Ideal Advice for Photo Frames as Home Decor

People always seem to exaggerate the things they don’t fully understand; for instance, most people think that interior design is rocket science; the truth is, it is nothing more than just having a good taste for things and an eye for combining them into a perfect harmony. Even further, for some homes there really isn’t anything you could change dramatically; the only thing needed is a small change in decorations and colours and voilà – a whole new look!

While speaking about changes in interior design and the role of decorations in it, I have to mention the immense contribution of photo frames to the whole idea. The sad truth is that photo frames have been neglected recently because with all the digital photo-cameras and storing of photos on social media and memory cards, the art of photographing is slowly dying.

But, thanks to the amazing designs you can find in most of the photo frames Australia wide online retailers, you can actually use your precious memories, frame them and hang them! Here are a few ideas on how you can use photo frames for decorating your home.

1. Photos, photos, photos on every shelf

Despite the modern tendency to post every photo you take on Facebook, Instagram or any other social media, having some memories framed and placed on a shelf in your living room/bedroom/dining room is always a good choice. Fill every empty spot you have in your rooms with a photo framed in a nice framework. This way you’d be looking at scenes of good memories all the time: that time you went to Paris and admired the Eiffel tour, that vacation you took sunbathing on the beaches of Australia’s Coral Coast, or maybe that time you were breathing in the life on Manhattan streets in New York City? A word of advice: have the photographs printed before you start browsing the photo frames Australia sites; that way you’ll know what size you need to look for and even what colour the frame should be. If your room décor is modern and no particular colour dominates, then you can go with pretty much anything, but if there is a colour pattern in the room you plan on placing the frame in, then you should have that detail in mind too.

2. Gallery walls

How about skipping traditional canvas art, and introducing modernism in your home décor? You can go two ways for this one: you can buy photo frames in various sizes and put photographs of random things in them (famous people, flowers, random fancy objects, buildings and pretty much anything a good photographic eye can turn into art) or, use your memories, enlarge them and frame them on the wall. It really depends on your room design and your preferences; do you lean more towards modern sophistication or you’re more emotional and like to keep to your memories?

3. Wall stickers and photo frames

This is an extremely popular décor idea: the combination of wall stickers in various shapes and photo frames for creating a really playful wall, one that can even go without adding colour to it. Think tree-shaped stickers with photo frames hanging as leaves, or butterfly sky, or some quote decorated with hearts or birds or similar stuff. For this idea you can use all types of photo frames Australia retailers have to offer, but my suggestion is to go with ones made of timber in some basic colour like black, brown or white, or, go with metalic frames in grey. Something like the one on the photo below.