Decorate Your Home With Travel Themed Decor
Are you back from an amazing trip and would like to keep your memories fresh? Are you stuck in the routine and crave a holiday? Do you want to put all your souvenirs on display and wow your guests? Or do you need inspiration for your next trip? We’ve got you covered with 5 stunning ideas for home decoration inspired by travel!
1. Maybe the most popular travel themed accessory is vintage suitcases. They may be used either as a table or a nightstand, storing some of the things which are too bulky to be stored elsewhere, or as shelves, showcasing the souvenirs you brought from your travels. Sometimes, such suitcases are sold as a set (with 3 or 5), complementing one another in terms of colour and style. They may become just the highlight your room needs, and significantly liven up the space.
2. If you’re unafraid to go big with decoration, why not put up the walls (or an accent fall) with a world-map mural or a travel-inspired wallpaper? You can even make a collage of your or professional photos and create a unique design for your room. Alternatively, you can select some tropical wallpaper, which will remind you of your travels to warm places.
3. Still, if you like your wall covering as it is, a great option to add a travel theme is to hang a world map! Oh, there are so many variations of this idea, that anyone will certainly find one for themselves! Let’s look through the best options and get to decorating.
- Canvas spice map is a great decoration for a kitchen: the continents are lined and filled with colourful spices from all over the world, waking your memories with their aromas.
- Wooden world map cutout is an impeccable statement piece that will make your wall pop! Wood of different hues and thickness creates an amazing 3D effect. Additionally, you can pin the locations you’ve been to or would like to visit.
- A country decal: a decal that can be assembled piece by piece like a jigzaw puzzle, with the map separated into regions. You can add them to the map after visiting and thus maintain the motivation to go through the entire land, as well as trace your progress.
- Map cork board (of a country or of the world) may not only be pinned by destinations but also showcase your travel photographs. Alternatively, use the board to chart your previous or future road trips. If you like minimalist home decor, this option may be a nice choice.
- Wall Art: after all, you can just have a paper map (of any style that suits your taste and your interior) and make it a room’s decoration. Like with the previous options, you can pin it, draw on it, stick your photographs, etc. A more original way to include a map in your interior is to opt for a set of map canvases that are hung next to each other to create a certain composition.
- Scratch off travel map is an interactive way to trace your movements throughout the globe. The idea is, initially all the continents and islands on the map are covered with a foil layer; by scratching this layer off, you reveal the country’s details, such as relief and cities. Instead of buying a world map, you can start with a map of your homeland, or any other land you like, and scratch off step by step.
4. Another highly popular travel themed decorative item is a globe. Big or small, paper or wooden, traditional or innovative… Options seem endless — pick your favourite!
- The most luxurious decorative globe is, undoubtedly, the globe bar, which serves as a container for some bottles and glasses, hidden under its semispheral upper lid. It is also usually equipped with a shelf below, which can be used as an additional surface for bottles. What you get by buying this dual-purpose piece is functionality and design that will surely amaze your guests.
- Globe bookends framed in wood are a decorative and functional addition to your library corner. For more effect, you can fill the space between the bookends with travel-related books.
- Cork globe may be used instead of a wall map, in case your walls are occupied, or you’d prefer a small decoration over a big one. Use pins to mark your visited or dream destinations.
- Magnetic globe can be a safer solution if you have children who may get hurt by playing with pins. This metallic sphere doesn’t need those; instead, little dumb-ended sticks are used to mark the locations by magneting to the surface.
- Levitating globe with a magnet floats above the surface, creating a striking impression. Another mesmerising option is a solar-powered globe spinning without a need to be plugged in or equipped with batteries. All it takes is to provide a source of light, be it an indirect sun ray or an indoor light. Such globes also come in various colours, sizes, and on different stands.
5. This themed decor item will cost you almost nothing: only a little bit of your time. Collect all the best photos you’ve taken during your travels or postcards you have brought, and peg them to a string to make a garland. You could go even further and combine a string garland with a string of lights. If your list of travel destinations is long, you can separate each room by a continent to create thematic zones.
In case you’ve got difficulties with hanging a garland, try making a gallery wall by combining your favourite photographs. Travel-themed frames may be added to enhance the ambience. Or, purchase a wall decal with spaces designed for photos, and simply fill them by sticking pictures onto the wall.
Closing Up
Of course, there are lots of other inspiring travel decor items, so any article wouldn’t be sufficient to tell you about them all. We hope we managed to give you a sparkle of creativity to dig further into the topic and make your home look like no other. If you really like to travel, go ahead and make every room of your house outstanding and individual, let it wake up your cherished memories and show other people what you experienced — what a nice conversation starter. Travel on and decorate your home with pleasure!