Travel Prints: A Thoughtful Gift For Any Globetrotter

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Searching for the perfect gift for someone who loves to travel? While you’ve probably exhausted all the usual options when it comes to gifts for travel lovers, from new luggage and travel accessories, to destination guides and perhaps even plane tickets, you may not have considered gifting travel prints before.

Whether you choose to get your loved ones’ favourite travel shots printed out and framed for a more personal gift, or perhaps just hunt down some beautiful vintage travel prints, art deco travel prints, print on-demand kitchen products or city travel prints to compliment their home, travel wall art can make for a truly unique gift.

Buying travel prints from Desenio

Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Desenio is a leading name in Scandinavian design. Founded in 2010, the brand has an online presence in 33 different countries.

With an emphasis on stylish yet affordable wall art, Desenio offers an extensive range of wall art, posters and prints along with frames, hangers, picture ledges and clips. What’s more, they also offer advice on creating gallery walls to make a strong visual impact.

One of the reasons I love shopping with Desenio is because their website is so easy to use. While I often have to browse for ages to find what I’m looking for on other retailers’ websites, Desenio’s wall art range is conveniently grouped into relevant categories, like ‘maps and cities’ and ‘kid’s wall art’.

There are even several categories targeted at specific rooms of the home, like the kitchen category, which is filled with the kind of wall art that’d look great hanging in the kitchen, from foodie shots to quirky quotes.

Destination/ city travel prints

Whether you choose to hone in on a specific country or perhaps just a particular city, destination travel prints can make for thoughtful gifts, as they can be personalised for the recipient.

You could treat someone you love to a destination or city travel print focused on their favourite destination, their hometown, or perhaps somewhere you’ve both shared special memories together.

Desenio stock both photos of popular destinations, as well as world map posters and prints featuring destination and/or city names and maps, available in a variety of colours and sizes.

Creating my personalised travel print on the Desenio website was surprisingly quick and easy. Opting for the ‘Map No1 Vintage Green Personal Poster’ I just tapped in the location coordinates and amended the destination title on the map, chose my preferred colour scheme, and I was good to go. This particular map is sized 30cm x 40cm and currently costs £29.95, although it’s also available in 50cm x 70cm.

While Desenio’s wall art prints don’t come with frames included as standard, Desenio stocks frames in a variety of dimensions. I found a lovely black wooden perspex frame to match the size of my poster for just £15.95. While some people prefer a glass frame, personally, I prefer perspex as it’s much less prone to damage during transportation or delivery, and it also means the framed print will be much lighter to hang on the wall too.

When my travel print arrived, delivered in a durable cardboard tube with a lid, all I had to do was remove the wooden back from the frame, take the protective plastic off the perspex, place my travel print inside the frame and replace the back.

Abstract travel prints

Not sold on the idea of a destination or city-themed travel print? Abstract travel-themed wall art could be just the thing for you instead.

Desenio stocks a range of abstract wall art with different subjects and themes, including a number of collections of prints designed to be paired together, either side-by-side or perhaps grouped together into a gallery wall.

I love the ‘Amber Dusk’ travel print by SpaceFrog Designs, which is available in a range of dimensions, priced from £8.95 – £34.95.

A graphical arrangement of mountains in different shades of blue, green, black, gold and red, with a big, red sun looming overhead, this colourful travel-inspired wall art really compliments the shades in my living room, while reminding me of all the stunning sunsets I’ve witnessed on my travels over the years.

Again, the picture frame isn’t included with the print, but I purchased a 70cm x 90cm black wooden perspex picture frame (just like the one I bought for my personalised travel print) to fit it, for just £39.95 on the Desenio website.

I paired my Amber Dusk travel print with Desenio’s ‘Underwater Dream’ wall art, available in 30cm x 40cm (£12.95), or 50cm x 70cm (£23.95). I opted for the larger size, in addition to a black wooden perspex frame for £23.95.

Also produced by SpaceFrog Designs, the Underwater Dream travel print features a deep blue/turquoise graphical illustration of an octopus in orange and blue, on a beige background.

The colour of the octopus in this Underwater Dream print coordinates wonderfully well with the colour of the mountains in the Amber Dusk travel print I chose.

Thanks to Desenio, my home is now looking and feeling much more colourful and welcoming, with constant reminders of my travel escapades wherever I look!

How fast will my travel prints from Desenio arrive?

All of Desenio’s products are usually delivered within 3-7 working days, although my order arrived within just a couple of days. Currently, delivery is free on all orders above £39.

My delivery securely packaged in sturdy cardboard tubes and cardboard boxes, cushioned by air-filled plastic bgs to prevent damage during transport.

What’s the best way to hang my travel prints?

When it comes to hanging your travel prints on the wall, you can order picture hooks direct from Desenio. At the time of writing, a pair of white plastic hooks costs just £3.95. Suitable for plaster, concrete and wooden walls, these hooks are compatible with all of Desenio’s frames and each hook can support up to 5kg.

Alternatively, if you’re as DIY-averse as I am, you could go pick up some velcro picture-hanging hooks from your local hardware store. These are really easy to fit and extremely long-lasting, although you do need to be careful not to pull the paint off the wall when removing them.

Have you ever thought about buying travel prints for someone special? Leave a comment to let me know what you decided to opt for – where did you buy your travel prints from, and did they go down well with the recipient?

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