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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Hard to explain but I have black framed photos (some with white mats; some with clear glass so the wall color shows thru) that go up the 2 story wall by my stairs with each frame touching/flush - both verticle and horizontal photos. I also have framed pics leaning on the wall - placed on shelves. I have black framed 12 X 12 scap pages in my scrap room.
Would love to try Color Inc.! Thanks!
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One thing I notice about your photos is that there is a wonderful mix of family, scenery, you and Chris, your gorgeous children.
We have photos everywhere of our daughter (same age as Anna) in canvas and framed but need to get more of us as a family. New goal!!
Thanks for the inspiration!
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For my pictures not in frames or albums or scrapbooks: I have bowls of current and some older pictures scattered around the house. For my oldest I have placed a bowl of pictures from her life for her to review in her room, this her senior year.
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We've just recently moved into our first home and I've had a wonderful time outfitting our new place with photos taken of us (and our loved ones) over the years. My favorite piece right now is a banner across the large bay window in our master bedroom. It's a landing point for recent instax photos as well as some priceless "random" photos unearthed in the move.
Thanks for the great ideas and for a chance at a great prize!
xoxo,
jenny-lynn
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I have photos all over the walls in my house, some framed and some I mounted. The mounted ones were inspired by some b&w and color photos mounted on wood plaques that I saw at Target. I re-created that look using my own photos I had taken of a town I visited in Alabama while on a trip for work, and some unfinished wooden plaque 5x7 from Wal-Mart craft aisle. I painted the edges chocolate to match my decor, then mounted the photo on top. I know it is not acid free (because of the wood), and they may not last forever, but it was less expensive quick decor and more meaningful that they are my own photos. I also have a grouping of b&w city shot I take and add to when I travel. They are in black frames with white mats (acid free :). Thanks for the opportunity to win, I would love to do a canvas of a photo of my nieces!!!
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I have been wanting to explore gallery wraps! Thanks for the inspiration and giveaway!
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I have photos framed on nearly every wall that will hold anything. I have framed photos on bookshelves and tables. I love them, too. I cannot force myself to "replace" the dated framed photos. I love the retrospect. I have our staircase wall that I would love to build into a canvas wall - this new framed canvas looks amazing. Thanks for the fun giveaway - and the invitation to live with our photos.
- pennyscraps
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I have more art then photos but would like some nice quality pieces.
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I have a large grouping of heritage photos framed & hanging in my dining room. Hawaii photos in the living room, and other random photos in small frames scattered around the house. I love the visual impact of your enlarged photos...I need to do that more often!
Thanks for the chance to win!
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I've just received some canvas photos of my boys that we've hung in their room... loved them. Hope to get more for the rest of the house.
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i have always had my photos in b&w, framed in black frames. but with my recent engagement, wedding, and honeymoon photos, i am ready to incorporate color! the framed canvas is a great combination of two looks i love... already checking out the site!
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I have 2 photo walls in my house: one of old family photos from the 1940's going up the stairs & my little family is framed on the wall in our family room. I also have an alcove over the bed in our master bedroom that is filled with "standing" frame photos.
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I love having family photos all over the house. I have them mostly on bureaus & surfaces, but I love the idea of placing them blown-up on walls!
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I have a few different photo areas. However, my favorites are on the fridge. Everyone gatheres in the kitchen and it is always a conversation piece.
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It seems everyone in my family is a 'fridge photo displayer'. I just got pro photos of my son and would love to make one a canvas and hang it on the wall!
Great collages Ali, I NEED to live with my memories on the walls.
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LIKE YOU, I LOVE PHOTOS AROUND THE HOUSE. THANKS FOR SHOWING ALL YOUR GALLERY WALLS...LOVE THEM! I ALSO KEEP MINI BOOKS OUT FOR GUESTS TO BROWSE THROUGH....
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What a fun give away. I'm in the market for something to hang on my wall. Have to check it out. Thanks.
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I've started putting up some photo collections on our walls, but need to do so much more. We're going for our first professional family photo shoot in a couple of weeks and I would love to have some of those enlarged.
Thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win :)
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I do a lot of scrapping and framing, but I am currently looking into putting them on canvas. Costco offers this and it is fairly inexpensive. So I am going to give it a try.
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Oh, I have used Color Inc for a little 5x5 photo book and I LOVE them! And, I have just the photo that I'm wanting to get a wrapped canvas - of my four kiddos. :) Thanks for the opportunity to win!
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