Using Family Photos to Decorate the Foyer in Your Home

When friends and guests first enter your home, what is the first room they see? Most likely it's a foyer or front entryway. Making your foyer friendly and inviting will give your guests a pleasant welcome, and be a refreshing room for your to enter when returning home. Since foyers are generally a small area, it is best to keep your decorations to one theme. My personal favorite is to decorate the foyer in your home with personal family photos.

Types of Foyers
If your foyer has several doorways, or windows, try decorating the space with small, slender tables, topped with a variety of family photos.

If your foyer has at least one wall that is wider than the doorways, try making a photo collage arrangement on that wall. Then, accent that main wall with a small arrangement of photos on the other smaller spaces between doorways.

What Photos Do I Choose?
When selecting the photos to put on display, you have several options.

You could choose to decorate your foyer with all candid photos of family, friends and children being active. This would be a great time to display babies destroying birthday cakes, dad showing off the big catch or your puppy playfully discovering the backyard.

Or, you could opt for all the professional family portraits that you have gathered over the years. People love to stop and gaze at how people have changed through the years, and we all have spare school pictures in a drawer somewhere! This is also a great opportunity to display those old photographs of great-great grandparents.

If you have a lot of photographs, you may want to make a seasonal display. How fun is it to look back at old Christmas pictures while the holiday is approaching? As we anticipate Spring, fill your foyer with pictures of bright flowers and lush landscapes. If you're planning a birthday party, fill your foyer with pictures of the birthday person!

If you have just been on a vacation, show off the highlights of your trip by decorating your foyer with enlargements of your vacation photos. Sunsets, scenery, landscapes and candid moments will allow you to re-live the trip each time you enter your home.

Another fun way to decorate your foyer with family photographs is to have your favorite photos reprinted in black and white or sepia brown-tone, and just display monochromatic photographs!

If you have a home photo printer and some basic photo editing software on your computer, you can easily reprint your favorite digital photographs in black and white or sepia brown-tone. Most photo editing programs have a one button option for these fun features.

What Type of Picture Frames Should I Use?
When decorating your foyer, plan to use frames that will accentuate your wall color and floor covering. When in doubt, wooden frames that accent furniture that is visible nearby will look great. Solid black frames are always classic, and match most decor, too. If you choose to go with a holiday theme, you may want to choose decorative frames that accentuate the holiday season.

No matter what theme, frame or design style you choose for your foyer, you will surely be welcomed each time you step into your home and see warm inviting memories staring back at you.