Dress Up Your Walls: 10 Smart Ideas for Decorating with Maps

World maps, country maps, city maps! They not only are a invitation to imaginary travels, but they’re also an stylish way to add color, depth and a great focal point for your room. You can still get pops of color and texture in your kitchen or dining room without using paint or costly wall covering — just add map wall decors or a composition with multiple frames. And as all these lines, streets, frontiers and exotic names evoke many thoughts, it’s a wonderful conversation starter! We gathered these 10 kitchen and dining room decors featuring beautiful map artworks to fuel your inspiration:

(Photo credits: 1. TAS Construction, modern kitchen, Austin TX / 2. Tracy Murdock Allied ASID, neo chic dining room, Los Angeles / 3. Wallpapered.com, Red World Map Wallpaper, London / 4. Precious McBane, Globe Map in a modern kitchen, London /5. Swell Homes, modern dining room, Perth / 6. David Howell Design, Upper East Side Apartment, photo by Peter Margonelli / 7. Via Pinterest / 8. Sabrina Linn Design, Mid Century Kitchen with framed map / 9. Kerrie L. Kelly, traditional frame with map, Sacramento / 10. Steven Young Architect, map frames in a modern dining room, Boston)