Picture This

What is something the t's have in common?  Both have fairly large photo collections of their children ~ done by a variety of photographers, styled in many ways and all framed gallery style. So..recently, I heard that photographs of children, and families in general, should be relegated to more private areas of one's home, like the bedrooms or upstairs hallways, etc. Once,  I read that a decorator in Manhattan allowed just one framed family photo to be on display in the entire apartment!!!! (what???!!!!)

Well...I took some inventory in my home and this is what I found ---> most photos of the children are upstairs in the hallways and bedrooms. (whew!) I have a salon-style arrangement of their baby pictures on a large wall in my bedroom, which I love walking by many times a day. And, on a wall near the children's bathroom, there is a gallery style collection of black and white photo collages. Downstairs, inside one glass cabinet, I have a small collection of personal photos in silver frames..funny, but the cabinet makes the photos more "private" and almost decorative objects. Last, is the big rule-breaker..over my living room sofa I have oversized photos of each child hung closely in a long row. It covers the entire wall. No missing the kids here! Honestly, in my choppy Cape Cod, it was the only wall big enough to fit this collection of photos. I figure after a drink or two, no one may notice. ;)

tricia