| Are you looking for a way to decorate your | | | | If you have old black and white photos of |
| home inexpensively and give it a warm and | | | | relatives you can mix them with recent photos. |
| inviting feeling? Displaying photos of family and | | | | Vary the size of the prints and purchase |
| friends around your home immediately invites | | | | inexpensive mats and frames for them. For |
| people to get a glimpse of what is important to | | | | added pop and contrast, vary the width of some |
| you. It also helps to make them feel welcome in | | | | of the mats, also. |
| your home. | | | | You will need to create a template for your |
| There are many items on the market right now | | | | collage. Measure the dimensions of the wall space |
| to make this process easy. Wall ledges with | | | | you will be using. Tape together pieces of |
| grooves to hold frames in place can be found at | | | | newspaper to the exact dimensions and lay them |
| many stores. Hanging two or three ledges on an | | | | on the floor. Then arrange your framed photos |
| expanse of wall and placing large framed photos | | | | on the newspaper until you find a configuration |
| on them is an eye catching way to decorate with | | | | you like. |
| your personal photos. | | | | Once you've found an arrangement that pleases |
| Sets of table top frames can be purchased. | | | | you, trace each photo frame onto the newspaper. |
| These sets contain two or more (sometimes | | | | Then mark the spot where the hook is to be |
| even as many as 15) coordinating photo frames in | | | | placed. Tape the newspaper onto the wall, nail in |
| various sizes to make decorating simple. Placing | | | | your hooks, and then remove the paper. You're |
| coordinating frames around a room - some on a | | | | ready to hang your black and white photos. |
| side table, some on a mantle, some on top of a | | | | Use an Old Wood Window as a Frame |
| bookcase - can help give your room a pulled | | | | Purchase, grab from your basement, or trash pick |
| together feeling. | | | | an old wooden window with grills. This makes a |
| To complement your holiday decorating, buy | | | | one of a kind frame for your personal photos. |
| some seasonal frames and place personal photos | | | | Clean up the old frame and paint it. Or, leave the |
| of past holidays in them. Place them around the | | | | old, distressed paint on the window for a vintage |
| house at holiday time. You can change out the | | | | decorating style. |
| photos from year to year, making this a very | | | | You will need as many personal photos as you |
| inexpensive way to change your decorating each | | | | have panes of glass. Make sure the photos are |
| year. | | | | smaller than each pane, leaving some open glass |
| If you'd like to put a little more work and | | | | to show the wall behind. This creates a mat for |
| creativity into decorating your home with personal | | | | your photos. Affix the photos onto the glass and |
| photos, try one of these ideas. | | | | hang the old window securely on the wall. |
| Create a Wall Collage of Black and White Photos | | | | With a little time and thought, you can bring |
| With today's digital technology, making copies, | | | | photos that have been stored away in dark |
| cropping, and color enhancing your photos is easy | | | | closets into the light. This simple, creative, |
| and affordable. Try using this technology to | | | | inexpensive way of home decorating with your |
| create an inexpensive collage of black and white | | | | personal photos will make a big impact on those |
| photos on a large open area of wall space in your | | | | who enter your home. |
| home. | | | | |