Make some changes to your walls by thinking beyond a photograph, print or painting and embrace some creative ways to personalise your space and transform bland or dated walls. Whether in your living room, entrance hall, or along the staircase, we have the opportunity to personalise our decor with a curated display. If you fancy giving your display a mini makeover, all you need is good photo frames (this is where we can help) – creativity, and your imagination. 

Here are a few suggestions on how to personalise your walls.

Maps

A great way to add character to a wall is by framing maps. Replicas of ancient lands and lost landscapes invite new worlds into the home, while modern maps of desirable places awaken our wanderlust.

Think of nautical charts and open sea maps, which work especially well in offices, while topographic maps will suit modern interiors. A selection of themed maps suit rooms and homes with distinct colour themes since they are often monochrome or two toned.Here old fashioned or traditional frames can work particularly well with map-themed wall galleries.

Magazine covers

From iconic cover stars to limited edition covers and artful photography that’s worthy of a Cover of the Year award, magazine covers make great photo displays – just like photographs they can evoke time, place, and memory. For example, if you want a gallery of vintage Vogue covers you can choose the covers based on a particular style, era, designer, or model, for instance.Less is more and you should let the magazine cover be the focal point, so choose plain photo frames to display these.

Notes and letters

Why not frame notes and letters from family, friends and loved ones? These can work brilliantly in rooms across the home, depending on the nature and style of the letter and its author.

Displaying these in frames takes letters from forgotten memory into an everyday reminder of what and who we cherish. Including original envelopes will be both sentimentally and aesthetically pleasing. 

Mementos

Framing treasured mementos is primarily about recalling people, place and time. This can be sparked by cinema tickets, bracelets, certificates, diary pages or trinkets. Whatever you possess that holds memories can be presented dutifully in photo frames.

Naturally, older objects will lend themselves to vintage-style frames and quirkier items are best presented in cleaner, simpler frames.

Vintage adverts

Adverts, posters or signs from the past have a very characterful, off-centre quality and could be ideal for brightening up the least-used rooms in the home. 

Like magazine covers, vintage adverts have the pleasing trait of containing the finesse of beautiful photography, design and lettering – and the variety of vintage adverts available means you can give considerable thought to how you would like to theme the gallery.  Adverts from the golden era of advertising (1960s – 80s) work especially well in contemporary, thin frames. Combining them gives an immediate upliftment to a room.

Poetry 

Poetry is an option for living spaces, and I would suggest using pages from poetry collections, rather than purchasing poems in the form of posters and prints. 

Choose bold, stylised frames to display these delicate poetry pages. Hope you enjoyed this blog, please let us have your comments.