For what it's worth I'm thirty-something and I think quilts go on walls, too. My husband also had to be converted. I found fabric that matched exactly a signed print of two buffalos we already had framed & hanging, so I made him a quilt reproduction of it. I asked him where he wanted to hang it, and he said in his office so he could see it every day. Plus, you can change things out seasonally or for the holidays.
If you like geek-y chic google Robert Kaufman's "Mod Geek" the nerd glasses are awesomeness.