Last week during term break, I was invited over to a friends house for a playdate with little J. I love visiting peoples homes and seeing how people decorate. No matter what style it is or their personal tastes, I believe there is always something to be learned.
This particular home was awash with shelves and walls full of family photographs. They had photo’s dating back generations. The photographs were displayed in various sizes and frames but they sat harmoniously together through the restriction of the frame colours – cream and off-white. When I saw the display I realised that I had been neglectful in displaying our memories in my own home. So off I went to investigate some idea’s on displaying photo’s in your home. Here are the results.
I’m going to start with a display of photo’s with washi tape in our kitchen as I absolutely love the laid back style of displaying photographs like this. Do you display photo’s in your home? If so how? I’d love to know. Have a lovely Tuesday. Till tomorrow…
Image Source – Title & 6th Image – Unknown, 2nd Image – Umbra.com, 3rd Image – Isabel Lopez, 4th Image – vtwonen.nl, 5th Image – Varpunen, 7th Image – LivingEtc July 2010
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March 5th, 2013 at 1:06 pm
I am impressed how often you come up with new interesting posts…
March 5th, 2013 at 7:19 pm
Thanks for visiting Nicola and for your lovely feedback. xD
March 5th, 2013 at 4:27 pm
lovely imagery doris… i’ve got to say i mix my displays up… some framed pictures, some photos printed onto canvases, some tucked into the sides of frames in a temporary fashion… it certainly does make a place feel more homely having some personal photos around!
March 5th, 2013 at 7:20 pm
Hi Sue, I can imagine your place would be nice and homely, my place is lacking this at the moment. Always nice to hear from you. xD
March 5th, 2013 at 5:42 pm
I’m liking the clips and the washi tape for ease in changing – these is are great ideas for my daughter as she decorates her new apartment. For me I have taken the lazy way out and transfer our photos to a digital frame.
March 5th, 2013 at 7:22 pm
Hi Cyndi, I never considered a digital frame but I guess that’s another consideration. I hope these ideas do help your daughter, I’d love to hear if she used any of them! Thanks for visiting. xD
March 5th, 2013 at 7:33 pm
Lovely post Doris. I have three gallery walls in my home – all just made up of standard frames in the same colour. I have some washi tape that I plan to use in my office space though x
March 5th, 2013 at 7:43 pm
Thanks Lauren, your gallery walls sounds lovely and harmonious. Washi tape is great isn’t it? I use it for my moodboard wall in my office (ahem bedroom corner), and it does the job nicely. xD
March 5th, 2013 at 10:13 pm
Pictures! I can’t wait to display them:)) great ideas. The wall mural picture looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing Doris.Mx
March 6th, 2013 at 10:20 am
Hi Mon, me too 🙂 The wall mural is very clever. Obviously done by an interior designer. xD
March 6th, 2013 at 12:48 am
Love this post! I have a million pictures that need to be displayed.
Adri
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March 6th, 2013 at 10:23 am
Hi Adri, Thanks for visiting. I hope this post helped you with some idea’s. xD
March 7th, 2013 at 8:06 pm
That wall mural is fantastic! Right now I have a small gallery wall in the kitchen and I have always preferred to display family photos in the kitchen because it’s a place where we spend a lot of time and where I don’t mind everything to be colourful, mixed and maybe even a bit cluttered. I like to mix private and other pictures in a gallery wall or collage on the wall, too, and having some kind of theme for it – making it more of a moodboard in a way.
March 7th, 2013 at 8:35 pm
Hi Lena, you are so right about the kitchen being the centre of the home so I agree that it should also contain photo’s. The idea of mixing a gallery wall is fantastic! Making a big moodboard on the wall with your photo’s and other pictures is a great idea also. That will be next on my list. xD
March 11th, 2013 at 10:52 pm
I tend to change things around. I also like the laid back display and for a while I did tape my photos down with washi tape. I don’t know, I seem to change things around.
Photos d make a home more personal. Sometimes I feel like I don’t want any around, does that sound strange??
March 12th, 2013 at 7:51 pm
I think it depends on how your photo’s are displayed. I lived for many years without any photo’s in the house, so it doesn’t sound strange at all. I only started to want photo’s when we purchased our first flat, maybe because it felt like a home for the first time in my life. xD