7 Creative Ways To Display Family Photos
Family photos are more than just prints, they are representations of memories and love. Your memories deserve to be displayed in your home beautifully and not kept hidden away on your laptop and phone. We’re here to help guide you on how to turn your favourite family photos into beautiful pieces of decor.
Discover seven creative ways to display your family photos around your home.
A Gallery Wall
A gallery wall is one of the most well-known ways to display family photos. It can be hard to choose a favourite photo from so many happy memories, but a gallery wall is the perfect way to display more than one photo. You can even include decorative elements like quotes and mirrors on your gallery wall to make it even more personal.
A gallery wall looks great in any room but is most often seen in living rooms and stairways. When creating a gallery wall the design possibilities are endless. To create a cohesive look, use one solid colour, like black picture frames or mix and match frame styles to create a unique display. Get creative and include frames of different sizes too!
Top Tip: Plan your display before attaching your frames to a wall. You can lay your frames on the floor and rearrange them until you are happy with how your feature will look. Alternatively, you can use newspaper or something similar to cut out the size of your frames, stick them to your wall, and experiment with different arrangements.
Polaroid Display
The rise in popularity of retro cameras has made polaroid prints very popular. But what do you do with all of your prints? You frame them!
Use a custom frame designer to design a large frame in your chosen frame style. Then, choose all your favourite prints and attach them to some card so they won’t move out of place when framing. If you don’t have a polaroid camera you can use a photo printing site like Photobox to print your favourite family photos in polaroid style prints.
Another common way to display polaroid prints is to attach them to fairy lights or string. Hang your fairy lights in any room and use mini clothespins to pin your prints onto the lights. This is a great way to add a magical touch to your prints in any space.
On A Photo Ledge
A photo ledge is a fun and versatile way to display your family pictures. The best part about displaying your photos on a photo ledge is not needing to commit to a fixed arrangement. Pictures on a photo ledge can be swapped and rearranged easily as they are not fixed to the wall.
Mix and match picture frames of different sizes and orientations to create a unique display. Consider adding coloured picture frames to your ledge to add a pop of colour to any room. You can display more than just photos on your ledge. Add in framed prints and typography to add a new layer of creativity to your display.
Photo ledges are a great way to keep your decor fresh and up-to-date with ever-changing family memories. You can add a photo ledge to any area of your home, including your kitchen, hallway, above your sofa in your living room, or even your bathroom.
A Photo Book
A photo book is a great way to document family memories. Choose a theme for each book you create like a family holiday, wedding or birthday party. You can add the books to your bookshelf or place them on a coffee table for people to easily pick up and browse when visiting. The best part about photo books is the amount of pictures you can put inside one book so you don’t have to pick and choose between your favourite memories. Design your book cover to suit the aesthetic of your home or keep it neutral so it will always fit in with your home even after an interior change.
Creating multiple books allows you to rotate them so family and friends always have new photos to look at every time they visit. This is a great creative alternative to displaying your photos if wall space is limited. You can even create copies of these books to gift to family and friends.
Photo Magnets for the Fridge
Turning your family pictures into magnets is a fun and creative way to display your favourite memories. Use your photo magnets to decorate your fridge or any other magnetic area of your home. They are super easy to move around and rearrange making it easy to update your fridge display. You can create shapes with your magnets like a heart display. Printing companies such as Snapfish offer photo magnets in different shapes and sizes including magnetic photo strips, heart magnets and mosaic magnets.
Not only do photo magnets look great but they are also very functional. You can use them to stick notes or important letters on your fridge. Photo magnets are ideal for when space is limited for a gallery wall. You can create different shaped garments to create an alternative to a gallery wall on a smaller but creative scale. They also make great sentimental gifts!
Multiple Photos In One Frame
Framing your favourite pictures in one frame is a great way to save space while adding a decorative touch to your home. Looking to display a collection of family photos in one frame rather than a single picture? Use a multi-frame designer to create the perfect photo collage for your family photos. Choose how many photos you want to showcase and let the frame designer do all the work for you. Frame your favourite holiday pictures, wedding pictures, birthday photos or even baby pictures all in one frame.
For DIY fans, you can create a custom collage by arranging your photo prints on a large board and framing them in a frame of your choice. This lets you add small decorative touches to the artwork like handwritten text and ribbons for decoration.
Oversized Family Portraits
Large oversized framed photos and canvas are a great way to make a statement. What better way to showcase your cherished memories than in large prints creating a focal point in your home? The amount of space you have will determine how many large prints to display. If you have enough wall room, think about a triptych (3-panel split) or a grid of rectangle frame photos.
Consider black and white photos for a timeless, traditional and elegant feel. Or for a fun feel to your interior design why not print custom-illustrated portraits of the members of your family? Whatever you decide to display and however many you decide, try to hang your pictures in high-visibility areas to create the most impact.
Framing Your Family Photos
Here at Picture Frames Express, we understand the importance of sharing and displaying your beautiful memories. We manufacture a huge variety of high-quality frames in many colours and styles, perfect for framing all of your treasured family photos.
Whether you’re creating a gallery wall or displaying your picture on a photo ledge, we’ve got the perfect frame for you. Browse our range of picture frame styles and get creative with displaying your memories.
