What do you do with your family photos?

ash8177

12 years ago

Where do you hang or display yours?

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cat_mom
12 years ago
In the family room! (really!)
User
12 years ago
I've got some on the wall in the hall, and others on the mantel in the family room.
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Rhapsdy--Your parents must have loved what you did for them! I know mine would. Where did you order the wording? Now you have my wheels turning, for a wall in my parents' basement family room...it would be perfect. We have the standard professional (bday & Christmas) pictures in the family room. I have pictures of meaningful people in our lives in our bedroom on a antique chest as well. We turned our "formal living room" into a playroom when we moved in. It's a primary colored room, and I'd found crayola crayon frames, so they are filled with pictures of the kids' cousins and of some good friends. It gave the room a kids play theme (that was unisex, as we have one of each). It's also a good way for them to "see" special people, as much of our families live far away, so although deeply loved, it's hard for kids to remember everyone. There are also 2 collages in this room and the kids love to help change out the pictures of our family/friends every so often. I love doing this with them, b/c we talk about the pony ride or playing at Grandma's etc, which helps them to retain great memories. We are not overloaded with pictures here, but I think we have a well balanced amount of ones that have meaning to us.
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Ideefixe
12 years ago
I keep mine proudly displayed in these big plastic tubs. And the digital ones in folders on my hard drive. I have so many, and I can't find the time to sort them, much less put them in frames.
texasbet
12 years ago
On a three tiered shelf in our bedroom. I do have a few very special ones in our guest room.
LuAnn_in_PA
12 years ago
Living room walls for our family photos
awm03
12 years ago
I scan old photos and use a digital picture frame to display a slideshow of them. I love the digital picture frame.
Sueb20
12 years ago
Majority are in photo albums. Or sitting in a pile waiting for someone to put them in albums.

I have a "gallery" of photos on the stairway wall going from 1st to 2nd floor. I have several small framed photos on bookshelves throughout the house. I also have some larger (8x10) family travel pics in our basement family room.

We have so many great pics from vacations but I just don't have space to display them all. I should drag out the digital photo frame that someone gave us but I didn't have the patience to figure out...
texasbet
12 years ago
Oh, I have a digital frame as well, some albums and several boxes of loose photos. I just thought she meant what do you do with the ones you have in frames. LOL!
rosesstink
12 years ago
The only family photos on display are one of my grandmother with her parents taken in 1910 and a pic of DH's grandfather with Babe Ruth. Both are on the mantle. All the others are in photo albums or boxes. I like to look through the albums occasionally but I'm not into having pics of living relatives on my walls.
ash8177
Original Author
12 years ago
Whichever.. I was just curious how you fit them in with your decor. I'm trying to get ideas of how to display pics of the kids and where it would be best to put them. Thanks for sharing everyone. :)
sochi
12 years ago
We keep our favourite relatively recent pictures of the kids on the wall in our kitchen in IKEA frames:
ash8177
Original Author
12 years ago
Wow! What an amazing kitchen! And so clean and sparkly.. I see reflections off every surface!! Very cool way to display pics of the kids too. TFS :)
User
12 years ago
Incredible kitchen! That floor is too wonderful!

Our family photos are in boxes in the library, in silver frames in the master bedroom and in kids' bedrooms, and lots of fun photos of kids, trips, special occasions, etc. are stored in this photo carousel I bought from Pottery Barn years ago... it is like an old-fashioned postcard display. This is in a room in our basement where the pool table is. People of all ages love going through these photos of Halloween, kids' birthday parties, etc.

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