Unique Ways to Display Family Photos

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I saw this idea in the September issue of Country Living and thought it was a great alternative to the countless picture frames that can accumulate on all of the surfaces in your home when you have lots of photos you want to enjoy. You may have all already seen it/done it, but I thought I would share it just in case.

You can upload your family photos to blurb.com and create a professionally bound coffee table book to enjoy! A great gift idea too. Please tell me I'm not the only one who hasn't done this yet.

Country Living also suggests enlarging and printing a favorite family photo on canvas using a company like Canvas Art. I like the way they've leaned this one against the wall versus hanging it.

Here are some other ideas that we've talked about in previous posts but they're from last fall, so some of you may not have seen them.

Clipping favorite photos to your fall branch display. They can be rotated depending on what's going on (family celebrations, holidays, special guests and occasions, or just the every day happenings of life)

BHG.com

Of course Pottery Barn always has creative ideas and this is still one of my favorites!

Remember this image from this post, where I talked about "wallpapering" your walls with photos? I think this would be a great way to enjoy a variety of family photos and make a design statement at the same time. Normally this idea would be a little busy for me, but they've used all white mats and the frame colors are consistent with the colors used in the furnishings and fabrics in the room which keeps it from getting crazy.

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PHOTOS IN A BOWL

If you're like me (not a scrapbooker) and have old photos stashed away in cabinets (or a bunch on your computer that you never see), why not purchase a large decorative bowl, basket or tray for the coffee table in your family room and put all of the loose photos in it? It's a good conversation starter, adds another level of texture and interest, and is a nice way to be able to enjoy your photos when you're just hanging out. (I already know that the mom's with little ones who constantly have sticky fingers are questioning this idea, but I had to bring it up. :-))

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I posted this one not long after I started blogging and I still love it (via Small Place Style)...

How do you display/enjoy your family photos?

Decorating With Letters, Words and Numbers - 2

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Happy Sunday!

I know there are a fair amount of you out there who like to decorate with letters, words and numbers, so here are some more images for your inspiration files. Enjoy the rest of your weekend...

Traditional Home

Traditional Home

Style At Home

homelife.com.au Photo Scott Hawkins

Country Living Photo Keith Scott Morton

Don't You Just Love Summer?

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Lemon Place Cards

Country Living photo: Alexandra Rowley

I definitely do! You may have noticed that my blog posts are rather sporadic lately. Part of that is life in general, and part of it is summer!

I actually have a lot of ideas and some great posts started that I think you'll really like if I can just sit down and pull them all together. I'm not going to stress about it though because summer flies by way too quickly! I plan on enjoying every minute of it and I hope you all do the same. I WILL be posting but if I disappear for brief periods, just know that I'll be back! :-)

House Beautiful photo: Victoria Pearson

I recently purchased the turquoise version (that color isn't on-line for some reason) of this pom-pom scarf at Old Navy and I love it! It's a large square and my friend and I, of course, immediately noticed that it could also be used as a colorful summer throw for a table... (It also comes in green and neutral)

Speaking of brightening things up for summer, I talked in my Decorating with Throws post about the idea of using a throw to disguise a chair when you want a new look but can't afford a new chair. This image from BHG.com is a good example of that concept and also shows how you can brighten your look for summer by not only covering the center of the chair (or sofa) with a colorful throw,

but
- adding bright throw pillows,
- freshening up your artwork with some colorful images and
- adding colorful books (still love the idea of using them for a side table)
- and bright or light accessories.
These are all low-cost/low-commitment changes that can be swapped out by season.


Another image from BHG.com. The valance and the roman shade are nice, but I think it's a fun idea, especially for summer, to add the bud vases above...

Hope you have a wonderful, relaxing weekend! :-)

Coastal Living Photo Susan Mauney

Decorating with Letters and Numbers

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Letters on your pillows...
Coastal Living photo Tria Giovan

Words on the wall...

Country Living photo John Coolidge

Country Living photo Jack Thompson

Excuse this photo, but I took it with my cell phone in a little restaurant we stopped at a couple months ago. They had several walls accessorized this way and I thought it was interesting (and of course I had to take a photo in case someone in blogland could use the idea!)

Notice the words on the mirror?
Sarah Richardon Design

and this one? (love it)
B&B Italia via Marcus Design

Signs...
Sarah Richardson Design

House #'s on pillows on your porch...
diyideas.com

Personalizing your chairs with chalkboard paint. Fun for every day use and also a clever, different take on "name cards" for dinner guests. ( BHG.com)

Embellishing wood letters ( BHG.com)...


A mix of plates and words...
HGTV.com Designer Sue Adams. (Photo by Sam Gray)

words ON plates...
Country Living photo Ellen Silverman

Letters etched into frosted glass cabinet doors...
Coastal Living

A cute eye chart lamp shade, printed table runner and wall words from Real Simple...


Organize and Decorate Everything did a stairway letter wall...

Love the use of letters on this bunkbed...
warymeyers via Alkemie

An artistic headboard from diyideas.com

A fun idea for a boys room from diyideas.com

Monogrammed tables from diyideas.com

BHG.com suggests assigning each family member a hanging basket, then mounting the baskets on hooks beside an entry door or on a stairway wall. Identify the baskets for each family member using letters...

Use a window film with a cut out message as an inexpensive alternative to blinds...

via homesandgardens.com

via Brume

Bird and Banner via Once Wed showed this project as a centerpiece idea, but the vintage numbered books could really be used anywhere you're accessorizing.

Edited to add this chair from Living Etc. via Color Sizzle. Isn't it fun?

Have a great day!

Accessorizing a Console Table or Chest

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Coastal Living via myhomeideas.com Photo: Deborah Whitlaw; Stylist: Lane Gregory

You may remember this Accessorizing Shelves/Bookcases post that I did in March. In that post I talked about how accessorizing can be a very overwhelming process for some and that, in those cases, copying can be a good thing!

Westchester MagazinePhoto: Phillip Ennis

I also said:
"Sure there are guidelines, and I outline some of them in this Accessorizing Above Kitchen Cabinets post that I did last July.... Sometimes people find though that, even with guidelines, it's just not happening for them. This is when you can use the concept of imitating the structure of an arrangement that you like (which was one of the tips I gave in this Fireplace Accesorizing - Using What You Have post)."

House Beautiful Designer: Eric Cohler Photo: Jonny Valiant

With that in mind, and because I've had questions from people who are unsure what to put both above and on their tables, this post provides you with images of decorated console tables/chests that will hopefully give you some inspiration and ideas for accessorizing your own.

Ethan Allen

Midwest Living

marthastewart.com

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homesandgardens.com

House Beautiful photo credit: Victoria Pearson

Ethan Allen

This one is obviously a sideboard, which can also be hard for some to accessorize. The other structures shown in this post could be used/modified for a sideboard as well.

House Beautiful Photo Victoria Pearson

Sunset

Canadian House and Home Photo Kim Jeffery

All of the images below are from Wisteria...

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