Jason Dunn
05-30-2007, 06:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2007/05/last_year_we_de.html' target='_blank'>http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2007/05/last_year_we_de.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Last year, we decided to redecorate our kids’ rooms. We stumbled across the idea of “large format digital printing” while researching ideas for wall coverings. It seems print houses have discovered another use for the large format: turning photographs into wallpaper for your home. Dizzy with ideas for a photo-based wall, we decided to create some custom wallpaper for my son’s room. We found a local printer offering the service and gave them a call. The details were pretty straightforward: the image had to be 150 dpi at full size and the cost would be just under $5 a square foot (not including installation). It wasn’t cheap, but nothing custom ever is. So, I set to work putting together an image for my son’s wall. The options were staggering – a collage of every baby photo we had ever taken? A family portrait? Those ideas were nice, but I wanted something that would still be “cool” when he had grown out of his kindergarten years."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/large-format-photo-printing-wall.jpg" /><br /><br />I've read about various large-format printing implementations over the years, but this has to be one of the most practical I've seen - there's nothing more personal that your own photos, and having one as your wallpaper would be the ultimate room personalization. Have any of you ever done anything like this before?