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 have the traditional wall of photos going down our upstairs hallway. My plan is to grow that concept to each room, I want to incorporate more photos! Thanks
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I am really going to try to start a wall of photos now that we have a little one. I can't wait to see how it turns out. Thanks for offering this giveaway!
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I got the courage to build a photo wall in my bedroom and I love it! It even includes a framed two page layout from one of my scrapbooks. Next adventure will be a wall with the canvas wrapped photos - love your ideas!
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i have a lot of photo collections in my home too. I love pictures but have never done a canvas mount picture. I need to try it out. Thanks!
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I am learning to incorporate our favorite photos into our life more... *loving* Project Life this year and last. My desire is to get more of our photos on walls this year.
Thanks for the informative (and inspirational) post and the great give-away too!
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We have a few collage frames but I really like the look of these mixed collections. I'm embarrassed to admit I have a collage frame on the wall that's been empty for months - I need to print some pix for it!
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This is an inspiring post! Time to get the photos displayed. I have a few photo walls, but would really like to get some started in the kids rooms.
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I love your pictures and frames. It has really given me many ideas. Thanks.
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Just checked out ColorInc.'s website and am so inspired to begin a photo wall. Love to read your blog Ali and the pictures of how you display your family photos inspire me as well. Thank you for sharing.
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I need to revise how I live with my photos. I put up one wall of photos when we moved here six years ago. I got busy with life and my kids have grown so much since then. I have a bunch of frames that need more current photos in them - I think I just gave myself a new job for next week!
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I have a couple of small collections of photos throughout the house, but have started having larger prints made to add to it. I have open frames on one wall in the living room and just add photos when the mood strikes. I also have a cafe rod and shutter organizer on the wall that I clip up photos.
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I have a photo collage of family and friends cascading our staircase. They are all in black frames...but after seeing your new canvases, I might have to try some new styles! I also have photos in the LR of items that include our accent color red (like a vintage car and "Fetch" storefront sign I took photos of).
I really was struggling with how to incorporate new images into the mix with our loved old ones. I guess I just have to add more! ;) Thanks for the inspiration as always!
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First, I want to say I LOVE how you have incorporated so many pictures into so many rooms in your house. I LOVE having pictures throughout my house too; however, I only have a few rooms with pictures. I'm going to check out the mounting tabs that you are suggesting (this way I can hang the pictures myself without my husband) and now worry about putting a million holes in the wall.
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Wow! Your walls look great. I would love to be able to group photos like that. You also take really great photos!
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I really love pictures but I'm pretty bad about getting them printed and hung. But with spring just around the corner, I'm feeling the need to update the walls in my home and I'm thinking some pics on canvas would do just the trick :-)
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I live with my photos in facebook, wallpaper on the computer, various photo frames around the house, and the new photo collage that I've just started to assemble on the stairs. My only problem that will so many photos its hard to know which ones to put up in a frame - i want to frame them all :)
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This is exactly what I am doing in my home now and I love it! It warms the room and it brings something special to the walls. I will have to check out the Color Inc. I haven't tried anything like canvas or mounted - that is my next step.
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You are inspiring me to do more! We don't have any pictures on our walls...yet. We mostly put pictures (in frames) on surfaces throughout the house.
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Well, I don't really live with my photos - for the most part they are on my hard drive and really really need to get off of there and at least get printed. Love the ideas and inpsiration you have shared Ali for how photos can be used.
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I like to mix and match frames while having a common theme. I actually just ordered a photo off Etsy you mentioned a while ago (not sure when, but it's an image taking in Paris with a wonderful Bohkeh).
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What a great new product! I just moved less than a year ago, so I'm trying to get paint on my walls so I can hang up my photos. But, what I have waiting are several collages of photos. One area has our last initial thrown in. I have several different kinds of black frames...at first I wanted to do all black, but now I love the personality of different style frames. Thanks again for the inspiration...from one ali to another ;)
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We are currently painting + updating all of our walls with lots of pictures of my two handsome boys + travel pictures + everyday photos. Would love to add one of these as well:)
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In our house we have mainly photos that were taken when our wonderful daughter was very young. Love the inspiration you have been providing to update and add to our collection! Thank you. Karen
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we are in the process of redecorating our living room area. removing wall paper and old carpet. when it is finished i plan on doing two areas with lots of family and simply life photos. i will definitely be checking out the products from color inc soon so that i can have some ready to hang art when it is time.
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I am not good at printing my photos, although I take hundreds each month. Usually I have a slideshow on my computer, and on our family television that scrolls through the family photos. Also I love to just print 4x6's and have them stuck randomly in floral frogs or by magnets on the fridge. This is something that I am hoping to improve on. I am inspired by your beautiful walls!
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