My employer was decluttering his office recently and decided to throw away this nautical chart (a map of waterways). It was still in the plastic sleeve and in perfect condition so I took it home with an idea to frame it and hang it in the Cottage.
Waterproof nautical chart of Pine Island Florida from the discard pile.
I knew we had a large frame with glass that would probably fit it from which we had removed a water-damaged poster.
This large metal and glass frame is about 18″ by 24″.
I cleaned up the frame and glass with glass cleaner and smoothed the map as best I could to remove any dents or creases. (Normally I would have ironed a paper map but this chart is actually made of vinyl so ironing was not an option.)
After cutting it down to size, I slid the map into the frame behind the glass.
I cut down a piece of foam core board to hold the chart in place within the frame.
Foam core board is lightweight but rigid enough to hold the map snugly in the frame.
Once it was all together I found a place on a wall in the Cottage to hang it.
Charts and maps have great coloration for aqua colored walls.
The size and colors are perfect.
A pretty corner of the Cottage.
Do you take other people’s cast-offs? Do you use them or store them?
