Here, our love for hanging art in groups and large-scale artwork come together. If you are looking for a way to DIY affordable, oversized art for your home, this is one idea:
A series of prints work together to make up this oversized map in an interior by Lynne Scalo Design. Each piece of the map is framed individually and displayed in a way that brings the overall map together for one really big work of art. We could see doing this very simply with cheap, 11x17, black-and-white prints.
If you are thinking of doing something similar yourself, this post could help: How To: Hang a Grid.
Image: Laura Moss / Fairfield County Home

Comments (10)
I have several (and counting) of the same print I want to hang where I have a partial wall that comes down transitioning from one room to another. I am having trouble deciding if I should use the same style frame or different ones.
I wonder if you could get a second-hand industrial window to do that, and miss out on all the fun for lining up each frame?
RoxiGirl: if it's the same print, I would probably do different styles of frames, but all in the same color.
I have been looking for a white animal rug (preferably faux) like that for weeks. Any clue where it's from or where I could get a similar one?
The "preferably faux" part is perhaps what's preventing you from finding it.
Here's one of many out there (and one fo the better priced ones):
https://www.shadesoflight.com/albino-cow-hide.html
I have a level; I have a drill; I would never, in a million years, get all those pictures totally, perfectly aligned. And, in not doing so, drive myself crazy.
I love the oversize concept. I just need it to be one item, and not a swarm of little ones.
Another good frame for busting up large prints/posters into smaller ones are those clip frames from Ikea. I love them, and they cost practically nothing!
The thing that always undoes me in the gridded frame application (which I LOVE) is the various degrees of tension (or lack thereof) in the hanging wires.
This is MUCH easier when the artwork is hung by D-rings or single hanger.
Just had a flash! At first when I saw the image for this thread, I thought we were talking etched mirrors... and wouldn't THAT be interesting? You could get a bunch of inexpensive framed mirrors and some etching compound from a craft store, arrange the mirrors into a grid, and create a custom design using them as one big "canvas"! Might be wonderful!!!
i like this idea a lot, but i prefer one large image broken into multiple frames rather than a bunch of separate images. i have been wanting to do this for a while, but am having a hardtime finding the right large-scale map