The media could not be loaded. Let me start by saying that this map is gorgeous and absolutely worth the money I paid for it. It is handmade in Ukraine and traveled through several countries to get to me and it still arrived on time. The box was almost as big as me! About 5ft and not too heavy. It was well packaged and nothing arrived damaged. The map is also textured in a way giving it more of a 3D effect on the wall. I chose the multi-colored map to help tie in all of the colors of my beach theme.

But to give a little perspective this is a massive project. I ordered the XXL map to fill a wall that is 10 ft high and 20 ft long. This map covered the entire wall. I started by laying the pieces out on the floor like the instructions suggested so I would know where everything went. It took me a solid 12 hours over the course of 3 days to get this map put onto the wall. I did this project solo.

The hard part was not assembling the map as most of the countries come in clusters and I have a great knowledge of Geography. The challenge was peeling the back part of the little adhesive pieces. It was almost impossible to remove the backing taking almost 5 minutes per piece. It was extremely tedious and frustrating. The entire time I was thinking why isnt the entire back of the map an adhesive so I can peel one big piece instead of several tiny pieces? Eventually I ran out of pieces and went to the store to buy more adhesive. The instructions recommend placing adhesive every 2 inches but really you need to place them every 1 inch to avoid some corners from sticking off of the wall. I had a few countries that wouldnt lay completely flat against the wall. I ended up pulling them back off the wall and adding more adhesive. This fixed the problem however it also removed some of the paint from my wall. Not the end of the world because the piece covered the spot once I put it back on the wall. But when/if this map ever comes down I will have to repaint for sure.

There is also no guide for the wall to ensure that pieces are spaced correctly so you have to eyeball the spacing. Again not a big deal to me as I wanted it spaced further apart to add my travel photos. But if you are not good at placing items without a guide it could remove a lot of paint from your wall. Other decorative wall items usually come with a paper print out of where each item goes and then you can tape the print out to the wall to make sure everything is spaced properly. This does not have a print out. But maybe the company could work on adding one in the future.

Overall, I am 100% happy with this map. It is STUNNING! Pics and a video are posted.

The adhesive picture is not the adhesive that came with the product but the type I went to the store to buy. But it does show how to space the adhesive correctly to get the map to lay flat. And also a pic of where the paint came off when I removed it.

All the pieces are made of real wood and great quality, the stick is very durable and strong, easy to install and.

We get comments all the time about this map. It is beautiful. It was a little time consuming to assemble but not difficult. Every piece needs to have double sided tape applied and then attached to the wall. It has been up for quite awhile with no issues of falling off. The wood is very nicely done. Highly recommend.

This is so cool. I love maps, but this is big and obviously, everything can't be done to scale, but it's a unique map and everyone that sees it really likes it. It took a bit to put it all up, but it wasn't too bad.

This was such an awesome addition to the decoration of the house.

I wish I had gotten the darker version.

I used small oval velcro fasteners instead of the double sided tape it came with. At least for the larger pieces anyway. Some of the smaller pieces I did use the included double sided tape.