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 love this post! Thanks for the inspiration to get those photos out for all to see. I'm not very good at that yet. That is my goal this year. Right now I have a frame with a white mat that has cutouts in it to put 9 photos in. I put photos from last year, and I love looking at it and remembering some special times we shared as a family. Thanks for the chance to win.
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We have photos throughout our home, in frames and some with glass covers held together with clips(Ikea). I love our photos on the walls and I love the idea of the canvas! Thanks for the inspiration!!
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just beginning to frame in B/W in black frames with white/cream mats... always looking for new ideas... thanks Ali...
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I have a family photo gallery in the family room with a eclectic selection of photos, all with black frames & white mats to unify. I have another grouping of old family photos, all b&W with pewter frames in the dining room. After seeing all the great photo groups you have around your house, I want to expand with more framed photos and mounted photos in other rooms!
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I have pictures everywhere!I put them on my notebooks for school so I can remember the reason why I went back to school, I have them hanging on our walls in our new place, I even have any area where I hang our favorite 12x12 scrapbook pages and change them out on a regular basis.
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How do I share my photos? I digiscrap and use my email to send updates about my family's goings-on.
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I have 10 - 20x20 prints in my living room that I love (in clip frames). I have a few canvases and framed photos as well. I'm looking for places/ways to add more photos to our home.
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I have done a lot of similar groupings as you have with family photos. I love how over time you get such a great assortment of your kids at different ages, and then when their kids come to visit it is so cool for them to see their parents as children. Thanks for the chance to win the wrap around studio print. Looks like a great concept.
Aloha, Kate
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Unfortunately, I live with my photos on my external hard drive. I pretty much print out a couple pictures a year and that is usually because a friend or family member has asked for it. Pathetic, I know. I have got to get better. :)
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Thanks so much for doing this post, as I had hoped that you would one day :) I have been trying to organize frames and figure out what photos and placement I want to put my frames. My plan is to go along the staircase wall w/ a mixture of framed, vintage items + canvas. I am also in the works to get photos ordered and frames bought for the "oregon Ducks" wall, which is on the opposite side of the stair case wall, and will showcase our photos from football games (football season ticket holders lol)and some historical newspaper clippings. My guys are very excited about this LOL. I have a whole wall in our living room and mantel (post here: http://landerson.typepad.com/snapshot/2010/07/index.html )that is showcasing our trip to the beach last year..and I love it as I display beach stuff here and there around the house. My dining room is also getting a plan in the works to do a gallery of photos and vintage items as well.
Thank you for suggesting the mounting tabs- this will help me get frames up on my own and faster! Thanks for the chance to win as well :) I have been wanting to try out the canvas wraps :)
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We just recently got all the walls in our house re-painted... and we're expecting our first baby in July, so we are in the process of rearranging all of our photos and art! I am currently researching the best options!
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We currently have a collage wall above our couch in the living room, and our family room has several (6?) collage frames with pictures of family, as well as a couple of enlarged wedding photos. We also have a large canvas print of our daughter in the living room. I've been inspired lately to put more pictures out, and you have given me a little more of an inspirational kick - thank you!
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I sometimes display my layouts with particularly loved photos. I hadn't heard of Color Inc... what a nice site!
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I love hanging family pictures all over the house. This would be a beautiful addition to my house. The only problem is that my family want their picture on my walls too and my mom wants me to update the photos. LOL
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I am working on a photo wall in my living room. I love your examples of incorporating photo canvases and other objects (letters, numbers) for variety and interest. Thanks for the chance to win!
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We do have many photos of our kids around the house, but I would LOVE to copy some of your ideas. I have some b&w nude pics of all of my kids at the same age hanging in our main floor bathroom. And we put pictures of each kid right outside their bedroom doors.
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I scrap, I hang, I display on shelves. I love photos of my family!
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I have just begun to start adding candids and scrapbook pages to my walls. I too started out with all black frames and white mats! I hope to have some great collections like yours, on display in my own home. Thanks for the inspiration!
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I have photo groupings in every room of our home. They are the source of smiles, inspiration and wonderful stories.
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After living in my house for about two years now, I'm finally getting our wall hangings put up! I'm in the process of creating a photo wall in our family room that includes photos of all members of our family. My mother-in-law passed away last year, so it's especially important to me that we have her photo displayed so that my son can always remember his grandma.
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