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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You have inspired me to create a few more walls of photos. We have two in our bedroom that I adore! They are paired with some nice wall candle sconces and are framed all in black. I also have a few sets of canvas images that are grouped together as you enter the bathroom. I LOVE the photo collages. I think I'll recreate your look photographed from Simon's room. LOve the white pressed up together! IKEA has the perfect frames for that!
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I've got a grouping (black frames w/ white mats) in our entry way. It's the first time I've done that and it's really growing on me. So anxious to do more!
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I have photos from places we've been, family shots and moments with the kids all over our house. It's by the most popular decoration. One of my favorites is different family shots lining the mantel. There is also a large collage over our living room couch and another black-and-white collage of wedding photos in our family room.
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We have many photos around our house, but the newest thing we are doing is in our basement. We just updated a rec room for our daughters and are taking a photo at each party or gathering they have. Then, I add the date and any other info directly on the photo in PSE ... for example, Titanic Movie night, or 11th birthday party. The girls' friends love to come over and see themselves on the walls and it is a great reminder of the fun we have had. The collection is just getting started ... would love to win this canvas to add a really cool statement piece to the mix! Thanks for the chance.
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I love to print photos and keep them in a basket where guests and our own kids can look through them.
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Love your photo groupings. Updating my photos of my daughters on the family room wall is on my to do list. Your post has inspired me to get it done:)!
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I love my photo walls. We are recent "empty nesters" and I often stop + look at my photos - they capture past-times that became last-times all too quickly. and I smile.
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Just really starting to develop my photo displays - I cannot remember which blogger had the word FAMILY on her wall, the letters were from pbTeen - and I loved it you can slip photos into the letters so I purchased SMILE and I put my fuji instax photos on it. I also have a wire across a big wall in my bedroom where I frequently change out photos of my family they hang with clips(from Ikea). In our Hallway I am just beginning to put up photos on two ledges across one wall! Love seeing your displays Ali they are inspiring!
LisaK
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We have a couple of wall groupings, but mostly I have tabletop "shrines." The end table next to our loveseat only has photos of our white minischnauzer, Steffi. Lots of family photos occupy a corner fixture next to our aquarium.
Unfortunately, we can't have anything on the walls in our bedroom (no patterned sheets either)as my husband periodically walks and talks in his sleep and "sees things."
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Living with photos at our house it still mainly trying to get them into albums that are scrapped. You make a person want to put pictures up everythwere. Beautiful Ali, just beautiful!
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Love your photos displays. I am getting ready to start some in our home and the ideas here are invaluable!
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These are wonderful! I'm still in the process of living with my photos. My hubby and I have a few of us scattered around. I'm hoping to go to a lot of flea markets this year and buy a bunch of random frames to mix and match into a collage. I think all b&w photos with bright colorful / different shaped frames would make a very cool focal wall. Thanks for all the great tips!
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I love your photo walls! I've been wanting to start one above our piano. How do you decide what photos to print?
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In my hallway and in my lr I had these ledges from Ikea. 3 rows each and I have them loaded with 4 8x10 frames on each. Then I have a built in bookshelf which is also loaded with photos. Then I have a collection in the tv room. All black frames. Even have photos of my pets up.
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i do not have a lot of photos on my walls but your blog post today has inspired me greatly. all of your photo arrangements look amazing, thanks for sharing.
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I also live with my pictures daily...many a growing collage around the house most in my favorite medium, canvas. WOuld love to try a framed canvas, I've never seen one in person. Your walls look lovely with your sweet family. Thanks for sharing.
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I have some photos on the walls and some in frames on tables but nothing intentional like your groupings and I really want to change that.
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I love you photo collections. I too print out random photos that I love and hang them up in the house, but I have never thought of just mounting them instead of framing them. This prize would be a great way to give it a try.
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This is something I've been meaning to do for sometime - just get our photos up on our walls. I have a small group in my living / dining room but would like to get some additional ones throughout the house. Thanks for the chance to win!
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Thanks for this post, Ali - enjoyed learning about these products. I'm displaying some Instax mini prints in old spikey flower frogs. I've found it's a great way to scatter these little prints around my house :)
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