living with family
Happy Family Day!
One of the best ways to personalize your home is with family photos. It takes a bit of effort to turn family pictures into art, but done right, the payback is well worth it.
Maybe this is a good day to get out those photo boxes and start thinking about the possibilities?
For Christmas, I gave my daughter Charlotte a framed 8x10 black and white photo of each of her grandparents ‘cutting the cake’ on their wedding day. It’s nice to have them side by side in her room. I matted them in wide white and the frame is white too, so they make a fresh statement.
With family photos, it’s all about how you display them. Have a look at some ways I found while surfing….
I love this idea of just butting simple frames together to make a montage.
Or creating a montage without bothering with frames…these would be fun at a cottage…
Or how about this creative use of an old frame, turned bulletin board….
If you’re the framed-picture type, you just need to find places and ways to display them. Look at what my friend Cameron MacNeil at H&H, did in a small hallway nook and kitchen.
And everyone’s always wondering what to put on that long, blank wall in the livingroom….
I’ve always liked the idea of running family photos up a stairwell - it’s such dead space otherwise.
One colour of frame unifies disparate pictures, as shown here by Pottery Barn.
But sometimes all that matters is that you can see those cute mugs.
If nothing else, be sure to take a few good shots of your family today and don’t forget to Smile 
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