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Family pictures can provide instant
environmental appeal
I Want to make your house homier? No, not homely, homey--you know,
warm, inviting, personal. Try displaying family photos for instant
environmental appeal.
As soon as you develop a roll of film, look for photographs that can be used as
groupings on a table or other surface.
This may sound like something you've considered doing but kept
putting off because it's such a big job to go through all those
pictures and sort them out.
One way to get you out of the procrastinating mode is to hang
one or two pictures right out of your next roll of film. That will
at least get you started and, hopefully, in the right mood. Slowly
but surely, you will find locations in your home that could use a
little family atmosphere and that might be all you need to tempt
you to go into that closet to start digging out a few more family
portraits.
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Where to begin: First, you need not worry about the
picture itself and its compatibility with the rest of the room. If
you like the picture, it will be perfect for any room. You create
your sense of unity with mats and frames in the colors and styles
that fit the decor. The frames do not have to be identical to each
other as long as they are compatible to the decor of the room as
well as to each other.
How to arrange on the wall: A single picture must be large
enough for the wall on which it will be hung or you will create a
desolate look instead of a warm, inviting one. Groupings are usually
better, and though all your children' high school graduation
pictures matted and framed and hung in a row will make you proud, a
few other pictures of different sizes around them will affect a more
creative look.
Here's a little arranging advice: Don't hang the pictures
too close to each other or you will end up with a cluttered look.
Then again, don't hang them too far apart or you'll lose that
unified look.
Subject matter: Related subjects usually work best in a
group. Let's take the graduate theme again. Place two or three other
pictures of the same person at different stages in their life and
place those pictures around the graduation picture. Now you've
created a picture story.
Hanging: Measure the space you intend to use as a photo
wall then spread and tape newspapers on the floor to that same size.
Now arrange and rearrange your framed pictures on the newspaper
until you are satisfied with the finished look. Trace each picture
on the newspaper and mark where the hook will go. Now tape the
newspaper to the wall. Use drafting tape so you don't peal the wall
off when you remove the tape. Nail the hooks into place according to
your markings on the newspaper. Finally remove the paper and hang
your pictures. Simple.
Happy hanging. |
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