Do You Decorate With Personal Photos?

August 30, 2007

Some people love decorating with framed photos of family and friends, while other people think it's declassé. What's your take?

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LilGlamDiva 3 years

I love taking pictures and use them for decorating. I also use fashion ads, and other random things, but I think it makes the space more personalized and not just something generic from a magazine

tdamji 5 years

usually - i have a few up in my living room in frames and 1 or 2 in my room, but not a lot, generally.

Rosalyn 5 years

I think this a cool idea and would like to try it.

krisrenjen 5 years

My family is scattered all around the country so photos help take their place, when I'm missing them. I like to mix it up with different types of frames, all sizes, shapes and colors, so I do think of the photos as art. And (bragging just a little) I have a pretty photogenic family, and it's fun to look at them, especially the kids as they grow up!

Renees3 5 years

We live far from our families and I feel that havnig photos of our loved ones is important. Friends and family are Very important to us and I like to remember them. The fun moments, te trips, the love. I want to look around a room and smile with memories. Like someone up there said, it's not a magazine spread. I just want to be happy in my home. No need to please anyone else right?!

thisbulimicwar 5 years

i love mixing personal photos in with other photos and decor, i just wish i had more black and white personal photos bc i think they look better like that on walls

lilv 5 years

i have tons of personal photos up

amberdallas33 5 years

I get really irritated when designers say it's tacky to display pictures of loved ones. Hello--it's a HOME, not a magazine spread. Reminders of loved ones (when well-taken and well-framed) are beautiful and really make a house feel like a home. Over-designed showrooms feel cold and impersonal. (Obviously I'm a little passionate about this!)

Pepper 5 years

I like to space them around our apartment.

scoop45 5 years

U have 2 use personal photos! Lol

koolbr33z3 5 years

I love photography and art in general so you can expect to find pictures in my home. By the way, why would it be declassé to have personal pictures in your home? That doesn't even make sense to me.

Mintie 5 years

I'm a photographer... I don't decorate with anything I HAVEN'T taken!

kateisfab 5 years

Love the photo featured here :)

UrbanBohemian 5 years

I don't like smothering my walls with pictures, but I like having a few pictures around. I still need a sense of privacy and anonymity even within my own living space.

Precious04 5 years

in that picture there are way too many! I think a couple here and there or like 3-4 in a nice design wave looks awesome!

sofi 5 years

I love having family photos around. I have two young children who get to know and remember realtives we don't see much. I can't having them forgetting my in laws now can I!

d_ford 5 years

At the moment, there is only one photo of my husband and I in a really tacky frame, and two pictures of my late father. My husband doesn't really care for personal photos being out, but I love them.I have to have the ones of my Dad out and he respects that. There is this great picture of him at getting ready for Stampede when he was healthy and happy. It is my favourite photo of him.I've also got tons of photo albums on my coffee table. I can't wait to get my wedding photos back so I can fill them up some more!

d_ford 5 years

At the moment, there is only one photo of my husband and I in a really tacky frame, and two pictures of my late father. My husband doesn't really care for personal photos being out, but I love them. I have to have the ones of my Dad out and he respects that. There is this great picture of him at getting ready for Stampede when he was healthy and happy. It is my favourite photo of him. I've also got tons of photo albums on my coffee table. I can't wait to get my wedding photos back so I can fill them up some more!

gruaig_rua 5 years

I love photos although since I got my digital camera I'm terrible at actually printing them. But I always display some photos. Like ccsugar I especially love black and white or sepia.

gruaig_rua 5 years

I love photos although since I got my digital camera I'm terrible at actually printing them. But I always display some photos. Like ccsugar I especially love black and white or sepia.

DCStar 5 years

Awwwww, that room is...charming! Not my personal style though.

t-flash 5 years

I lurve photos! They tell a thousand stories. I don't like for them to be EVERYWHERE, like the bedroom photo, though.

buch1979 5 years

Except in the bedroom, photos are every where. I know every time my husband and I entertain and some one new is in our home they become an icebreaker.

Tnkrbelli 5 years

LadyP I love your avatar! ADORABLE! :LOVE: I use personal photos all of the time throughout my house, but I like to use different frames with the room themes and I space them out.

karisaamy 5 years

We got married 2 years ago so we have a bunch of wedding pictures up. Mostly just in the dinning room, and rest are art.

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