***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
And the lucky / randomly selected / soon to be quite worldly person is… Briana (who says “London, Ontario is special to me. That’s where I first lived on my own, went to University, met my husband, and I just loved that city. Plus, it has the best spaghetti restaurant ever, Spageddy Eddy’s!”). Congrats! And for everyone else, scroll down to the contest entry details for a sweet little discount the Wallpapered folks added for everyone.
One look at Pinterest and I don’t feel quite so alone in my fascination with maps. So to everyone else out there who digs a little cartography in their design, hold on to your seats. This week the people behind Wallpapered are giving one of you a nice big 8ft x 5ft world map wallpaper kit so that you can add a map-tastic mural to your home. As much as I love the various world map styles they offer, the coolest feature (at least to me) is that you can also get custom area map wallpaper that basically zooms into a postal code of your choosing. So you could order custom wallpaper showcasing your favorite big city – or even the small town that you grew up in.
- PRIZE: Any world map or custom area map wallpaper up to 8ft x 5ft from Wallpapered (a $400+ value!)
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “WORLD ME!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: …what town / city / state / country / other geographic area is most special to you? Will you always have a fondness for the town you grew up in? Are you most enamored with the place where you honeymooned? Or are you just bursting with pride over the area where you currently live?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, January 23rd at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: Wahoo, this giveaway is available worldwide!
- DISCOUNT: Get 10% off your custom map order with code YHL2013
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
- ***COMMENT ISSUES? If you’re trying to enter but keep getting a “duplicate comment” warning, click here to see how to solve it!
Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Wallpapered.
Megan W says
WORLD ME!!! I’m pretty obsessed with my tiny, farmy home town, but overall, i just love Pennsylvania
Mary says
World Me! Well, really, my son! I want to paper his big boy room in a map so he can dream big and share my love of traveling!
Nikki says
WORLD ME!
A map of my hometown Hamilton, Ontario. I don’t live there anymore, but my heart will always be there. I <3 Maps!
Heather M. says
WORLD ME!! I’d love a huge map of Arizona.
Jessica says
World me!! My little hometown in Kansas will always be special to me even though I don’t live there anymore.
Jules says
World Me
Miatcatlan, Mexico. Volunteered at an orphanage there and love that town :)
Kristen says
World Me!
Deeeeeeeetroit! My husband & I are both from Detroit & nearby. We met at school in Ohio and moved to Cincinnati after graduation because of jobs. We both miss it a lot.
Nicole says
WORLD ME!
I’d have to say Cambridge (the London variety, not the Boston variety – although that one is amazing too…). Something about Cambridge just makes me feel like I was born in the wrong century, on the wrong continent :)
Kelly R says
World me!! I love maps! So much! My favorite area to look at on a map is either northern Wisconsin, where I grew up, or my current home town of Phoenix.
Kimberlee says
WORLD ME!
Kerri says
WORLD ME!!!
I have a very curious little one and having a wold map to point out things to her would be so fun!!
KatieF says
WORLD ME!
Anchorage, AK is where my sweet husband and I met and fell in love!
rebecca says
World me! Where we live right now is most special to me. It is where my husband and I made our first home together and both of our babies.
Shelby says
World me please! Since the custom zip codes are limited to the US and UK, I would choose Ithaca, NY where I went to school and met my husband. Otherwise, it would be a toss up between Vannes, France where I lived for a year after college, or St Malo, France – my favorite city.
Rachel says
WORLD ME!
My favorite place would probably be Ft. Lauderdale – where we got married!
Karen says
WORLD ME!
My hometown, RVA! What better place?
Chelsea says
WORLD ME!!! Without a doubt, Kehie, Maui. Yes, that’s Hawaii:)
Julie F. says
World me! I LOVE maps… my husband grew up in Japan, so maybe we’d do a map of Japan… but the whole world is pretty cool! (PS I had a dream about you two last night. Your house was a store in the mall. I just walked in, and thought, HEY! This the the Young House Love house! And then, there you were. As I was leaving your house/store, I remember telling you, “you’re really as nice as you seem”, so apparently my subconscious thinks you’re really nice :)
Sam says
WORLD ME! Vicksburg, MS – changed my life completely.
Nicole says
World me! I would get a world map
katie says
World me! I love the SC and GA coast I grew up visiting. Would love to add a map of the area to our nautical guestroom.
Caitlin says
WORLD ME! Chicago!!
Kali DeBoer says
WORLD ME!
Hard to say … probably anywhere we’ve vacationed (Paris, New York, Amsterdam, etc.)
Trish says
WORLD ME! My husband & I are map makers. We’re map crazy!
Brianna says
WORLD ME!
Would love a world map. Fav place would
have to be Salt Spring Island B.C.
Linda says
World Me!
Imperial Beach, Calif. It reminds me of so many things that have been very important moments in my life. It will always hold a special place in my heart.
Sharon says
World Me! My family would love to have a world map and pin a picture of each of our sponsor children in the country they’re from!
Nancy says
WORLD ME!
Our family has a special place in our hearts for Midlothian, VA. We only lived there for 3 1/2 years, but when we consider the friendships we made and the experiences we had, it was like a lifetime!
Jennifer M says
World Me!
I would love a map of Boston.
Sarah C. says
WORLD ME! Army brat here, and I would love to see Stuttgart, Germany up close.
holly says
WORLD ME! :) I love our small town in VA.
Katherine Immel says
WORLD ME!
I love Milwaukee, WI. It’s where my fiance and I came together and built our lives. We love the beer culture and the summer events!
Kim says
World me!
Balmore, Scotland. Despite being a proud Aussie, and having lived in the US and the UK, Scotland is where my heart beats strongest – and where we bought our first house. Sometimes I google my old address just to see the place again!
Kate says
My heart lives in Seattle, but I live in Brazil.
Katie says
Oh wall full of map, you are so beautiful to me. I’d love to have a map of Budapest (where I lived for two years), but it looks like I’d have to choose a US city…so, Portland!
Missy from NoVa says
World me! I love the whole world and want to showcase the 32 countries I have visited!
Sharon S says
WORLD ME!
Does a map of Disneyland count?!
Julie says
World Me. I think I’d zoom out for a world map.
Melissa says
WORLD ME!
I love the shores of Lake Superior!
Elizabeth says
WORLD ME!!!!!!! I will always love the town I grew up in, its nothing special andactually is quite ghetto now days but I have fond memories of it :)
Christine says
World Me! I love the Duluth, MN area.
Emily L. says
WORLD ME! I personally love VietNam after studying there in college.
Janelle says
WORLD ME! I lived in Sydney for a few years, what a special palce!
Courtney J says
WORLD ME!
Las Vegas- not for the reason you would think. I meet my hubs there & got pregnant with all 3 kids there. Our first home.
Lois says
WORLD ME!
The mountains out west, Montana, Colorado.
Dani M. says
World me!
I was born in Charleston, SC, then grew up in Indiana. But for our honeymoon and first anniversary, my husban and I headed back there, so it’s a special city for lots of reasons!
Katie McIntyre says
WORLD ME!! My hometown of Buffalo, NY! We just moved back after 6 years in wonderful Virginia…but nothing compares to my hometown!
Stacey says
WORLD ME!
Good old Dallas, Tx :) Where I grew up, was proposed to/married and hopefully one day the home of my future children!!
JK says
WORLD ME!
I’ve always had a fondness for NYC, my new adopted city Philly, and our favorite spot to get away, Key West. & I’ve had a map in my bedroom since middle school, so I’m right there with John!
Carey says
World me! We honeymooned all along the central coast of CA, and I would love a map of that whole region!