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 ENTERED into 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.
I print my favorites and hang them on my cubicle walls, always changing and there to make me smile.
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I would love one of those canvasas. I often hand photos on a metal "clothes line" hanging in the hall way. Its easy to change them out and I don't worry about them too much if I printed them out myself.
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Loved seeing how you use photos to decorate and personalize your home. Using photos is one of the ways I love to decorate my home as well, using family photos, both new and old. I love everyday photos as well as photos from the past. I love the feel photos give my home and I just love the conversations they bring up when people visit. Thanks for the opportunity to win a canvas from Color Inc., I would love,love,love to win since I have no canvas wrapped photos in my home yet.
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so beautiful... I always love how you arrange things. we have photos most everywhere in our house... my favorite is the collage up our stairs mixed with old and new of my 4 favorite people. thanks for a chance to win!
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I have a wall I want to fill with photos but sadly, it only has one frame on it. I have little pieces here and there but not nearly enough.
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I have a couple of collages on my walls. I love these gallery wrapped canvases. They are so elegant but simple.
thanks Ali
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I have started a photo wall in our hall way as well as displaying various photos around the house. In my childcare I have photos for the children to look at hanging around the room at their eye level as well as an album of past days.
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I only decorate my walls with photos. Right now they are all in black frames without mats but I would like to experiment more with canvas and other frames/mats. Money is holding me back that and too many kids, no time;o) Thanks for sharing!
Tawnda
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I just love how you have displayed all of your photos. I am currently working on a photo grouping on a large wall in our living room. I am so happy to be introduced to Color Inc - I can see a lot of ordering from them in my future! Thanks!! :)
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i moved from a large home with 3 floors where every room had pictures - in frames on surfaces, on walls, everywhere. And i do mean every room plus the halls and staircase wall. so lovely to see happy smiling faces everywhere.
my new home is much smaller and i dont have as many surfaces.
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We are blessed to be expanding some living space in our home this summer and I would love to add canvas to a wall. We have a few photo walls in our home already and if anyone is able to add photos of any size or kind, please do it! Photos of anything you love, scenic photos, nieces, nephews, pets, YOURSELF! It really makes a house a home. We didn't have too many photos up for the longest time but really once you start you will be AMAZED at how wonderful it makes your space feel.
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I have a clothespin-style display across the wall on my desk. It's perfect for pinning up photos or pulling one down to give to someone.
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Love the post Ali! I recently created my first picture wall and I love it! It is so great to have family images up and I really enjoy talking about the pictures with guests.
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I have been through the time when our photos were on the wall, all over the walls!!. Now, I am in the phase of putting all those photos into albums. It is the time in our lives (my husband will be 85 in April) when I am trying to make order of all our 48 + years. Our four boys and their families will appreciate the order. Enjoy your youth, enjoy you children and thank you for sharing your artistic talent with us.
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Love all of your photo groupings! We are moving this month, and this inspires me to think about creating some of these in our new home. Thanks!
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As a decor challenge, I painted a couple of canvas's in different sizes, and used my mega square punch to punch photos and papers into consistent sizes. I then mounted those squares on the canvas's, added words/initials, & embellishments to make a collage of equally spaced photos.
Love the inspiration of your photos!
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I've got one gallery wall in my entry right now (I'd like to do more on other walls). I've also got framed photos everywhere around my house. I'm inspired looking at your walls.
Thanks for the chance to win!
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My pictures are in boxes and on my mac! Printing and hanging them is at the top of mu to do list. Thanks for the great ideas and info Ali.
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Most of my photos stand on tables (couch or coffee) but a few are on the walls. I'd love to move some off of the tables to the walls instead. This is a great way to accomplish that goal!
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They all look great!! In our living room we have a long shelf that holds various sized (mostly quite big) pictures that make it the focal point of the living room. We really have lots of pictures scattered all around like you!
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Awesome collections and displays!! I love them all.
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Most of our photos are hanging in our hallway or are in albums. However, we are hoping to move into a new home this year and I have great plans for including more photos. I would love for a canvas wrapped print to be the beginning of living with our photos in our new home!
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Love all the photos, I'm inspired to get some of my photos up on the wall, I have lots but not sure how to hang them, with open concept houses it seems like there is not enough wall space but I love all the photo walls that you have.
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We have a photo wall in our hallway leading to our bedrooms. It's a long hall and perfect to display photos and our son's artwork.
Seeing your photo displays has definitely given me some new ideas. Thanks for the chance to win!
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I recently did three canvases on my walls of the kids at the beach, done by Canvas on Demand, and now I am addicted, I want to do more! But these canvases can be expensive so I have to pace myself. I'd love to try this company. I honestly do NOT have enough photos on the walls. We have limited wall space and I have some, but not as many as I'd like. Thanks for this great giveaway, Ali, and for sharing your walls. :)
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