Hall wall art

flymartin · Dec 6, 2023

We’ve collected a few campsite stickers and I love them but I don’t want to stick them on the van.

So we hit upon the idea of buying a California window on its own, mounting it on something on the wall in the hall at home, and sticking the stickers on that!

A bit quirky, but fun, and lets us remember some of the great places we’ve been.

Now the question is, which window would look best? Obviously the back window of a T2 would be cooler and more recognisable than the driver’s window of a T6, but I’ve never owned a T2 so it would be a bit inauthentic. I’ve also thought about buying a whole rear quarter of a van and mounting that on the wall (nicely, obviously), which would look great I think, but for a T6.1 that’s probably mega expensive. So, before I source a T6.1 window, does anyone have any ideas in the same direction that would look cool and be fairly easy/cheap to do?

Azteccamper · Dec 6, 2023

flymartin said:
We’ve collected a few campsite stickers and I love them but I don’t want to stick them on the van.

So we hit upon the idea of buying a California window on its own, mounting it on something on the wall in the hall at home, and sticking the stickers on that!

A bit quirky, but fun, and lets us remember some of the great places we’ve been.

Now the question is, which window would look best? Obviously the back window of a T2 would be cooler and more recognisable than the driver’s window of a T6, but I’ve never owned a T2 so it would be a bit inauthentic. I’ve also thought about buying a whole rear quarter of a van and mounting that on the wall (nicely, obviously), which would look great I think, but for a T6.1 that’s probably mega expensive. So, before I source a T6.1 window, does anyone have any ideas in the same direction that would look cool and be fairly easy/cheap to do?

What about a rear bumper (sprayed in the colour of your van)? Be a Great Wall feature

GrumpyGranddad · Dec 6, 2023

flymartin said:
We’ve collected a few campsite stickers and I love them but I don’t want to stick them on the van.

So we hit upon the idea of buying a California window on its own, mounting it on something on the wall in the hall at home, and sticking the stickers on that!

A bit quirky, but fun, and lets us remember some of the great places we’ve been.

Now the question is, which window would look best? Obviously the back window of a T2 would be cooler and more recognisable than the driver’s window of a T6, but I’ve never owned a T2 so it would be a bit inauthentic. I’ve also thought about buying a whole rear quarter of a van and mounting that on the wall (nicely, obviously), which would look great I think, but for a T6.1 that’s probably mega expensive. So, before I source a T6.1 window, does anyone have any ideas in the same direction that would look cool and be fairly easy/cheap to do?

Maybe get some wall art from Pixers and then add your stickers?

flymartin · Dec 6, 2023

Azteccamper said:
What about a rear bumper (sprayed in the colour of your van)? Be a Great Wall feature

That could work! Although might work less well at eye height. Will spend some time staring at the wall tomorrow and have a think..

Justinitus1972 · Dec 6, 2023

What about a silhouette of a T6.1 (roof up, obviously!) laser cut from metal and mounted about 1” off the wall with some soft lighting behind?

scottk · Dec 7, 2023

Use a good picture of your Cali blown up to poster size.

flymartin · Dec 7, 2023

Justinitus1972 said:
What about a silhouette of a T6.1 (roof up, obviously!) laser cut from metal and mounted about 1” off the wall with some soft lighting behind?

Yes! I love this. Will investigate where I can get it cut.