Print those photos! The task can be so daunting, but the theme here is not perfection, in my house, it’s always a work in progress. I love seeing how my clients display their favorite family photos, and while I can admit, sometimes I fall behind, seeing how much my kids love actual physical photos is the best motivation to keep it going (and of course I love them too!!)
1. My personal fave: Albums. I make an album every year of my family and it is my kids’ favorite book to look at. These become treasures to pull out as the years go on, for your kids to look back on and laugh at their littler selves.
2. Wall art. I love seeing client photos on their walls. Unfortunately, we don’t have a ton of wall space in our Boston condo, but my favorite two photos of my kids are hanging on the little wall space that we do have, as big as could possibly fit, 30x40 framed black and white portraits.
3. Small tabletop frames, on the fridge, wherever you have space to show printed photos. Honestly, my style of printing photos is in book form or BIG, but it always comes down to personal preference, and having them printed is the important theme here. I have lots of clients with amazing mantle or bookshelf displays of family photos that fill up their space perfectly.
An alternative idea for small prints is to hang them in a fun, easy way in your kids’ room, hallway, playroom; somewhere that has a casual vibe, and this allows you to rotate them out regularly without having to reframe. Gallery walls have also been huge lately, and another great method for easily adding or swapping in new images.
I love finding new ways to display photos, and always keep my eye out for inspiration. We are living in the day and age of digital frames and TV’s camouflaged as art pieces, but a part of me will always love the tangible images the most.
Haven’t done anything with your photos yet? Want me to design your album? Click here to send me a note to get started