Useful Tips for Displaying Family Photos on Your Wall

Family photos make fine wall decors. You can nail them directly on the wall, hang them or mount them on wall shelves. If you want to nail them directly on the wall, Decoist suggests that before actually starting, make a plan first as to how you will arrange them. For this purposee, you can trace the picture frames on paper, cut the tracings out, then tape them to the wall. Move the paper around until you find the arrangement that looks perfect to your eyes. Hammer the nails in through the paper. Once done, remove the paper and hang your picture frames.

Here are some useful and interesting hints from Architecture & Design on how you can go about with the arrangement of your family photos as wall décor:

1. Whether painted on or by way of a specially printed wallpaper, put a large family tree on a wall where you can nail the picture frames of your family photos.

2. Mount a fishing pole on the wall and hang the picture frames from the pole.

3. Arrange some the frames on the wall and around the centerpiece of your recreation room or living room.

4. Arrange some frames around the family wall clock.

5. Hang pictures inside a large nailed wall frame using clothesline and clothespins.

6. Arrange the pictures in a heart or geometrical pattern.

7. Nail an old or an authetic antique wood ladder on the wall and use it to create a highlight for the picture frames.

8. Alternate horizontal and vertical positions of rectangular picture frames of the same size, color and design to add a modern touch to a traditional arrangement.

9. Display a few family photos on the wall above your desk or work area.

10. Display another set of family photos on your staircase wall.

11. Bunch small photos together on one single large frame.

12. Have a special photo printed wall-size for display on a dedicated corner of your house.

13. Arrange alternating black-and-white photos and colored photos with the same dimensions and design to create a symmetrical display on a living room wall.

14. Match photos and picture frames with the color scheme of your furniture.

15. Use different colored backgrounds on identical picture frames to achieve “a dramatic but still playful and casual” effect.

16. Use clothespins to hang photos on bulletin boards or pin boards.

17. Arrange some unframed old photos in a wreath pattern for mounting on the wall for the Christmas season.

Additional ideas for displaying your family photos on the wall courtesy of iCreativeIdeas include:

18. Use old wooden window frames as picture frames for your family photos.

19. Mount a chalkboard on the wall, glue or tape your photos and draw the frames around them using chalk.

20. Nail a set of wall shelves where you can display photos inside glowing candle luminaries.

21. Mount some geometric wire sculpture on the wall and hang your pictures using clips or ribbons.

22. Make a picture collage for the wall using selected colored photos.

23. Make a wall art using an old baby spring crib where you can clip your photos.

24. Use a large USA map and tape selected photos cut out in the shape of selected states.

25. Make a large circular frame using clothspins and clip the photos there.

26. Nail a set of wood and wiring photo display on the wall.

27. Glue or tape some DIY cardboard photo display frames with the empty rolls of toilet paper and towel paper.

28. Mount an interesting looking fallen tree branch on the wall and use it to hang pictures.