Leslie Linsley, Nantucket-based designer and author of Leslie Linsley’s High-Style, Low-Cost Decorating Ideas, advocates an easy, inexpensive, but creative approach to framing family photographs. Start by purchasing unornamented discount frames. Then let the photographs guide you in how to decorate the frames. For instance, suggests Linsley, pictures of young children in colorful clothes might lead you to glue Legos on the frame, or miniature colored pencils, or little bicycles. To complement a wedding picture, you can cut out roses from greeting cards or wrapping paper and attach them to the frame. Shells on the frame of a beach vacation photograph can enhance a memory. So can pressed flowers gathered on a walk in the woods. Faux finishing, sponge painting, stenciling, and other applications can all add interest without a great deal of work. Decorating the frames can be a great family activity.

For displaying family photographs, says Linsley, narrow walls filled with photos can make a striking display and serve as an effective way of separating one space from another.

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