You probably know this, but I'm not much into decorating for different holidays. I might be in to that as I get older (and as my house starts to be decorated in general), but in this season of my life it's just not me. That being said, I can get on board with semi-seasonal decor that could be used year-around. I came up with a simple and free project that fits just that!

I have a few random picture frames laying around. You do too, right? Well, one of them was a semi-broken Ikea frame. I grabbed the plexi-glass from it and knew that I could make something out of it.

Then, I went online and grabbed a simple United States Map and printed it out. I hung it up on a window (a dirty one at that!) and placed the plexiglass over it.

I then grabbed a marker that I had on hand to outline the map.

Once I finished with the map outline, I let it dry and headed to the garage to make the backing. I knew I wanted something simple, so I just cut a piece of plywood to the size of the plexiglass.

I gave it a 20 second sanding job and applied a stain.

After everything was dried, I hammered two brass railheads on each side and called it a day. For $0 out of pocket and 15 minutes of my time, I'm super happy with this "Patriotic" decor.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!

I've joined up with more than 30 AMAZING bloggers to tackle the challenge of creating a patriotic project or recipe without using the traditional red, white and blue color scheme! It started the first week of June and the projects have been flowing ever since. Over 30 awesome patriotic projects with you, and today, I am recapping all 30+ of them for you below. I hope you will find some inspiration on this day that we celebrate America's independence! Happy 4th of July!!!

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