Displaying Family Photos?

[Cheerio]

Do you display a lot of family photos in your home? We just had professional pictures done for the first time since our wedding seven years ago (and the first ones with DS, since he's only 17 months old) and I love them. I was thinking of getting a canvas that 24 x 36 to put over our fireplace, but I was wondering if it was weird to have a picture that big of the three of us in our own home.

We also plan to order three other photos to hang around the house.

[simpsongal]

We have our wedding picture over our fireplace and a few enagement shots around the house. Why would that be weird? I guess if you have too many it becomes like a shrine to the family. I've always bee a fan of the classic lining-of-the-stairway walls w/family photos.

I have heard people suggest leaving the kid pictures out of the bedroom (not the right environment KWIM?).

[sailorgray]

"They" say it's a no-no to have too many, but screw 'em. I just hung two 16x20 canvases of my boys in our hallway. It's my home. It's not on the market, so why not? I love seeing their huge cheesy smiles when I walk around our home.

I never heard of not having your kids' pics in the bedroom. In fact, I heard that if you want to put pics of your family up, you should put them in your bedroom. That just goes to show that there really is no right answer since people say different things.

[Deleted]

Your house, do what you want.

I only think it is weird if you have like 345 pictures of the same thing. They're your kids, family and life so display what you love.
I used to be anti lots of photos but since having a kid I like the warm fuzzies they give me, it's affordable art and a great for my kid to recognize people.

I have one small photo in our living room, 2 bigger ones of h and I in our room along with our wedding song and initial framed, my office has three photo shelves with family, us, farm scenes, my playroom has a digital frame of family and a shrine to kid photo wall with some momentos added.

I agree with pp as well. No wedding photos in the bathroom.

It's also fun for me to change them once in awhile...instant update.

[Cheerio]

Nov 9, 2012 14:42:37 GMT -5 @justdairy said:

Your house, do what you want.

I only think it is weird if you have like 345 pictures of the same thing. They're your kids, family and life so display what you love.
I used to be anti lots of photos but since having a kid I like the warm fuzzies they give me, it's affordable art and a great for my kid to recognize people.

I have one small photo in our living room, 2 bigger ones of h and I in our room along with our wedding song and initial framed, my office has three photo shelves with family, us, farm scenes, my playroom has a digital frame of family and a shrine to kid photo wall with some momentos added.

I agree with pp as well. No wedding photos in the bathroom.

It's also fun for me to change them once in awhile...instant update.

I had to LOL at affordable. We got these done professionally and buying the prints is going to be expensive!

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Nov 9, 2012 14:52:42 GMT -5 Cheerio said:

Nov 9, 2012 14:42:37 GMT -5 @justdairy said:

Your house, do what you want.

I only think it is weird if you have like 345 pictures of the same thing. They're your kids, family and life so display what you love.
I used to be anti lots of photos but since having a kid I like the warm fuzzies they give me, it's affordable art and a great for my kid to recognize people.

I have one small photo in our living room, 2 bigger ones of h and I in our room along with our wedding song and initial framed, my office has three photo shelves with family, us, farm scenes, my playroom has a digital frame of family and a shrine to kid photo wall with some momentos added.

I agree with pp as well. No wedding photos in the bathroom.

It's also fun for me to change them once in awhile...instant update.

I had to LOL at affordable. We got these done professionally and buying the prints is going to be expensive!

True. Some of my prints were pricey too. I just mean is still cheaper than upscale designer one of a kind art but has more meaning than a pretty display from tj maxx.

[aimeedyan]

I say it's your house, you should be surrounded by pictures of the things (or people!) you love!

We have the typical line of family pics in the hallway.
We also have a canvas print of us over the fireplace.
And, I put a few smaller pics out and about in the living area.

I think you can go overboard by wallpapering a space with family pics but tastefully scattered throughout your home is nice, I think.

[Susie]

No, we don't display many family photos. There's only one:

Over the piano is our big group wedding photo.

We don't have kids, so maybe I'll feel differently when we do, but I just don't love photos of people on the walls in general.

If I do change my mind about it, my first choice place to put kid/family photos would be along the walls of the upstairs hall.

[floridakat]

I have tons of family photos everywhere. I love them, and that's all that matters to me!

[Deleted]

Do what makes you happy.
In regards to resale of a home and pictures, you don't want too many. I inquired about this when we listed our house because I had a good sized pictures arrangement on our living room wall. There were 16 pictures ranging 4x6 to 8x10. She said it was fine to leave up and really isn't a problem unless you have pictures on every wall. A few here and there are no big deal.

[MrsMB]

When we were looking to rent out/sell our house, we just simply...put up the pictures and packed them. No biggie. When we decided not to move, we just put them back up. So I wouldn't worry too much about moving.

Also, I'm the antithesis to those who say "Oh, no! That's too many! That's a shrine!" My philosophy is that it's my d@mn house...I'm feeding you/hosting you. If you don't like it, you can leave. (I'm probably over-exaggerating...they're tastefully spread out in select rooms and not in guest rooms or bathrooms). But still, No one has ever said anything...I don't hang out with people who even care to make comments about someone's personal decor...but you get the point.

In my opinion, life is too short not to surround myself with things I love. I have no intent to do things for others who don't pay my mortgage. (Wow, do I rant much?)

[TBM]

We don't have very many family photos up. We used to have a couple of big pro photos of our kids when they were little (gift from my parents) hanging in the upstairs hall, but we took them down to paint and they never went back up. We have a few small tabletop framed photos of family, but that's it. I prefer art to photos of people on my own walls, but if I had the right photo of a person/people, I would have no qualms about getting a nice canvas to hang or framing a photo.

We used to have an artsy dance photo of my youngest daughter hanging over the fireplace. It wasn't necessarily identifiable as her. We had it framed at Michaels and they had a problem so we got another copy framed...they kept the first one and hung it as an example of the framing style. Someone bought it for a couple hundred dollars. I guess I kind of feel like I don't need photos on a daily basis to think about the people...I don't know.

I am not a fan of shrines, but I don't consider family photo galleries in halls to be shrines. There is a huge difference between a healthy amount of family photos and an amount that would be considered stalkerish if it wasn't your own family. I have seen more than a few homes with borderline scary numbers of photos...made me wonder if every moment was documented, when did anyone have time to interact.lol

My mom has family photos on the top of the desk, on one wall in the family room, and some in the hall. The rest of her walls have art displayed...I think it's a nice balance.

[sailorgray]

Nov 9, 2012 14:52:42 GMT -5 Cheerio said:

Nov 9, 2012 14:42:37 GMT -5 @justdairy said:

Your house, do what you want.

I only think it is weird if you have like 345 pictures of the same thing. They're your kids, family and life so display what you love.
I used to be anti lots of photos but since having a kid I like the warm fuzzies they give me, it's affordable art and a great for my kid to recognize people.

I have one small photo in our living room, 2 bigger ones of h and I in our room along with our wedding song and initial framed, my office has three photo shelves with family, us, farm scenes, my playroom has a digital frame of family and a shrine to kid photo wall with some momentos added.

I agree with pp as well. No wedding photos in the bathroom.

It's also fun for me to change them once in awhile...instant update.

I had to LOL at affordable. We got these done professionally and buying the prints is going to be expensive!

Is there anyway to get the CD and then have them printed elsewhere? I know those canvases from photographer's can hundreds of dollars. Groupon/Living Social, etc. seem to always have deals on canvases. My 16x20 were about $38 each with S&H. They are great quality, too!

[sierramist03]

We have a large wedding picture in our dining and a collage of family photos in our extra bedroom/office so I say do what you want

[auntie]

Your house = your rules.

There did seem to be a lot of rules about this in the old days. I have heard old school trained decorators who wouldn't put family photographs on a wall in a formal or public room like the family, foyer, LR or DR. If you read design and decor mags, you'll find their influence more often than not. Smaller table top pictures would be OK grouped or as singles. I don't know many who subscribe to that IRL and if it's not your style, hang what you like.

It's funny though, this is so drilled into my head that I don't have any family photographs on my first floor. I do have a gallery wall in my upstairs hall landing. DS has a lot of photographs hung in his room. I have a couple smaller ones on my nightstand.

My only pet peeve is infant photograps enlarged to a size larger than the actual baby. That's creepy.

[mrsemilys]

We have a lot of family photos all over the house for multiple reasons. We live away from most of our family so I like to see their faces. Also, with a LO we get pics taken a few times a year so I like to see those too. We have a decent sized pic of the 3 of us in our main living area mostly because our IL's offered to frame it for us for Christmas last year. I do say I try to limit the photos of DH and I to one or two on the main floor. We have DD all over the place though

Part of this reasoning is that we don't have a ton of art (I'm slowly buying quality pieces) but we do have a ton of frames and pics so that is what we have on the walls as opposed to having blank spaces.

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Nov 9, 2012 21:23:59 GMT -5 sailorgray said:

Nov 9, 2012 14:52:42 GMT -5 Cheerio said:

I had to LOL at affordable. We got these done professionally and buying the prints is going to be expensive!

Is there anyway to get the CD and then have them printed elsewhere? I know those canvases from photographer's can hundreds of dollars. Groupon/Living Social, etc. seem to always have deals on canvases. My 16x20 were about $38 each with S&H. They are great quality, too!

We do this too! I just have winkflash print my canvases which are always on sale. The quality is great and they look amazing. Their posters sizes are great and nice quality if you get the laminating and a couple of the extras. I do have one we shelled a ton out for. The sitting was a gift and the lady wouldn't do CDs. Our wedding pics are also super high end quality..but I'll have those forever so it worth it.

I didn't want to spend too overly much. I have a thing about "old" picture art. Like baby pics of your kids above the fireplace and they're 16. I like current with a couple exceptions. There's no rule against this...it's just me!