I LOVE a good picture arrangement. I love clean lines, but yet I still love messy. I love organization but then again, a bit of chaos. I love PERSONAL pictures, pictures of places, things and personal memories all arranged together. Not to mention snapshots and your own little memorabilia is thousands cheaper than art!
Staircase- These frames were $5 each at Michael's.
Above my couch- Odd number of frames are my favorite way to arrange pictures (luckily I have 3 kids!)
My inspiration, above, would have cost me around $200 just for the SHELVING alone, so I hit Lowes, bought the shelves for $30 and went out to collect my mismatched frames from Target, Michaels, and some I had around the house that I reused (which were, smile :)... FREE).I just got all different frames, types, sizes, brought them home then played with the arrangement for a while. I only had to take 1 frame back!
TIP: When redecorating see what you have around the house first, before you go buy. Especially when it comes to picture frames, accessories, or even fabric.
I just LOVE the way the frames are leaning against the wall, overlapping each other, and creating this cozy, messy but clean little story. I am still in need of some accessories, but that will come.When it comes to framing think "outside the frame"... hehe.
- I picked a fall leaf at the park and pressed it = FREE
- I also framed my late grandma's art work= FREE and meaningful
- Framed a picture of their lakeside cabin that holds all the memories of her and I= FREE
- My mom frames music programs, Restaurant menus on significant anniversaries. I also saw that one of my friend's framed dried roses she had gotten from her husband over the years, so cute
If it is special to you, FRAME IT!!!
I love it! I have millions of pics I would love to frame, but I need to find some good wall space for it!
ReplyDeleteI love photo walls and yours/the inspiration pic with the shelves is a great way to display memories. :) Love it!
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I love all your ideas Mikael! I also love your picture gallery. Another idea for getting cheap frames is to buy them at Goodwill and spray paint them whatever color you want. Cheap and easy!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ideas - thanks for sharing! I love how they are all grouped together. Organized chaos LOL! I'll have to try some of those ideas.
ReplyDeleteI love this blog. And I love that YOU'RE the one doing it! Thanks for all the great tips!
ReplyDeleteEmily, thanks for sharing the goodwill thing, dont get me started on that because I could post for weeks on spray paint and cheap ideas! Did that in the boys nursery, but it will take me a while to post about it (only so much time in a day, right?)
ReplyDeleteI love picture galleries. I think I have a total of 4 different galleries in my home! Can't get enough...
ReplyDeleteGreat blog! Lots of good ideas. I am also updating a 5 year old home and will be trying a cabinet solution next week. Should be under $50. I'll be posting about it!
Danielle, Ill be sure to look at your cabinet solution and link it from my blog! I LOVE other people's ideas. Thanks for visiting
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