From the moment the first photograph appeared, it became not just an opportunity to record any moment of our life, but over time it turned into real art. Of course, now all photographs are taken on digital cameras or mobile phones and are stored in computers, but we still have paper photographs, which we sometimes take out of albums and indulge in memories. It's doubtful, but old family photos can become... worthy decoration. Simply hanging photos will not look “comme il faut”, and here decorative frames for photos on the wall will come to the rescue, which will make the overall picture more complete. In today's review we will talk about the types of photo frames, which pictures to choose for making collages and how to place them correctly.
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Types of decorative frames for photos on the wall
A photo frame, or as it is also called a “passepartout,” is not as simple an object as it might seem at first glance. It largely determines how the photograph will be perceived and looked in . Picture frames differ in shape, size, material and style. We'll look at these main differences below.
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According to the shape and size of the frames
Modern manufacturers of decorative accessories offer photo frames of various shapes according to affordable prices: rectangular, square, round and oval, which can be considered classic, as well as polygonal and stylized to resemble various shapes (heart, house or cloud). Still very popular classic shape photo frames However, interior designers recommend making compositions from frames various shapes or use multi-frames to create original collages.
Frame sizes are dictated by the most popular photo formats. Rectangular frames are available in sizes ranging from 9×13 to 50×60 cm. The most common photo sizes are: 10×15, 15×20 and 20×30 cm. To decorate walls, photographs of A and B formats are used, corresponding to generally accepted paper standards.
By material and style
Photo frames can be placed because they are made using the most various materials: wood, plastic, metal, glass, plaster, cardboard or. Natural wood used to create frames in classic style(strict straight, smooth or even carved). Frames made of glass, plastic or metal will look harmonious in interiors in the Art Nouveau, pop art, etc. styles. Because there are no frames strict rules, then they can be made with their own hands by any person from the most different materials, and in accordance with your own taste and imagination.
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How to make original photo frames with additional decoration
The framed photo looks nice, but the factory frames are, frankly, boring. Additional decoration, which even a child can do, will help correct the situation. To decorate the passe-partout, you can use paints, rhinestones, shells, or even a set of children's mosaics, in general, everything that comes to hand and as much as your imagination allows.
Children's photo frames can be colored in several colors bright colors, decorate with buttons, images of cartoon characters or cars. Teens can decorate a photo frame in their room with buttons from old keyboard or make it out of - it looks quite original. A self-made photo frame will be a great gift for friends. You can also use the following to decorate or make unusual photo frames:
- cuts of branches of various thicknesses;
- bottle caps;
- felt-tip pens and pencils of various heights;
- ribbons, bows, etc.;
- ice cream sticks;
- small twigs, pebbles, dried butterflies.
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Original photo frame made of vines and bark
Photo frame decorated with felt-tip pens
Frame made of bamboo and decorated with shells
Mosaic decor made from pieces of glass and mirror
Frame decorated with cut branches
Birch bark photo frame
Modular photo frames on the wall for several photos
Frames allow you to place several photographs of a specific event and thereby “revive” it. The result will be a kind of comic book. The most popular theme for such collages is wedding. You can create a composition from several photographs in frames or use one large frame designed to accommodate 5-7 photographs. You can buy a modular frame, since manufacturers offer a wide range of similar products, or you can make it yourself.
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Theme of a photo collage on the wall for different rooms
It’s not enough to frame a photo and hang it on the wall. First, the style in which the frame is made must match the style where it is placed. And the photo must match. After all, for a wedding photo, the corridor, for example, is not the best place. Let's consider which pictures are best to choose for composing compositions in different rooms.
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We hang photo frames with family photos on the wall in the living room
It is best to choose photographs that show all family members. Having selected the necessary photographs and frames, you need to decide on the wall to place them. Most often, photographs are placed above the sofa and fireplace. You can create an original collage from photos of relatives (from the oldest family members to the youngest) and continue it as it grows.
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Frames for photo collages on the bedroom wall
− great place to post romantic photos of the couple. On the wall bedside tables or you can hang or place photographs that depict the history of acquaintance, dating and wedding. This will bring even more romance into the atmosphere and will create a positive mood for the spouses at any time of the day.
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What will a child be pleased to look at in a children's room?
A child is a child, and for decoration you should choose photographs that match his interests. For the little ones, you can choose images of fairy-tale or cartoon characters, cars, castles, etc. A teenager’s room will be decorated with posters in original frames.
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Should I hang photo frames on the hallway walls?
Not the best place to place compositions from photographs, since this is not the most spacious room in the apartment. But if the space in the house allows, then the walls can be decorated with original collages and make the interior more interesting and complete.
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Wall decoration with photographs in frames
So, the photos and frames have been selected, and now you need to place them correctly. But how to do this so as not to drill extra holes in the wall and not be disappointed in the result. To do this, you first need to draw up a diagram of the placement of photographs and use it to make corresponding marks on the wall with a pencil. By the way, the center of attention is mainly at eye level, which is on average 160 cm from the floor. It is also necessary to leave 200 mm at the edges of the wall.
Next, you need to cut out templates from cardboard or old newspapers that match the size of the frames and fix them on the wall using. Placement is carried out in accordance with the diagram. This way, you will know approximately what the composition of the photographs will look like, and if necessary, you will be able to make adjustments.
If you are satisfied with everything, then you can safely mount the photographs in frames and enjoy the result. Depending on the weight of the frame and the material of the wall, the fastening may have to be done with screws, which means you need to prepare the appropriate tools.
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Adjusting the space by placing photo frames in the interior of the house
With the help of proper placement of photo frames, you can adjust the space: visually increase the height or width of the room. So, for example:
- several located on two vertically taut ropes photographs in frames will allow you to visually elevate;
- even two or three framed photographs will act as an accent and allow you to divert attention from an empty wall;
- photographs in elongated frames visually increase the height;
- don't overload the wall a large number photographs.
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How to choose the height of the midline for a better perception of a collage of photo frames
For better perception of photographs, it is necessary to place them at the so-called museum height, which is 152 cm from the floor level. Pictures or posters located above will be inconvenient to view. If the room has a daybed, sofa or a couple of armchairs, then photos can be placed below this level, since guests can admire the photos while sitting in comfortable conditions.
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How to arrange photo frames on the wall to create a unified composition
If you are new to decorating rooms, then it is better to use standard schemes posting photos. Moreover, on the Internet and textbooks on interior design there are many interesting and competent ideas for using photography to decorate houses and apartments. Depending on the mounting method, photographs can be placed:
- symmetrical;
- asymmetrical;
- on the shelves;
- on the wall in the form of a geometric figure;
- to the ceiling on decorative cords;
- using decorative clothespins on a rope stretched along the wall.
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How to hang photo frames on the wall if you choose the symmetry option
Evenly placing photographs in frames on both sides of the vertical or horizontal axis is great option, which requires maximum accuracy, since symmetry must be maintained throughout the entire interior of the room. Therefore, this method of arranging pictures is unlikely to be suitable for, which is more characterized by a chaotic environment. Symmetry in the arrangement of photographs on the wall is more suitable for older people, serious and those who love order in everything.
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Rules for highlighting a central rectangular or circular element
If the center of the composition is a large photograph, then it should be surrounded by smaller objects (symmetrically or randomly). You can arrange pictures around the central photo to create a square, rectangle or asymmetry.
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Examples of custom collages from photo frames on the wall with your own hands
Very interesting option creating a collage is a photograph cut into 9 parts, which are placed in separate frames and reassembled into a single composition. You can also take a large open frame with a base, several small photographs from the same series and lay them out in the form of a heart or other shape.
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Arrangement of photo frames on shelves, cabinets and tables
Another, one might say, classic place for placing photographs in frames are cabinets, and. With this option for arranging photos, you need to use no more than 5 photos in one composition, supplementing them with others decorative elements. You can group photos so that they overlap one another slightly.
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Ideas for a collage of photo frames
We invite you to familiarize yourself with various ideas for placing photographs and empty frames in the interior of apartments and houses. Perhaps you will take something into your arsenal, or maybe you will come up with your own version, perhaps even more interesting than the proposed ideas.
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What makes a style, of course, is not the photo itself, but its packaging - the photo frame. It also carries the function of preserving the photograph, protecting it from direct sun rays who age her by leaps and bounds.
Photo frames in the interior - important notes
The simplest option, acceptable in any room, is a framed photograph on the table. The style of the photo frame in this case will depend on where the table is located. A strict classic frame will look impressive on a table in your office, or something delicate, romantic, and cozy on a table in a boudoir or bedroom. You can also put a voluminous photo frame on the table, which will look very impressive.
One of the most fertile places to place a photo frame is a children's room. An exhibition of photographs of a child would be appropriate here, showing how he grows and changes from year to year. You can place such an exhibition in the same strict (classical) frames, randomly in relation to each other. If you want to place various frames, then it’s still worth keeping them in the same style - children’s, “fruit”, “sea”, so that they seem to be from the same series and made of the same material.
Wooden and glass frames next to each other will look rather vulgar within the same exhibition. But combining photographs of different sizes side by side is quite acceptable. Thus, photo frames in the interior require harmony.
If you want to arrange the frames symmetrically, then be careful, since they will then require symmetry from everything in the interior of the room. For example, such a reception in a nursery would be at least inappropriate. You can arrange the exposure approximately “in order of height”, from smallest to largest, but then it’s worth adding some additional decor on the wall, which will support this “thought” and echo it.
You can create a family tree consisting of a hand-drawn part in the form of a tree on the wall and correspondingly arranged photographs in oval frames. In principle, the idea of combining a drawing and a photo frame is quite successfully implemented in a children's room. In a boys' "sea" room, it could be a photograph in the porthole of a drawn ship; in a princess-style girls' room, it could be a drawing of a carriage and a photo frame instead of a window. And so on, taking into account style and design. The photo frame itself also plays a lot; now there are a lot of stylized models that successfully decorate shelves in children's rooms.
You can perfectly decorate the space around with the help of photographs. spiral staircases in the house. There is an option for a chaotic arrangement of photos different sizes, or you can make an exposure for single-style photographs at approximately the same distance from the floor.
The “clock” composition will look great in the living room. Photographs are placed around the clock mechanism (you can arrange them by age family photos, starting with weddings). It looks rich and quite original. Also interesting is the option for the living room of photographic portraits, arranged like paintings and designed in the same style. Photo frames decorated in this way will look unusual in the interior.
Photo diptychs and photo triptychs, photo frames that combine two or more photographs, look elegant and tasteful.
In the bedroom, photographs fit perfectly into bedside area: Above the bed or on the bedside table.
And the corridor, the most boring room in the house, thanks to framed photographs, can become not only an art gallery, but also a keeper of family secrets and legends.
I would like to mention a few more original ideas. If there is a knitter in the house, and she decided to equip the living room in a handmade style, then hand-knitted photo frames for this room will look great.
In an avant-garde interior, it will be interesting to look at photographs “drying”, attached with clothespins to a rope stretched along the wall, as they were attached in Soviet times by people who developed photographs themselves.
IN lately Photo frames in the form of puzzles are very relevant.
True experts and connoisseurs luxury design They are unlikely to ignore such a detail as photo frames in the interior.
Photo frames in the interior
Photos help us store important memories of events that happened earlier: family vacations, weddings, celebrations, meetings with friends. Previously, they were invested in albums, now they are mainly found on electronic media.
But why hide them - photos can be hung on the wall - this is an easy and economical wall decor!
But how nice it would be to see the most important photos not once a year, for example, but every day! They can be colored or black and white, glossy or matte, perhaps even with an antique effect, but they are all so familiar and pleasing to the eye and heart.
In this article we will look in detail at diagrams and methods of hanging photographs on the wall, as well as how to do it correctly.
Let us analyze in detail all the schemes and methods for arranging photos on the wall.
Along a horizontal line
It could be photos of the same size, or gradually from small increase (or vice versa). Draw a line and align the bottom edge of each photo along it.
Along an inclined line
Similar to the previous method, only here you draw an inclined line and the corner of each photo should approximately touch it.
TIP: Take a photo same size, or large at the bottom, and decrease towards the top.
Rectangle or square
- The easiest option for this method is to choose all photos are the same size and place them at the same distance from each other, then the rectangle will turn out on its own.
- But you can also outline the outline of a rectangle or square and select photographs so that the edges of the side, top and bottom photos clearly coincide with the lines. This way, it’s like putting together a puzzle of photographs of different sizes.
Symmetrical along an arc
This method will look good if the arc passes, for example, around a mirror or a clock. Or it can be obtained by attaching a photo to a thread (read further in attachment methods).
Chaotic
ATTENTION: Even when hanging photos chaotically, keep in mind that they should look harmonious together. Think about what photos should be nearby.
Forming a drawing
For example, we put together a heart, a flower, a cloud from photographs
Methods for posting photos
Let's look at all the ways you can mount photos on the wall.
Hang in frames on the wall
This classic version decoration, while the frames can be wooden, metal or colored plastic.
Also, each of them can be separately decorated with such various decorative elements as beads, buttons, colored paper, fabric, ribbons, stones, rhinestones– whatever comes to mind, the main thing is that the decoration matches and matches the style of the photo.
Arrange in frames on shelves
Everything that concerns the frames from the previous point remains, only here we will not hang them on the walls, but place them on shelves, racks, bedside tables and tables.
Large photo frame
If you have a large and beautiful frame from a mirror or picture, you can pull the threads inside and post a photo. Also, such a frame made of baguette can be ordered in any workshop.
Attach to the wall with double-sided tape
A simple method, and less expensive in terms of money than the previous ones, because you don’t have to spend money on a frame, just print out the photo and hang it up. And it will be faster in time, no holes need to be drilled.
Hang threads on the wall and attach photos to them with clothespins
Nailed it two studs at opposite ends of the wall, stretch a string between them, and hang the photographs, securing them with clothespins.
- As soon as the photos begin to get boring, quickly change them to others; here this will not be any problem: you don’t need to rearrange the frames, or peel the photos off the wall, thereby damaging the wallpaper.
- Can hang some ropes at different levels, thus decorating the entire wall.
TIP: The rope can be pulled tighter or looser by controlling the slack and placing the photo either in a straight line or in an arc.
.Hang on wooden sticks
- In the photo in upper corners make a hole and thread a thread through them, then take a thin wooden stick by size approximately the width of the photo.
- And we tie these strings to the edges.
- Now we take another thread and tie it along the edges of our homemade stick frame and we hang our entire structure on a nail using this thread.
Where to hang
The best place to hang a photo is in places that attract the most attention: for example, around the TV, above the sofa, above the bed. Also, photos can fill and beautifully decorate any empty wall.
On the whole wall
If you have a whole empty wall, then photos in the best possible way will fill this space. Select photos, a diagram and a hanging method and go ahead!
Above the sofa
Most often, there is empty space above the sofa, table or bedside table: the shelf will most likely get in the way, leaving the choice between a painting or photographs.
- If you stopped at the photographs, then further actions similar to the previous point, only there will be a little less space.
- Although, even on an empty wall, most often they are hung not from the floor, but just at least a meter from the floor, so everything is the same.
Around the TV
Usually the wall on which the TV hangs is empty. But you can beautifully design her photo.
In the bedroom and above the desk
Photos above the desktop or at the head of the bed will save you from the problem of buying any decorations.
Around mirrors, paintings, windows
The mirror will serve as the center of your exhibition and form a photo collage around itself. The mirror does not have to be the same shape as the frame. A round mirror and square frames are considered excellent.
On a blank wall in the corridor
In 3 or 2 room apartments old layout often there is a blank wall at the end narrow corridor. Usually it is completely non-functional. But if you hang a photo on it and light it up, it will become much more cozy!
In an empty corner
The corners of the walls are most often empty, since protruding objects are easy to catch when moving. But the photographs are flat and a collage of them can decorate this part of the apartment in an original way.
- Along the steps or on the wall under the steps (if private house or two-story apartment)
- You climb the steps slowly, look at the photographs and do not feel any fatigue. Alternatively, you can hang photographs from bottom to top as the children grow older.
How to hang it correctly
In order not to be disappointed in the result after attaching the photos, you need to initially plan how they will hang, and only then hang them. Let us roughly divide the planning process into three stages:
STEP #1: Mark
- First, make a sketch of the hanging diagram on a piece of paper, then make corresponding notes on the wall.
- Please note that the center attention will be at eye level, on average 160 cm,
- do not go right to the end of the wall, leave 20 centimeters.
STEP #2: Make a template
- Cut out the dimensions of the frames from newspapers or leaves and attach them to the wall according to the chosen pattern.
- See how it will actually look, make adjustments if you don’t like something.
STEP #3: Mount to the wall
Now, in place of each paper sketch, you can safely attach the selected photos and enjoy the result. Depending on the hanging method, you may have to drive in nails, in which case stock up on the necessary tools.
You can also attach signs with inscriptions near the photographs or simply write on the wall about the image, for example: vacation in the mountains, graduation, and the like.
Enjoy the memories and don’t forget to create new, unique life moments!
What makes a style, of course, is not the photo itself, but its packaging - the photo frame. It also carries the function of preserving the photograph, protecting it from direct sunlight, which ages it by leaps and bounds.
Photo frames in the interior - important notes
The simplest option, acceptable in any room, is a framed photograph on the table. The style of the photo frame in this case will depend on where the table is located. A strict classic frame will look impressive on a table in your office, or something delicate, romantic, and cozy on a table in a boudoir or bedroom. You can also put a voluminous photo frame on the table, which will look very impressive.
One of the most fertile places to place a photo frame is a children's room. An exhibition of photographs of a child would be appropriate here, showing how he grows and changes from year to year. You can place such an exhibition in the same strict (classical) frames, randomly in relation to each other. If you want to place different frames, then you should still keep them in the same style - childish, “fruit”, “sea”, so that they seem to be from the same series and made of the same material.
Wooden and glass frames next to each other will look rather vulgar within the same exhibition. But combining photographs of different sizes side by side is quite acceptable. Thus, photo frames in the interior require harmony.
If you want to arrange the frames symmetrically, then be careful, since they will then require symmetry from everything in the interior of the room. For example, such a reception in a nursery would be at least inappropriate. You can arrange the exhibition roughly “in order of growth”, from smallest to largest, but then it’s worth adding some additional decor to the wall that will support this “thought” and echo it.
You can create a family tree consisting of a hand-drawn part in the form of a tree on the wall and correspondingly arranged photographs in oval frames. In principle, the idea of combining a drawing and a photo frame is quite successfully implemented in a children's room. In a boys' "sea" room, it could be a photograph in the porthole of a drawn ship; in a princess-style girls' room, it could be a drawing of a carriage and a photo frame instead of a window. And so on, taking into account style and design. The photo frame itself also plays a lot; now there are a lot of stylized models that successfully decorate shelves in children's rooms.
You can perfectly use photographs to decorate the space around the spiral staircases in the house. There is an option for a chaotic arrangement of photographs of different sizes, or you can make an exposure of photographs of the same style at approximately the same distance from the floor.
The “clock” composition will look great in the living room. Photos are placed around the clock mechanism (you can arrange family photos by age, starting with wedding ones). It looks rich and quite original. Also interesting is the option for the living room of photographic portraits, arranged like paintings and designed in the same style. Photo frames decorated in this way will look unusual in the interior.
Photo diptychs and photo triptychs, photo frames that combine two or more photographs, look elegant and tasteful.
In the bedroom, photographs fit perfectly into the bedside area: above the bed or on the bedside table.
And the corridor, the most boring room in the house, thanks to framed photographs, can become not only an art gallery, but also a keeper of family secrets and legends.
I would like to mention a few more original ideas. If there is a knitter in the house, and she decided to equip the living room in a handmade style, then hand-knitted photo frames for this room will look great.
In an avant-garde interior, it will be interesting to look at photographs “drying”, attached with clothespins to a rope stretched along the wall, as they were attached in Soviet times by people who developed photographs themselves.
Recently, photo frames in the form of puzzles have become very popular.
True specialists and connoisseurs of luxury design are unlikely to ignore such a detail as photo frames in the interior.
Photo frames in the interior
Any strict, discreet interior can be made cozy and individual by placing photographs on the wall. This technique allows you to always remember warm, joyful moments thanks to photographs that give the house a special cozy atmosphere. For some interiors, you can buy a frame, insert a photo into it and hang it on the wall. But in most cases it is necessary to create some special original decor, which could complement the interior of a suitable room.
Thanks to modern technologies you can implement any unusual and daring projects that previously seemed out of reach. Pictures can be of different sizes from the smallest to huge full-length posters, they can be combined symmetrically, parallelly, proportionally, scattered - by any suitable method.
Advice
The invented layout of the photo on the wall must first be captured on paper. This way you can choose an idea from the created combinations.
How to beautifully hang a photo on the wall?
Sometimes to create interesting interior You can use not only your own photographs, but also beautiful images of elements of nature, landscapes, objects under macro photography, reproductions of paintings. When the photos have already been selected and their sizes have been selected, you can select frames.
For beginners in this type of decoration, it is advisable to rely on existing methods placing photo frames on the wall. Moreover, literate interesting ideas and there are a lot of combinations.
Advice
You can cut out a diagram you like from paper or cardboard, attach it to the wall and see how the future panel will look.
Don't forget to leave a little space between frames. Depending on the choice of scheme, it can either be the same everywhere, or the necessary symmetry must be traced in it.
Depending on the mounting methods, you can choose nice option. They are like this:
Advice
The ropes can be pulled horizontally or vertically. Both options look very interesting and original.
Photos without frames and frames
All methods of hanging photo cards according to the type of design can be grouped into 2 main categories:
- framed photographs;
- photos without frames.
Sometimes the frame emphasizes or complements the interior of the room. For example, a thick, solid wood frame will fit perfectly into a classic living room. Incorrectly chosen frames may distort the image in the photo or simply not fit the surrounding environment or any interior details.
When placed well without frames, the pictures look very natural, lively, attractive and original. They have no limiters, which allows them to fit perfectly into the decor of the room.
Fresh ideas for decorating a room with photographs without frames:
- printing photos on canvas - these can be modular photo paintings, multi-panels that do not use frames. They can be selected in any shape and size; you can order two or more separately hanging images of one module;
- a selection of photos glued directly to the wall. This idea can look very bright and interesting. But over time, such photographs without protection may then lose their colorfulness and simply fade;
- Photos on wires – special hooks are attached to the photos. To emphasize the background, you can place them on identical white sheets, then the cards should be the same shape. Wires, wire, rope, threads are attached to which the curtain clips holding the photo will cling;
- Placing photos on a magnetic board is a very convenient option, suitable for decorating the kitchen. The magnetic board will simultaneously serve as a place for notes and reminders of happy moments in the photo;
- using small magnets for hanging - nails are driven into the wall at the same distance from each other. A wire is hung vertically on them, and photographs without frames are attached to it using ordinary small magnets.
Frame selection
The mood of the entire collage or decorative decoration walls. If the interior style is restrained and does not allow chaos to arise, then you need to choose monochromatic photo frames. Moreover, their thickness can be completely different - from a thin metal frame to a thick wooden frame, whose sides can be wider than the photograph itself.
In a room that is decorated bright colors, you need to use frames of light shades of small thickness. It could be silver, gold, pastel colors, milky shades that will not overload the interior and will only highlight the photo.
The interior in neutral colors allows the use of black frames. However, when choosing a model, you need to make sure that they do not look too gloomy. Smart selection will help you create the right accent in the room.
Black frames always convey rigor and graphics, white frames always convey elegance and sophistication.
If you plan to post old photographs, then artificially aged frames that are elongated in width will do. Black and white photographs require the use of either black or white frames. White ones can be in the form of beautiful sculpting.
Placing black and white photographs on a bright plain background perfectly charges the room with mood. Moreover, each photo should have a different background:
For family photos in plural fit wooden frames brown color. Moreover, if the living room is decorated in a classic style, brown will add coziness to this room and emphasize the depth of the photographs.
Finding the best place to stay
In order for photos to be placed successfully, you need to select for them suitable wall. It is best to choose one that you can admire from afar. Optimally from a distance of 3.5 meters. This way you can evaluate the integrity of the collage.
Also, the chosen place should not be too cluttered, so that it is possible to calmly approach and closely examine the details of the images. That's why I offer you these good options posting photos:
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If there is a whole empty wall in the room, you can completely fill the space with photographs, but first develop a layout diagram.
Another great option– a blank wall in the corridor. Often she does not perform any functions in the apartment. But if you place a lot of photos on it in frames with the right lighting, the atmosphere will be transformed, it will become comfortable and cozy.
Mounting methods
Here are some mounting methods that we have already identified from the existing variety of ideas for decoration:
- Wall mounting of various frames made of metal, plastic, wood. You can decorate them according to the style of the room additional elements in the form of fabric, paper, buttons, rhinestones, stones, beads.
- The walls can be decorated with framed photographs standing on a hanging or nailed shelf. From them one can make up very original composition, supplemented with suitable figurines or symbolic souvenirs.
- A large photo frame, which could have been left over from an old painting or from a mirror, is suitable for decoration. Threads are stretched inside it, and photographs of any size you want are attached to them with clothespins.
- Photos can be attached directly to the wall using double-sided tape. Thanks to this technique, you can create absolutely any ornaments from photographs, place them in any position, even hang them on a solid wall. Double sided tape will hold the pictures securely.
- You can attach pictures to a rope. It is enough to drive two nails into the wall and stretch a thread between them. And so on in several rows. You can attach photos to threads with hooks, clothespins, or tie them with the same strings. The thread tension can be adjusted to create interesting effect sagging.
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When choosing frameless wall decoration with photographs, if desired, you can easily replace boring images with new ones and refresh the interior again.
In order for photo wall decoration to look harmonious and beautiful, it is not enough to find bright photographs, original frames for them and select interesting figures for placement. There are certain rules that will be useful to follow so that a set of photographs on the wall or a collage looks harmonious:
- The photo must be placed at eye level;
- when combining pictures of different sizes, smaller ones should be placed at eye level, larger ones – at a higher level;
- not the best profitable solution– place all photos in one line, and also create a pyramid from photos;
- You should not combine black and white and color photographs; photographs in the same color scheme look good;
- originality black and white photo within strict limits adds an asymmetrical arrangement;
- many small photos on a clothespin look original if they are all placed in one large massive frame;
- additional lighting of a composition or collage increases the effect of the spectacle;
- bright frames or mats enliven black and white photographs;
- creative idea - gluing photographs to the wall inside an open shelving unit;
- Small photos with large frames look stylish;
- The maximum attention to the photographs is attracted by placement on a white background and the addition of a white border;
- There are special corner frames for placing photos in the corner of the room. It is important to ensure that corner photos do not overload the decor if there is not enough space in the room for standard decoration;
- many photographs in small frames can be used to create some kind of ornament on the wall, for example, in the shape of a heart;
- creates a gallery feeling by placing photographs on the wall different forms and sizes in frames different colors. You need to combine them with caution to avoid unnecessary confusion.
When choosing photographs, it is necessary to observe a single style that suits both the decor of the room and its purpose. For example, in the nursery there are photos of children from the moment of birth. It is logical that the best moments of a couple in the bedroom are a vacation together, a honeymoon. Photos of nature with friends are posted in the living room; images of your favorite pets are appropriate in the kitchen.
Placement principles
Usually photos are placed on the wall one at a time. of 2 principles:
- equilibrium;
- symmetry.
When placed symmetrically, you can place big photo in the center and the pictures coming from it are reduced. For example, 2 large photographs, and under them 4 small ones, and so on. The images in the photo are not as important as their shape, maintaining symmetry during placement and alignment along the axes.
The principle of balance is to balance complete picture. If there is one huge poster on one side, then 4 small photographs should be placed next to it. You can balance the final picture with an object hanging on the wall or standing nearby. It could be a mirror, a floor lamp, a sconce, a clock - they add a feature to the composition and make it interesting.
Photos on clothespins
The idea of decorating the walls of a room with photographs, which is rapidly gaining popularity, is quite simple in its execution. First, you will need to select your favorite photos, process them, select the size and print them.
After that, find a place on the wall, drive several nails into it and stretch vertical ropes between them. Fishing line, threads, fabric, clothesline, wire, wires and any other available materials can be chosen as the basis.
Depending on the size of the photos, you can buy special decorative clothespins small size, which will look more harmonious with small pictures. Then you need to place several photos in a row, another row below it, and so on.
When tensioning the ropes, you can adjust the degree of sagging. They can either be perfectly smooth or create the effect of hanging garlands.
You can try hanging photographs on clothespins not on a horizontal rope, but on a vertical one, which will look no less original. Other decorative elements can be placed between them.
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The composition will look especially bright when combined black and white photographs and bright contrasting details.
Photo collage
A photo collage for wall decoration is one of the fashionable, stylish and beautiful solutions for interior decoration. But often many are faced with the problem of correct and original arrangement of the collage on the wall.
Options for successfully placing a collage without frames can be:
Compliance geometric shape rectangle. It is necessary to outline an area on the wall where the collage will be placed with clear boundaries. Inside it you need to combine many personal photos in vertical and horizontal positions.
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Special computer programs for creating collages will help you combine photos correctly.
Filling the entire wall with photographs. To do this, you can order photo wallpapers at custom development and just stick the paper on the wall. You can do this manually by choosing a material for securely mounting photos. In this case, the entire wall can be filled with both small and large photographs.
Order modular paintings, which will also create an original collage. They can fill an entire wall. They look more original when there are spaces between them.
Collages can also be created using photo frames. Such ideas will be relevant:
- Purchasing a ready-made frame for many photographs, which is simply hung on the wall.
- Purchasing identical frames to create a monochromatic and discreet composition on the wall.
- Using a variety of frames in the same style to decorate the wall. This option allows you to constantly supplement the composition with new photographs in the future.
Clock from photo
If there are not enough clocks in the interior, and the walls seem empty, then you can solve these two problems at the same time.
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Choose this technique for decoration if the wall decoration is monochromatic or has a large, unobtrusive pattern. This way, the photographs will not get lost among the colorful and small ornaments.
You can take a ready-made watch in a minimalist style as a basis. It is desirable that the dial does not have numbers or any markings. Ideally, large, long hands should be attached to the clock mechanism. Each hour will be marked with a corresponding framed photo, meaning a total of 12 photos will be needed.
As a result, you may end up with the following tree options with photos:
- a tree with a lush crown, inside of which photographs are hidden;
- tree with autumn orange leaves;
- cherry blossoms with branches of bizarre shapes spread along the wall;
- a Gothic image of a tree with black foliage, an ornate crown and even birds;
- tree with young green foliage or also with fruits;
- colorful fairy tree for the nursery;
- a powerful spreading oak covering the entire wall;
- old genealogical family tree.
In fact, there may be many more ideas. It all depends on your imagination and the environment.
Not only a free wall in a room can be a good place to place a tree. For example, this could be a corner of the room where spreading branches will extend onto both walls. You can create the illusion that small tree with photographs placed on a cozy bedside table in the hallway or corridor.
A tree with branches pointing in one direction should be placed near opposite end walls. You can put a sofa under it. This is how you can convey the atmosphere of a garden. In children's bedrooms, trees look organically, the branches of which, as if by chance, slightly extend onto the adjacent wall or ceiling.
Decorating a children's room
In the nursery you can carry out various ideas and experiments. Here, any errors in placement can look original and cute. Frames can be chosen various sizes in forms, combine them with each other.
At the same time, they need to choose juicy photographs with the best childhood moments. For a children's room, you can use the following wall decoration ideas:
- Placing photos on threads or ropes with multi-colored clothespins. If the child is very small, then this should be done at such a level that he cannot reach and tear the pictures.
- You can create a bright colorful collage on the wall near the sofa. The pictures are supplemented with small favorite images of the child. You can also use his works and crafts, for example, drawings, embroideries, a collection of butterflies.
- The wood option is great for a child's room. You can decorate such a tree not only with your favorite photographs, but also with bright colorful animals, flowers and plants.
- Arranging framed photos on numerous shelves on one wall is a combination of beauty and practicality.
- Photos on a rope can be supplemented with bright garlands created from paper-cut butterflies, flowers, cars, helicopters, thread buboes and other tinsel.
In the living room
The living room is filled with coziness when there is a in the right order Scene photographs are posted. A room with well-placed abstractions looks no less attractive.
Designers consider decorating a wall with personal photographs to be the most emotional form of design art.
Therefore, if the room lacks emotionality, then the solution is to place photos on the walls. For the living room, it is important to adhere to a consistent style in the size of the frames. It matters what size or color they are.
The main thing is unity. You cannot combine a wooden frame, for example, with glass. It looks tasteless and vulgar. More harmony is added to photographs by enclosing them in a mat and adding an outer frame.
To do this, you can choose one of three options color solutions for the living room:
- in 3 colors – color photographs, mats, frames;
- lack of saturation - black and white design with an antique bias or, conversely, minimalism;
- something in one color – if it’s a photo, then a white mat, a black or white frame, only the frame or only the mat can remain colored.
Selection depending on the style of the room
An important role when decorating walls with personal images is played by the existing interior in the room. It often happens that the decor in the hall, hallway or bedroom simply bores the owners. I don’t want to do any renovations, but I need to freshen up the room. Therefore, it is enough to take suitable photographs, choose frames for them or not frame them at all, and find a suitable layout. Each style has its own specific technique:
Pop art, modern and other similar youth styles practice a non-standard approach to the choice of photography. You can use specially printed custom posters, complement photos with posters and quotes. Overall, this collage looks extraordinary. Quotes can be applied to the wall yourself using a stencil or you can buy ready-made stickers.
In those styles that are close to handmade, you can bring photo design ideas to life homemade frames, for example, with embroidered ornaments, knitted flowers, decorated borders and any other original ideas.