Bring your cherished family photos out of albums and onto the walls, where you can appreciate them every day. Depending on the way you hang them, your collections can track the passage of time, make a graphic statement, and become your favorite part of the room. Here are a few ideas….
Tell A Story
Matched frames are a clean way to display a large collection of photographs. Use this technique to show wedding photos, commemorate a child’s first year or depict friends growing up together.
To add interest to your display, vary the style of mats — portrait, landscape or horizontal – but keep the mat material the same.
Choose a wall and place three dramatic images in the center to establish a focal point. Add rows, placing frames three inches apart on all sides, to form a rectangle.
Mix Old & New
Treasured photos are often an eclectic mix of sizes, styles and ages. Use coordinating frames to help vintage photos blend naturally with recent ones. Keep frame colors and finishes within a limited palette — like the dark wood, black and silver frames shown here — but vary the frame size and mat styles for interest. For a modern effect, lean the collection on wall ledges. Let photos overlap, and break boundaries from one ledge to the next.
One Wall, Four Galleries
A bare wall easily becomes the focal point of a home when used as a canvas for your favorite family photos. Here a four great templates, provided by Pottery Barn. Visit their website at www.potterybarn.com. Click on Style House.
GALLERY ONE
GALLERY TWO
GALLERY THREE
GALLERY FOUR
by Miss Sarah
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