You’ve seen in magazines those perfect homes, decorated with stylish arrangement of photos and artwork? No wonder you probably want if for yourself.
Displaying pictures is a way to create a home décor that expresses your personality, or make a bold statement. However, there is a risk to do it in a way so that it has an opposite effect.
Here is how to properly do it and get your home to look like ones you see in magazines.
How to Make your Home Glow with Stylish Display of Photos
Decorating your home with photos is not a matter of simply hanging them. You need to tastefully arrange them so that they add a touch of style to your interior.
Here are 10 things you can do with photos for a creative home décor.
1. Large Print as a Focal Point
Varying sizes is a way to make the space more eye-catching. The easiest thing is to print a bunch of photos in the same size, buy a dozen frames of the same model and just hang the photos on your wall.
However, a much more appealing and stylish way to use photos as home décor is to use varying sizes. A great accent would be a print that is much larger than all the other photos, which could also be of different sizes to create a sense of life and rhythm.
2. Layer Textures
Variety is key for a stylish-looking interior and a cozy atmosphere, but be careful not to overdo it. Besides varying the sizes of the photo prints, you can also put together photos and artwork, and even prints in a single color, in order to create a capturing mosaic.
Don’t think about it as just a display of photos, but rather view the whole collection as a sort of artwork itself.
3. Create Handmade Photo Grids
After you choose artwork and photos that go together well, you have the option of hanging them on the wall next to each other, or assembling a captivating grid that would definitely catch the eye of whoever comes around.
For that you could use multi-picture frames, or attack them to a large pane and hang it in a focal point in your apartment.
4. Accent Architecture Details
Details in the architecture of your interior could look even more fascinating when you use pictures to accentuate on them. For example, you could use them over or under staircases, creating a pattern that follows the direction of the stairs.
That is a way to make use of the empty space and take the most out of the architectural decisions in your home.
5. Give Life to Odd Nooks
Alcoves and nooks and great architectural decisions to make the space look more alive and interesting, however, they might also contribute to a feeling of emptiness. In order to solve them and bring extra coziness to the space, you could feel the space with pictures, artwork and sketches.
6. Print Hangers for Frameless Pictures
In case you don’t want to frame your pictures, because you want a more contemporary look, you could use print hangers to display all sorts of photos and artworks.
That is a solution that could also make the room look more spacious.
7. Create a Black-and-White Collection
No artwork can make such a strong impression such as bold black-and-white photography. If you want the pictures you display in your home to be a statement and to impress, go for black and white.
The greater the contrast between the light and dark shades, the stronger the emotion they create.
8. Use Accent Lightings
Accent lighting is a great way to draw attention to a certain artwork in your home. That type of lighting will also elevate the atmosphere of your home, creating another level of ambience.
Lighting a piece of art is also a great way to make all the details and nuances of color stand out and grab anyone’s attention.
9. Create a Photo Ledge
If you don’t want to hang pictures on your walls, but you still want to display your cherished photos or artworks, you could use a ledge, or a few of them on top of one another, to arrange standing photos on them. The advantage of that is that any time you want to change the pictures or add a new one, you could easily do it without having to hang the picture.
If you are tired of the photos, you could put anything else on these shelves.
10. Cover Vertical Spaces
A way to instantly make your home look modern and fashionable, is to create a daring statement by handing photos on a certain wall from floor to ceiling. That is a great way to decorate your corridor, so that as soon as they enter, guests will get an impression of the stylish atmosphere of your home.
My name is Scarlett Mitchell and i am an author and editor in the home topic website – FemCasa.com.
I’m just an enthusiast who wants to share her visions, ideas and advices, when it comes to decorating every part of your home until it becomes the perfect relaxing place for you and your family.