How to display awkward sized map/poster?
I got this great map of Ohio (where I live) at an estate sale recently, and I want to hang it in my den. It was meant as a giveaway from a bank so it was intended to be hung on the wall without a frame in a kitchen or something. However it's a little wrinkly on the edges and as I want to hang it in the den it needs a frame or something. I can't for anything find a frame the right size or even the frame parts that you hook together yourself that are right. Any creative ideas to display? Hanging it behind an old window is all I can come up with but I don't love that idea. Size is 34x46.
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoA simple & inexpensive way I know is to sandwich it between 2 matching sheets of plexiglass, or 1 sheet of plexiglass & 1 sheet of cardboard & clip the edges together @ regular intervals w/ small binder clips, then remove the metal finger tabs from the binder clips using needle nosed pliers.
I have a poster framed this way (I used a purchased poster frame & removed the plastic edges) & I used metallic colored clips - they come in lots of colors so you have a lot of choices. I learned this idea after seeing it in an art gallery. The bonus is I did not have to permanently alter the poster by mounting it.
Here're a couple of images I found online to give an idea. The tabs come out when you squeeze them together towards the center...
& here's another DIY using plexiglass...
http://www.jejune.net/bits/2003/03/plexiglass-poster-frames/
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