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 live with photos on my walls and on my shelves. My photos are considered artwork for my house. All of my loves.
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We have a small number of photos hung; they are mainly singular photos that we've had enlarged and then professionally framed. Would love to canvas frame a photo from our vacation to Belize!
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I have a grouping of my son on our stairs, all in black frames. The wrapped canvas prints are great! Definitely something I'd like to include to add variety.
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I love to put photos anywhere and everywhere. Have not tried the canvas yet. Looking forward to expanding my options.
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When we built our home 15 years ago, we included bookcases in our family room to allow plenty of room for family photos. Framed photos also sit on table tops and we have (4) framed 16x24's on the walls. We also have magnetic clear plastic frames on our refrigerator. Thanks for showing your beautiful variety of displays. I love the look of the gallery mounted canvases from Color, Inc.
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I love all my photos. They move all around the walls and I can't seem to retire any of them.
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I love my photo walls. I need to work on getting pictures of my husband and me as children. Right now my pictures start when our family was officialy established. (our wedding pictures). They continue into our daughters and now I need to add our grandsons. I love remembering and feeling the love of the memories.
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I'd love one of these. Thanks for the chance to win!
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after living in our house for 4 years we are *finally* starting to put pictures up on the wall and make our house our home ... your photo collages have given me a lot of inspiration!
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We've been in this house for almost three years now and only recently started putting up photos and it's really feeling more like home. But I want to continue to add photos, mainly upstairs which is really bare. We have a few clusters throughout our downstairs. One above the couch of our engagement, wedding and honeymoon. Two sets frame the t.v. in the family room and a collage frame hangs in the hallway above the school cubby area for my kids to hang their coats and backpacks. One of my faves, are the series of pictures in our half bath. They are all pictures I took on our 1 year anniversary trip to Italy that I converted to black and white and put in black frames.
I'd love to start a collage of our family in our master bedroom, expand on the thomas train collage in my son's bedroom. Create some kind of collage for my daughter in her room and liven up our guest bedroom with some photos. But all in time. Our photos in the house are a continuous work in progress. But definitely got a few great ideas from your post. Thanks Ali!
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So far, my display photos are traditional frames, but I love the newer look of canvas wraps—and particularly this one combined WITH a frame! Would love to win one! Thanks for the opportunity!
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i recently moved into a new apartment and all my walls are naked. at my house i had arranged most of my photos as a theme. in my girls room i had a series of them at the beach that were taken by my sister, they are all B&w and in black frames. i have another series of photos in sepia tones, in cherry frames, above and on my mantel. i realize they have been over run by my ocd. I recently had decided that for my new pkace i would like to do some stand outs but the lack of frame makes me think i wont like the flatness. this product seems perfect for me :)!!
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Ali, you've always been an inspiration here in our house! I think my daughter and I both own all of your books. Love your style!
I have family photos everywhere but they don't compare to your photo walls. I do not own a canvas and love this new framed design. Would LOVE to try it!
Thanks for inspiring us all!
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I make sure to update photos of the kids that hang on walls every so often. I am a huge fan of seeing their smiling faces all over the house.
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Not only do I have photos framed in black frames with white mats all around my house, I have a wall of only black and white pics in black frames and I have a wall of 12x12 scrapbook pages! I love pictures! They are my heart and soul!
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how awesome is that?! thanks for a chance to win!
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i get bored with the photos on walls, frames etc. so i tend to change the displays often. that way i actually end up using more of my photos and don't feel the need to always select the "best" quality photo but more likely the ones i like for personal reasons.
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I love your photo groupings. I like to put my favorite current photos on our fridge and also I have a couple of frames that I change the photos in often. I send new 5x7's with my Husband at least 4 times a year for his office.
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We live with our photos every where - I have several gatherings in many different areas of our house. It always makes me happy.
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Thanks for sharing the ways that you celebrate your family through the photos around your home. We have been remodeling for a number of years, so I haven't really started hanging many photos yet. This inspires me to make sure our photos play a larger part in our daily life. Thank you!
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