just sourced a nicely-tattered pull-down global map from the 20s but outside of that, I'm clueless. I'll spend some more time with your post later this evening but it looks like a terrific gathering of resources. Thanks again!

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u/sensitivepsycho May 29 '13

Nah, I just combed the many, many other threads on this topic and arranged it neatly.

Those book-prints at lithograph.com might be worth a look!

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u/blizzard_man May 28 '13

To the sidebar!

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u/real_nice_guy Jun 06 '13

outstanding, thank you.

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u/eanhart Jul 26 '13

GREAT info! I love searching through Etsy. A ton of really unique stuff. Also, I've found super cheap posters on Ebay before.

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u/PalmTreePhilosophy May 31 '22

9 years late but God love you for this. I'm not male but this is great. Thank you!

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u/RadioactiveHappiness May 29 '13

Post saved. You deserve all of these upvotes and more.

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u/ThatGraphicDesigner Mar 20 '24

Affordable, Original Art Prints, and there’s something for everyone! Just message Soul Design Lab for larger sizes the prints are amazing quality <3

https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/souldesignlab?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=6qk6ltbsrl2&sssrc=3418065&ssuid=6qk6ltbsrl2&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

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u/trevorwelsh Jun 13 '24

this is a great resource! I would also recommend airdusk.com, posterlad.com, and goodmoodprints.io

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u/kissprinting Jul 29 '13

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u/Tommymel1989 Dec 09 '22

Definitely recommend our wall art site (i know I'm biased), MoonCats.

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u/Plyman00 Jan 20 '23

HozyArtStores has some crazy designs with many categories to choose from
Check it u might like it its preety cheap actually so.. https://hozyartstores.com/

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u/dulanjas Feb 28 '23

John Robinson use wall art print project. Day by day

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u/Xx_BlackJack_xX Jun 29 '23

thanks for the post!

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '23

Try going directly to artists :)
I make prints of my paintings
https://cleosamantha.com.au/products/squirrel-diogenes-print