Continuity. One of the things my home is lacking. One of the things I LOVE about Kristin Young’s home and art displays. I adore how she chose a theme and stuck with it and how everything flows so well. I may be a tiny bit envious of those amazing huge frames from Pottery Barn. And I may or may not be in the midst of a chalkboard/clipboard display project myself. Kristin, we miss you out here in Northern California but love that you are just a mouse click away and thrilled that you joined in on this project.
Can I just tell you how excited I was when Wendy asked if I could be a part of her Art Display series this month? It was just the kick I needed to fill in the empty frames (yes, I had frames up, but they were empty) on our walls. When we sold our home and moved cross-country last year, I decided to change the walls in our house. I wanted to put away all our fine arts painting and just put up black and whites images of our family framed in black frames with white mats.
My goal was to let our walls reflect us….where we had been and where we are at the moment. In order to do that, the easiest thing (and possibly the cheapest) was to start collecting frames from all over and slip photos in as I wanted. I love gallery wraps but did not want to be tied to the same images on the walls nor did I want to use up wall space with just a couple of images (plus I like to change it up as I take pictures and have new favorites).
Above my kids workstation, I hung six square frames…
Around the kitchen and back entryway are most of the frames…
I used chalkboard clipboards to hang these set of three.
I purchased art hangers from Pottery barn years ago. Now I like to hang the kid’s artwork and some black + white photos to display their art.
The only color frames I hung were these four…discontinued from Pottery Barn years ago, but I still love them.
Near one entryway, I chose to hang different sized frames…
We have another hallway that is long and dark, but has these great art spotlights. I chose to hang several different sized frames in groups of three or two. The really big 48×48 frames are from Pottery Barn. I loved them, but sadly haven’t taken the perfect photos for them….yet.
In one of the girls’ rooms, I hung three 11×14 frames over the bed.
In my office/craft room, I wanted to get a little creative so I got these frames and attached string and chicken wire to the back of them to hang up Polaroids.
Finally, my inspiration boards near and above my computer. Random pictures are tacked up along with my kid’s artwork and whatnots.
Now the fun part for me will be to change the images within the frames and wait to see who notices in my family.
Thank you Wendy for doing such a great series. It has been fun to pour over old pictures and put everything together!
Thank you, Kristin!
absolutely gorgeous, kristin… i want to see more!!
Wow Kristin. I’m not surprised but I’m still amazed.
Kristin, I just adore all of the frames with the black and white photos!
kristin, you inspire me on so many levels
…love seeing your beautiful family on your walls. awesome series wendy!!
1st off, I have that Maya Angelou quote up large. love it. Secondly… I love being able to recognize so many of these images. third. you and yours are all that and a bag of chips! Cant wait to see what fills those empty frames!
i am so jelly of your pics. you have them all over the house! i need to get my ball rolling. thanks for giving me the desire!
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Wow, those frames (and the images in them) are simply amazing! Love it all, Kristin!
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Beautiful like Kristin! I am definitely encouraged to get the pics she has taken of our family over the years up on our walls! I want to be Kristin Young when I grow up!