To think that hanging family photos/portraits on the wall is incredibly naff.

[squoosh]

Photos should be in frames and placed on a table or mantelpiece. I especially hate when said photos are blown up to A3 size or bigger, ick! The only time I allow the 'no photos on wall rule' to be relaxed is on the wall leading up a stairs, for some reason this is less offensive.

Art on your wall people not studio portraits of your cherubs!

(Sits down and awaits the hate)

Framed pictures of dogs??

God I loathe framed pictures of animals, I think people that do that are pathetic.

Did you not get the updated version of the rule book Squoosh??

I'm afraid everyone has been pointing and laughing at you.

'Are people meant to sound joyful all the time?'

No, absolutely not, "joyful" is vulgar and an offence to the trained eye. I insist that no-one in my home, and here I include guests, to smile lest they upset the sophisticate sombre tones of my beautifully decorated house.

YANBU.

God I loathe framed pictures of animals, I think people that do that are pathetic.

Oh :(

Well I won't take mine down - I won't, and you can't make me!

Blown up studio photos actually make me uncomfortable because they seem so immodest. People obviously only put up pictures that they consider beautiful (no matter how un lifelike) so to me they scream look at me, aren't I/we beautiful. A bit Me, me, me really. So I'd really rather they were hung in private rooms iyswim. I'm not fond of too many photos anywhere really, hung or not. The exception being of deceased or geographically remote loved family or friends.

But I'd never say anything and this thread has made me wonder how to make myself not even think badly of someone for doing it.

My nightmare would be if someone gave me such a picture because I do display gifts to make the giver happy (even if I hate it). Gosh I really am agonising here.

Well now I think it's naff too but a stylish pal of mine has a group of small sized black and white photos in various stunning frames on her wall and it's lovely to behold.

I hate colour "studio" shots and all that malarkey....I have a pencil sketch of DD on the wall and a watercolour of myself (ahem I was young and lovely so it's not vain as I am now old and haggard)

I am open to photos on the walls as long as it's "done right".

Oh dear DaDer you're not sounding too joyful. Normally you're a hoot! Are you ok??

I hope my self esteem is up to a bit of virtual pointing and laughing.

(Checks)

Oh good, it is!

What are the "rules" about how to keep your old photos then?

Only one reply on my thread

Personally it seems a rather bourgeois concern.

Pretty sure the Queen's got loads of family pics on the wall. And she is my arbiter of cool.

Rinkan, I do believe I have engaged in far more whimsy on this thread than the OPs 'rules' posts.

Rules/whimsy?? Maybe.

But lunch is over, so I best get on.

Three or four photos of a reasonable size are fine. Any more and it just looks a bit dull; one theme of deco in the house - isn't there anything else you'd rather see sometimes? Perhaps not. It's obviously up to the individual though.

My mil has literally hundreds of framed pix of her gcs on every available surface of her home. This is what stalkers and other strange, obssessive people do imo.

A good friend also has hundreds of photos of herself, her dh and her dcs in frames hung all over her home. It's a bit narcissistic I always feel.

But who cares?

Oh bettybat, framed pics of animals are fine, I was joshing with the OP is all.

ones where the dog is sleeping while cuddling a teddy are especially popular in our house.

We have a great big one like that on the wall over the fireplace. Honest.

WinkyWinkola I used to think it was narcissistic, until it occurred to me that DH liked seeing pictures of me just as much as I like seeing pictures of him. In the interest of democracy and fairness, I must put up as many pictures of myself as I do of him

And the cat.

I don't mind it really but I suppose you can over-do it, lots of pictures of your dc hanging up everywhere would look a bit odd

Oh dont let's get too serious.

All In all I don't give two shites what Squoosh thinks of interior decor but the tone of the OP was enough to indicate it wasn't deadly serious.

It's just a bit of back and forth. C'mon

Naff naff naff naff naff naff naff naff naff naff

DaDerDaDer superb! I shall carry on. I have a framed upright picture of my cat in my non-functioning fire place, which also houses other upright pictures of other animals, mainly my cat.

But I suspect OP will allow this as they are upright and not hanging.

Bettybat I feel I must come clean and admit I was exaggerating to induce palpitations at my naffness from the OP. we do have framed photos of the dog cuddling a teddy but they are not above of the fire, or (I'm rally sorry to let you down) even on the wall.

Sorry for misleading everyone.

Pictures of people's kids is way less naff than those women who have huge glamourous studio shots of themselves hanging up on their landing... truly embarrassing.

Sleeves rolled up misty edges lying on your front with your hands under you chin we have loads of those everywhere.

I always thought the only correct place to display family photos was on the grand piano

I have DC school photos going up the stairs. Its something I've longed for since I was at school but we were always moving house/not affording the school photos etc. My friends all had their photos going up the stairs and they were always embarassed about it whereas I thought it just epitomises proper family stability.

Its my favourite sort of 80s decorating cliche. Knocks those johnny come lately big letters saying 'HOME' and the Keep Calm signs into a cocked hat.

I blame Hello and OK. We had DD in London and I was rather at the
number of families I previously thought quite like minded who had professional studio shots of themselves gambolling around a field or in a studio - mother in full make up. Earnest discussions were had about which photographer to use etc etc which I could just not take part in for fear of smirking. It just makes me cringe naff naff naff. Funnily enough we moved out of London and no one round here does it

Oh but photos taken by you or friends is fine. Its the whole staged schtick that I found funny. But each to their own

yabu, do you really have such a boring life you worry about these things

I have Venture-style portraits of the dogs on the wall.