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02/14/2021 12:20PM
My kitchen wall is a large framed map with stuff drawn all over the glass in dry erase. Old routes, dream routes, etc. Plus one of the bwca signs.
My basement will have the even larger true north wall map once I hang it up finally. To the OP...I see your chair and rolled up map too haha
My basement will have the even larger true north wall map once I hang it up finally. To the OP...I see your chair and rolled up map too haha
02/14/2021 02:12PM
JWilder: "deepdish71: "
This was a canvas print we had made from a picture we took on Ella Hall"
My wife and I were discussing this option with pictures that I have or will take in the future.
Is that an expensive thing to do?"
I believe it was about $100 or so. I think it was worth it.
You've got to be shitty to get better- Rollie Hortense (hockey coach in the movie Goon)
02/14/2021 03:17PM
cyclones30: "My kitchen wall is a large framed map with stuff drawn all over the glass in dry erase. Old routes, dream routes, etc. Plus one of the bwca signs.
My basement will have the even larger true north wall map once I hang it up finally. To the OP...I see your chair and rolled up map too haha
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Maps. Who doesn't like a good map on the wall? In the kitchen even!
02/14/2021 03:30PM
I forgot about these....living room and office.
When a small framing shop was in business a few years ago in town I had them do a lot.
A couple shots from an EP 16 trip in the frame and raised off the background. Curtain falls, a tiger bay site, etc.
Then a large print framed of a really foggy morning from the same trip. Last morning, stayed on Nina Moose to have a short paddle out since it's a 9 hour drive back or so. That's our camp with tents on the point, had just caught a bunch of fish and it was super calm. Hard to get a picture here to show what it really looks like even when I took it off the wall. Same with the upper one, looks far better in person without glare and trying to take a picture of a framed picture
When a small framing shop was in business a few years ago in town I had them do a lot.
A couple shots from an EP 16 trip in the frame and raised off the background. Curtain falls, a tiger bay site, etc.
Then a large print framed of a really foggy morning from the same trip. Last morning, stayed on Nina Moose to have a short paddle out since it's a 9 hour drive back or so. That's our camp with tents on the point, had just caught a bunch of fish and it was super calm. Hard to get a picture here to show what it really looks like even when I took it off the wall. Same with the upper one, looks far better in person without glare and trying to take a picture of a framed picture
02/14/2021 04:27PM
cyclones30: "Nice map duckman, same guy as me just different color palette! "
Took me a while to figure out how to frame it. Because of its size, a real deal frame would be too expensive and heavy.
Ended up going to Home Depot and getting some cheap baseboard and nailing them together for a frame on the wall.
02/14/2021 05:55PM
I don't have any pics but I doubt many could best housty9's lay out. His entire upstairs 3 rooms? is wall to wall and (some ceilings) canoe stuff. Mostly the B-Dub.
May the rivers be crooked and winding, and your portages lonesome, leading to the most amazing view.
02/14/2021 07:57PM
Not trying to beat out anyone, but I can also say that our home is a place where anyone would know that we go to the canoe country.
When we were in Ely at the Kess Gallery many years ago I fell in love with a moose watercolor by Keith Thompson. After agonizing over it for a while, going to get lunch and talking about nothing else, my dear husband encouraged me to buy it. We did go back and purchase it and I also got some information about the artist.
A few years later I contacted Keith and asked him to do a commission for me from one of my photographs. To make a long story short, he made a large painting of Spartan1 standing on the shore of Loon Lake, and it has a place of honor in our front hallway, so that it is the first thing someone sees when they come in the front door.
As I look around our home, I realize that most of the decor is canoe country-related. There is a canvas above our mantel that I had made from one of Spartan1's favorites of my photos.
And it goes on and on. Except for the kitchen, every room has something on the walls that is either a Keith Thompson watercolor (we have five now) or some sort of reproduction of one of my photographs. Several items of Mitch Anderson's wonderful leather work, too.
To make it worse--we have a lake cottage. The walls there are covered with large poster-size photos of our canoes, of loons, eagles, and herons. I sometimes joke that I have made the cottage into my "gallery", but it isn't far from the truth.
When we were in Ely at the Kess Gallery many years ago I fell in love with a moose watercolor by Keith Thompson. After agonizing over it for a while, going to get lunch and talking about nothing else, my dear husband encouraged me to buy it. We did go back and purchase it and I also got some information about the artist.
A few years later I contacted Keith and asked him to do a commission for me from one of my photographs. To make a long story short, he made a large painting of Spartan1 standing on the shore of Loon Lake, and it has a place of honor in our front hallway, so that it is the first thing someone sees when they come in the front door.
As I look around our home, I realize that most of the decor is canoe country-related. There is a canvas above our mantel that I had made from one of Spartan1's favorites of my photos.
And it goes on and on. Except for the kitchen, every room has something on the walls that is either a Keith Thompson watercolor (we have five now) or some sort of reproduction of one of my photographs. Several items of Mitch Anderson's wonderful leather work, too.
To make it worse--we have a lake cottage. The walls there are covered with large poster-size photos of our canoes, of loons, eagles, and herons. I sometimes joke that I have made the cottage into my "gallery", but it isn't far from the truth.
02/14/2021 10:42PM
This is a website photo. In the basement family room at our old house, I had this wall mural on the main wall. It's called "Lake in the Woods" and I thought of Quetico every time I looked at it. It measured about 13' wide by 8'6" tall. Fit the northwoods theme for my man cave.
"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir
02/15/2021 08:12AM
Absolutely beautiful stuff everyone! A lot of personalized pictures, which really elevates the worth of them.
Yes, the water colors look great Spartan2. 3ball, you have boats hanging from your ceiling, outstanding. Jackfish, I like the wall mural. Take out all the furniture, throw in a couple helinox chairs and you are sitting on a campsite, albeit climate controlled...
Here are a couple more that I have, but certainly not as great as what you all have shared on this thread.
Yes, the water colors look great Spartan2. 3ball, you have boats hanging from your ceiling, outstanding. Jackfish, I like the wall mural. Take out all the furniture, throw in a couple helinox chairs and you are sitting on a campsite, albeit climate controlled...
Here are a couple more that I have, but certainly not as great as what you all have shared on this thread.
02/15/2021 10:24AM
I gotta lotta. The magazines look much better in person than photographed. That glass reflects like crazy.
That first magazine belongs to someone else at this site, but I can't remember who. I acquired a pristine copy of that issue and so sent that mag to a fellow bwca.com-er.
Linda, I love that watercolor of Neil.
That first magazine belongs to someone else at this site, but I can't remember who. I acquired a pristine copy of that issue and so sent that mag to a fellow bwca.com-er.
Linda, I love that watercolor of Neil.
I will paddle eternal, Kevlar and carbon.
02/15/2021 10:52AM
JWilder: "analyzer: "
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Outstanding!"
The black and white canvas is 36" x 48" and was about $70. Someone had a satellite image of The Quetico and Saganaga, pre-ice out. Some of that may not be water. It goes really well with our black and grey them in our 4-season porch. I've been to the west end of Sag about 4 dozen times, so it resonated with me.
02/15/2021 11:04AM
Jackfish: "
This is a website photo. In the basement family room at our old house, I had this wall mural on the main wall. It's called "Lake in the Woods" and I thought of Quetico every time I looked at it. It measured about 13' wide by 8'6" tall. Fit the northwoods theme for my man cave. "
OMG, I LOVE THAT!! I would love to have a wall like that in my basement. It would help me get through the winters.
02/15/2021 11:40AM
analyzer: "Jackfish: ""
OMG, I LOVE THAT!! I would love to have a wall like that in my basement. It would help me get through the winters."
Just Google "Lake in the Woods wall mural" and you'll find options of where to buy. I really loved having that on the wall in our family room.
"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir
02/16/2021 08:59PM
Oil painting by the great Dave Gilsvik of Two Harbors. This is a perfect image of a very special place. With that said, I'm guessing the artist would say its a different lake than the one I see, or even just a scene from his imagination. No matter. I'm just happy to be its keeper until a kid or grandkid gets it.
"The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss your life away on nonsense." Jim Harrison
02/17/2021 07:56PM
Duckman: "cyclones30: "Nice map duckman, same guy as me just different color palette! "
Took me a while to figure out how to frame it. Because of its size, a real deal frame would be too expensive and heavy.
Ended up going to Home Depot and getting some cheap baseboard and nailing them together for a frame on the wall."
Duckman & cyclones30, I have the same excellent 63" wide map and have been wracking my brain on how to hanging it right. Are yours the adhesive backed version? Did you laminated it or glass the front and then frame it to the wall? I was thinking of tacking it to the wall and framing it in molding but wondered about protecting the map surface. What are your thoughts? Thanks martian
All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish. Aldo Leopold
02/17/2021 08:04PM
martian: "Duckman: "cyclones30: "Nice map duckman, same guy as me just different color palette! "
Took me a while to figure out how to frame it. Because of its size, a real deal frame would be too expensive and heavy.
Ended up going to Home Depot and getting some cheap baseboard and nailing them together for a frame on the wall."
Duckman & cyclones30, I have the same excellent 63" wide map and have been wracking my brain on how to hanging it right. Are yours the adhesive backed version? Did you laminated it or glass the front and then frame it to the wall? I was thinking of tacking it to the wall and framing it in molding but wondered about protecting the map surface. What are your thoughts? Thanks martian"
Mine is the thicker material, not just normal map paper. So it’s pretty durable.
My big concern was being able to move it without having a permanent five and half foot wide framed map. So I used a few small tacs and painters tape to put in on the wall and framed it in molding. Then when I’ve moved I just take the framing down and roll up the map.
I’m happy with it. And I don’t have any kids or anything running around so no risk of the map ever getting damaged.
02/21/2021 09:41AM
martian - mine is the regular map (heavy paper) but no adhesive or laminate or anything extra from the map maker. I eventually took it to a frame shop and had it done so it's in its own frame behind glass ready to hang anywhere now. A little spendy yes...but it's THE feature thing on my wall and I write on the glass all the time and erase and whatnot. (other than my past routes that stay written on for now)
02/21/2021 07:42PM
Thanks again Duckman and cyclones30 - I finally got up the gumption to get my canoe/BWCA motif going in my dungeon. I'm no finish carpenter or interior decorator but it's at least on the wall finally. Still have additional pictures & maps to hang and the paddles will likely hang horizontally eventually. Just getting started I guess. Thanks all for the inspiration.
All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish. Aldo Leopold
02/21/2021 08:55PM
martian: "
Thanks again Duckman and cyclones30 - I finally got up the gumption to get my canoe/BWCA motif going in my dungeon. I'm no finish carpenter or interior decorator but it's at least on the wall finally. Still have additional pictures & maps to hang and the paddles will likely hang horizontally eventually. Just getting started I guess. Thanks all for the inspiration.
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Nice! I like it. I also like the Tank 7 up on the shelf
02/22/2021 08:16AM
martian: "
Thanks again Duckman and cyclones30 - I finally got up the gumption to get my canoe/BWCA motif going in my dungeon. I'm no finish carpenter or interior decorator but it's at least on the wall finally. Still have additional pictures & maps to hang and the paddles will likely hang horizontally eventually. Just getting started I guess. Thanks all for the inspiration.
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02/22/2021 05:34PM
cyclones30-Yes, Tank7 is one tasty brew. Boulevard has so many now I can't keep up. If you're ever in KC check out their Brewery tour. It's top notch. Comes with drinks of course. Currently limited or suspended due to Covid unfortunately.
Speckled-He's one of my most admired players. He exemplified how the game should be played on so many levels. A complete package all around back. It was fitting he got a Super Bowl win after all those years of effort. Definitely high on a short list of the all time greats of any era. Sadly gone before his time.
Sorry back to decor.
Speckled-He's one of my most admired players. He exemplified how the game should be played on so many levels. A complete package all around back. It was fitting he got a Super Bowl win after all those years of effort. Definitely high on a short list of the all time greats of any era. Sadly gone before his time.
Sorry back to decor.
All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish. Aldo Leopold
02/22/2021 08:48PM
Man, I need to have a canoe country photo of mine converted to canvas. Every one that I have seen looks amazing.
I used to be able to get Boulevard Brewing in my area. Haven't seen it in awhile. I enjoyed their unfiltered wheat beer on a hot day.
I used to be able to get Boulevard Brewing in my area. Haven't seen it in awhile. I enjoyed their unfiltered wheat beer on a hot day.
02/28/2021 02:27PM
I have the map from Etsy hanging in the basement, but the top canoe country decor at our house is the paddles in the living room. I have a soft spot for Sanborn paddles, but my favorite is the Glorud Wave, which also paddles really nicely with the double bend. Actually they all paddle well. My wife doesn’t think the Glorud “fits” as well with the others, so it usually hangs in my office.
All of these have been to BWCA this except the newest one that I didn’t get until last fall and the beavertail, which is my river paddle (mostly upper Mississippi).
All of these have been to BWCA this except the newest one that I didn’t get until last fall and the beavertail, which is my river paddle (mostly upper Mississippi).
02/28/2021 04:33PM
cowdoc: "Outdoor decor all over the house. Canoe stuff, deer, ducks.....its everywhere. Just a few shots of a few things. (I made the board for the outfitter decals....calender pic in middle....hangs above my desk in map room) "
Love those decals!
I will paddle eternal, Kevlar and carbon.
03/02/2021 08:38AM
dudz3636: "Replica sign my brother made for our wedding present with his CNC router.
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Hey Dudz... do you think your brother would be interested in making another one of those BWCA signs? I certainly would compensate him nicely.
"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir
03/03/2021 07:52AM
Jackfish: "dudz3636: "Replica sign my brother made for our wedding present with his CNC router.
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Hey Dudz... do you think your brother would be interested in making another one of those BWCA signs? I certainly would compensate him nicely."
I’m also very interested in purchasing one of these.
Moray
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