Ideas to Display Pictures

Freestanding Photo Displays

• Called umbra fotofalls, these weighted, freestanding photo displays resemble a wire-frame umbrella or a wire tree. You can attach individual photos, which then hang from the accessory (see Resources).

Ceiling Array

• A particularly ideal location for photos is on the ceiling above your bed. They'll be the first thing you see in the morning. If your ceiling is quite high, consider enlarging your favorite pictures on a poster, which you can then easily attach to the ceiling with a little tape.

Photo Montage

• A classic way to enjoy your favorite pictures is to group them together into a photo collage. Simply scan your favorite photographs, save them on your computer, and assemble them with image-processing software. Have the file professionally printed. You can also make a photo collage the old-fashioned way: crop a copy of each photo before gluing it onto a large piece of cardboard or poster board.

Digital Frames

• Digital frames let you upload a number of photographs into an electronic "frame," which then displays each one on a screen for a predetermined length of time. You can display scores of photos in only one photo frame, so you don't have picture frames cluttering every surface in your home.