Three Ways To Decorate With Photos At Home
Fresh walls do not need a full redecorating job or a long shopping list. A handful of favourite photos, some simple accessories and a free afternoon are enough to give any room in a Maltese home a more personal feel.
Turn a plain wall into a photo gallery
Picture ledges painted in the same shade as the wall behind them create a display that looks built in rather than bolted on. Fix a couple to the wall with screws, then fill them with frames in a mix of styles and sizes. Because the background is one solid colour, the eye goes straight to the photos rather than the wall itself, which is useful in smaller Maltese living rooms where every surface tends to do double duty.
This works especially well along a narrow hallway or behind a sofa in an apartment, where a gallery wall gives the room character without eating into floor space.
MOSSLANDA picture ledge, white, 115 cm
MOSSLANDA picture ledge, white, 55 cm
MOSSLANDA picture ledge, black, 115 cm
MOSSLANDA picture ledge, black, 55 cm
MOSSLANDA picture ledge, walnut effect, 55 cm
MOSSLANDA picture ledge, walnut effect, 115 cm
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Hang holiday memories on a light string
A lighting chain strung along a wall is a simple way to bring warmth and personality into a room, particularly during the quieter winter months when evenings draw in early even here. Clip photos to it with small pegs so the display can change as often as you like, swapping summer snaps for family gatherings or Gozo weekends without any extra holes in the wall.
It suits a bedroom, a study corner or a stretch of wall near a staircase in a townhouse, giving soft light and a changing photo story in one.
Dress up a bedroom with a photo collage
A headboard wall is often left bare, yet it is one of the easiest places to add character. Choose around twenty photos in a single style, black and white works particularly well, and fix them with tape or adhesive putty in a loose grid around the bed frame and lamp. The result is a graphic, gallery-like collage that costs little and commits to nothing permanent, which suits rented maisonettes and apartments where drilling into walls is best kept to a minimum.
Picture ledges, lighting chains and simple frames are all available through Maltashopper, with orders prepared for homes across Malta and Gozo.