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The Sligo Creek Photographer | How to Decorate Your Walls with Photos

1/22/2017

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​My husband Cliff and I became homeowners in the fall of 2015, and have had a blast decorating. One of the ways we've made home feel like home is with family photos! 

I thought I'd use our own experience with purchasing prints and canvases as a perfect opportunity to educate others about print sizes and why they matter. (You can also learn about why getting your photographed printed in the first place is so important here.) When decorating with custom photography, it's important to be BOLD. You gotta go big or go home.

When you stop and think about how large a wall really is, you realize they're massive -- generally 8' or 10' tall by 12' or 15' feet wide. Unless you've got a collage, 8" x 10" just isn't going to cut it.

Take a look at our living room and you'll see what I mean. ​
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This is the space we wanted to fill. It measures approximately 52 inches from the top of the TV to the ceiling and 57 inches between the book cases.

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Here is the same space with an 8 x 10 canvas. This is the size of print most people are familiar with and, as you can see, 8 x 10 just isn't going to cut it.

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Here is the same space with the next size up -- an 11 x 17 framed print. 

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Here it is again with an 11 x 14 print matted and framed to measure 16 x 20. Even with the extra matting, the space still looks lackluster.

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Here is the final canvas in all it's glory. We went with 24 x 30. 


​Want more? Check out our hallway, which we turned into an art gallery using eight 36 x 24 canvases!

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    Hey there! I'm Jonna! I'm a family photographer serving Silver Spring, Maryland and beyond. During the Covid-19 crisis, I'm using my free time to document the lives of friends and neighbors as we live through a pandemic. Learn more.

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