family photo wall.

yesterday i completed a project i've been working on for a while. this summer i started collecting white photo frames while on a trip to ikea with my girlfriends. i got a good start on my little collection, but unfortunately our closest ikea is outside of boston, which is about a three and a half hour car trip for us. which also means we don't get to go there often.

ok, really ever.

so i finished my collection of frames off with a few i found at the christmas tree shoppe. ever heard of it? this was a new discovery for me when we moved to new england this summer. i'd never been to one before. wow, was i missing out. this is seriously one of my new favorite stores. inexpensive? cute stuff? great finds? yes, yes, yes. i *love* it.

i ordered prints of some of my favorite pictures of us... some of just nick&i, some of bella, a few of the three of us, pictures with my side of the family, pictures with nick's side, and some cute shots of the cousins before new ones will need to be added as our family is expanding like crazy over the next few months! exciting.

to hang them, i used the newspaper trick i did with the photo collage above our couch (except this time i used leftover christmas wrapping paper). time consuming, but better than having to re-hang all the pictures and filling our wall with nail holes!

i love the white frames against the light grey paint color of our hallway walls (in case you're curious, the shade is glidden's smooth stone. it's the color of our foyer, the hallways and our bedroom/bathroom!)

as i said, some of my favorite family photos are on this wall. one of my favorite pictures from our wedding was this one: nick&i requested our fathers to come pray over us while a worship song was played during the ceremony. i love the sentiment this photo holds--for so many reasons.

and this is one of my favorite shots of bella; she was about ten months in this photo taken last spring in texas in her easter dress. the classic i-have-a-child-and-live-in-texas shot in the bluebonnets that bloom each year. and this frame is my fav on the whole wall; it's actually plastic... shhhhh! it was only 4.99 and i love how elegant and pretty it is! can't wait for another trip to ikea so i can pick up a few more.

my favorite thing to use to decorate our home are pictures of our family. i have them everywhere. above our couch, above nick&i's bed, in our hallway, our bathroom, and have plans for little photo walls for all of our bedrooms. it may be overkill to some, but to me, it's sentimental and precious. i love it. this project in particular was healing for me, as i incorporated a couple of my favorite photos of my dad. i have a few more i want to add, as well as some shots of he and bella in her new room, but i love that i have those special moments captured forever.

white picture frames= $40-45
prints= $20-25
wall full of memories= priceless.