Around The Room | Living With Your Photos + Color Inc Giveaway
I'm a huge fan of living with your photos. Out of albums, off your computer and onto your walls.
Over the years I've amassed quite a collection of family images - many of the recent ones being mounted rather than framed as you'll see below (and above). When I first starting hanging up photos I wanted them to be all black frames with white mats. Now I'm really enjoying the variety of both the framed and simply mounted images.
Around our house I've got quite a few gatherings happening on the walls. Some are consistent collections (meaning all mounted or all framed) and others are a mixture of the two.
The first ones I want to talk about line the hall from our entry into the kitchen.
The images are 12x12 photos are "standout mounted" from Color Inc. (Color Inc is a sponsor of my blog and has been generous with samples for me in the past and as you'll see below. This set I purchased on my own. They are excellent quality and have wonderful customer service.) When we moved into this house I ordered eight or nine of these with the intent that they would be grouped together and I love them.
They are mounted onto the wall using Miller Studio Magic Mounts removable mounting tabs. I tried a couple of other brands and these have worked the best.
You might have seen this image a couple weeks ago. This is in our dining area, between the kitchen and living room. This wall has a combination of framed and mounted images. The one of Simon and Anna in the blue shirts is from Persnickety Prints.
Upstairs I've got a few other collections starting. In the room you enter before coming into my office I've got a large standout mount from Color Inc (photo taken by Tracey Clark). That one is 3o inches x 20 inches.
In my office I've included two Ikea frames with 12x12 photos of me and Chris as kids. I enlarged these 1970's photos on my scanner and they were printed at Scrapbookpictures.com. These hung in Anna's room in our last house.
A little collage in Simon's room that includes photos, Star Wars stamps, and a signed photo of Yoda from Frank Oz.
And this one was in Anna's room in our last house. I didn't recreate it here yet, but it was a favorite in the old place.
In our bedroom I'm just beginning to build a photo wall.
The newest addition is a Framed Gallery Wrap Canvas from ColorInc. As one of my sponsors they kindly sent me this new product to review and want me to give one away as well (with your own photo of course).
Here's what they have to say about this new product:
Love the sleek modern style of a Gallery Wrapped Canvas? Now you can add a frame! Our Gallery Wrapped Canvas Frames will give you that same modern and edgy look you've wanted but with a touch of traditional style to give you a unique shadow box feel to add to any home, work, or studio wall space!
These ready to hang Gallery Wrapped Canvases come with a 2 1/8'' deep smooth black laminate frame. With a 1/2'' floating space between your canvas and frame, each of our hand wrapped canvas prints will be permanently attached with the finest attention to detail. Each piece will arrive properly finished with a wire hanger, bumpers and Tyvek® backing. A true first class upgrade to your studio or home!
These Framed Gallery Wrapped Canvases are really, really nice. I didn't realize when I was ordering it that there's a space between the frame and the wrapped canvas but when I opened the package here at home I was really pleasantly surprised. I'd definitely consider ordering another one.
GIVEAWAY | One Framed Gallery Wrapped Canvas (20 x 14 or smaller) from ColorInc.
TO BE ENTEREDinto this giveaway please leave a comment below sharing how you live with your photos (if you are reading this post on Facebook please come to my blog to leave a comment). Comments will be closed at noon Pacific on Friday and the winners posted shortly after. Please be sure to check back or subscribe (click here to get posts delivered to your email box) to see if you are receiving one of the items this week.
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I've just recently started hanging my pictures in the house. We have redone my kids' rooms (they are teenagers) and we're in the process of getting their photo collections onto their walls.
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I have a blank wall that I stare at everyday trying to figure out what to put there. I have photos everywhere in my house but this wall stumps me. A canvas might be a great start. Thanks for the ideas and achance to win.
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I am so bad with our photos. They are in a box, tucked away, and on top of that I forget to bring my camera to even take pics in the first place. I'm trying to work on this...thanks for the great giveaway.
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I have not hung up any new prints since 2006!! I really need some new prints on my wall!!!
love ALL of yours! I have the beautiful photos all waiting in a folder to print larger, and keep saying someday! I am going to print 10 of them now and work on getting frames! thanks for the inspiration!
tara
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I have small collections of photos throughout my home on table tops and walls. I have one area that I change the photos yearly as my grandchildren grow up. Thanks for sharing your ideas and photos. I especially love the idea of large unframed collections. I think that will be my next wall project. I just need to find an available wall!!
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I love this framed mounted photo! I am starting to make more of an effort to get my photos on walls, as I take so many pictures, but don't get to enjoy them as much as I'd like when they are not displayed. To me, it is so much more meaningful than various "decorations".
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I have a gallery of frames on top of low bookcases in our entry hall. I use black, red & silver frames, all fairly simply (some are more ornate, but I'm strategic with that!) and with family members from all time periods, but many are my everyday simple photos that I adore.
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In my old house I had a plate rail around the three walls of the dining area which was open to the living room. I used it for photos and loved it, it was so easy to move photos around, swap them out. Now that we have moved, I designated most of those photos to go in the living room on a big empty wall, but I have been intimidated by the task. Seeing your photo walls, I think I am just going to take the plunge. I love having photos everywhere and have them scattered throughout my house on walls, on shelves and bookcases. They make me happy.
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I too have some canvas prints on my walls. Photos are pretty much everywhere. I just love looking at their faces as I go about my day.
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I've started a photo wall at my house, but need some new additions! I've also scrapbook and am currently working on a project capturing important events from each month to document my first year of marriage.
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Although I've have plans for a few wall photo collections, we are still just living with desk portraits displayed in some of the most lack luster ways. One bookcase in the living room full of photos and knick knacks -- I think my real problem is learning to change them around when they no longer inspire us (or we stop noticing them altogether).
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This is a timely post...as I have been thinking about getting some canvases/photos printed. The mounting squares you use...do you just put a few across the top? Seems like they would not be strong enough for framed photos. I am sooo inspired by our blog...thanks for sharing all this good stuff.
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I have a wall of photo collages. I don't have a lot of wall space so put as many pictures as possible.
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I have a 40-foot wall of photo ledges with lots of photos - both mounted and framed. I started mounting them because I wanted LARGE photos without the cost of a frame. And I fell in love and mount all the time now. I also have a set of photo ledges in my stairwell, but I am considering changing that up a bit. And a couple other random collections around the house.
Quick question - do you have an easy way to hang up framed photos?
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I have photo albums and scrapbooks, because our budget hasn't allowed for large-hang-on-the-wall-but-don't-look-cheap-printing. I'm hoping to get to the point where I can hand my photos, and this would be a good head start.
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Photos are everywhere in our home as well. I much rather see the smiling faces of my family on the walls than anything else.
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In addition to a black and white gallery wall, I keep photos out on the coffee table...I'm thinking of getting Pottery Barn's photo carousel.
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I recently started printing out my pictures and hanging them all over my house. I love to see them in my house.
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I have a side table in my living room filled with photos in frames. It's a great collage of frames and everyone that is important in my life is on that table.
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I love this idea and especially love the photo wrapped frames. I in awe of your talent and your eye for design. I hope you don't mind, but I hope to "borrow" your idea and incorporate your photo collages (with my own family photos) into my own home!
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