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 would love to live with my photos again. We moved about 1 1/2 years ago & still don't have anything! On our walls. Ugh! Maybe these are my answer.
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Hi Ali,
I love the framed work you have up! About a month ago I decided to frame a portrait of each of the dogs that I have fostered & give them their own wall. They are all in the same black frame but the pictures are as close to capturing their personalities as I could get. All different shapes and sizes. We don't have kids yet, so these 4-legged creatures are the focus of most of the photography that goes on in our house. When people see it they ask the who/what/when/where are they nows and that helps promote the rescue group I volunteer for. Win-win!
Thanks for all of your ideas! They are fantastic :) I am lovin those white frames now....might need to change things up a bit!
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Being a BIG scrapper, most of my picutes are on pages and in mini albums (my favorite :) ).
I do have several pictures hanging in our hallway- all in black frames!
I have been wanting to expand into other rooms of the house. My sone LOVES to look at pictures.
Thank you for the chance to win this awesome prize!
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I have a revolving photo display that I change periodically depending on what's going on in our lives. Right now it focuses on my mom who passed away a couple of weeks ago, but also includes some of our twin great-nephews, who at 15 months are so very active! I love the juxtaposition of past and present, sorrow and joy.
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I recently printed five of my favorite wedding photos in 12x12. I paired those with four of my favorite wedding scrapbook layouts. They are hanging over our couch in our first apartment as a married couple!
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I am very lucky to live close (too close if you ask my husband) to many wonderful craft and framing stores. Our home is filled with pictures in frames of every size, color and style - in every room, nook and cranny! The walls of the stairwell leading to the top floor of our home is my favorite. It is lined with pictures of our family, including extended family over the years. Hundreds of photos - I love it! Thank you so much for this wonderful giveaway. Crossing my fingers (I have the perfect picture of my two little guys in mind if mine is the lucky random #!!) :)
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so gorgeous! I just love photo walls. such a great idea to get your photos out of the computer and into your life.
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unfortunately, for too long my photos have lived on the camera or computer. this year, though, you've inspired me -- i've already printed more than usual, made layouts, and have already started on my journal and photobook from last week's vacation!
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No photos on the wall (yet!) but many printed, framed and sitting around my home. I have also printed a few of my favorite scrapbook layouts, mounted them on foam core and have them displayed sitting in easels. We should all surround ourselves with the things we love and I can't think of anything better than a photo or scrapbook layout that stirs the soul.
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There are in every room in the house. All are B&W except for Miss M's Tea Party in the forest and the digi scrap layouts in the GK's room.
I adore B&W. Have even done of my scrap layouts in B&W. It seems so clean and the emotion comes thru so clearly. Have a huge 6ft by 4 ft double sided antique sign that I'm thinking may have to come down - that would give me a 10 ft wall because I am running out of room! Thanks for the peek, so much fun!
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I like you have many groups of photos around my house. My issue is that I do not want to take any down becuase I love them all so I just keep adding more. I LOVE pics of my family :)
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I love having photos displayed in my home. Our mantel has a large family portrait and then six or so framed outtakes from that shoot and others.
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I have a photo wall in the making right now in our living room. Canvas prints like this would be perfect. I love displaying pictures because it takes me back to special moments I spent with my family, friends and nature.
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I have pictures all over my house...some in frames, some tacked to bulletin boards, others in albums laying out open too look at.
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I haven't mounted many pictures in our home, and want to change that. I'd love this to kick-start it!
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Love to have pictures around me. I do have a large gouping in my office. The wall has been the same for several years and I think I want to change it up some, not sure what I will do. Being surrounded by pictures of my family gives me great comfort.
I have wanted a canvas but have never got around to ordering one. Thanks for the chance to win such a great give away. Also, thanks for allowing us to take a peek into your home.
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I live with my photos everywhere, on walls, on tables, in albums, etc. ! I keep putting more up and ever wonder if it's to much, that thought doesn't last long, there can never be too many!
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I have one photo wall. It is lined with pictures from our travels. All of our kids pictures line the top of bookshelves and hutches.
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In our last house, I had pictures everywhere. Since we moved though, I have been having trouble deciding where to put things. We have a lot of wall space but it is broken up into some very small sections and some very large sections. I am working on one grouping in my kitchen, of members of my family eating or things that we like to eat. It is a slow process but fun to do! Thanks Ali, for the giveaway and the great ideas!
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I am just about to start the big project of updating my photo frames currently hanging on my wall and putting up a lot more of the wonderful family & other photos I have taken. So thanks for this inspiration and reminder to get it done! : )
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