DIY Projects For Dads: Creating A Wall Of Family Memories With Photo Canvas

I’m a father of five children and it’s very scary how quickly they grow up. Before you know it, they are all grown up and starting their journeys in life, buying their own home, getting married and even having their own children.

There are without question lots of memories that have been created over the years. From your children taking their first steps to starting school and having their high school prom. Of course, we save many of these memories by taking photos but let’s be honest. Many of those photos are saved on digital devices such as a phone or tablet, and how often do we look at these photos? Not very often I’m guessing.

So, I have decided that the time is right to dedicate one wall in our home to family memories. I will be using photos that are printed using photo canvas as this will give it a very sophisticated look where I can capture those family memories especially of my children growing up, as well as using their extended family such as their grandparents. While browsing the internet I came across Canvasdiscount.com They can supply all the canvases I need in many different sizes and very good prices, so I can create my wall of family memories using photo canvases.

Which wall to pick in your home

The next step is to decide which wall and in which room I will be having the family wall of memories. Picking the wall is important. I don’t want it to dominate the room and yet I want it to be a feature within the room.

I have decided to create the family wall in the lounge and the wall is one of the middle-sized walls which is just big enough to create a stunning memory wall. It’s also very visible as you walk in the room so it’s an instant wow factor!

What size of canvasses to use

It’s important that the family memories of photo canvas does not overpower the room. The best way to do this is to have a selection of sizes of canvasses with maybe a large family portrait in the middle. This can then be surrounded by smaller, more individual photo canvasses of your family. It’s worth noting that to get it looking aesthetically correct and not cluttered you pick maybe just three sizes of canvasses and then arrange to give it a stunning look. A good way to get a feel of how they will look on the wall is to lay them on the floor first until you make the right arrangement.

Which photos of family do you use

This is without doubt the most difficult decision we must make mainly because we will have thousands of photos to choose from. The photos are usually stored on electronic devices or in our case we also have many photos actually printed off and now in photo albums.

So where do we begin? Well, it can be a time-consuming job going through all the photos, but it will without a doubt be worth it to find those photos that have magical memories for all the family. It could be that you captured one of your children when they were a toddler doing something very funny or one of them all dressed up for their high school prom or even a grandparent playing the joker.

The secret is to find a theme that you want as your wall of family memories using canvases. I have decided that I will be going down the theme of my children as the main theme and try to show them growing up to a photo canvas of how they look today and adding in a few grandparent photos as well as some parent photos so it’s a good mix of family memories.

So here is a quick guide on how to create a wall of family memories using photo canvases.

Have you already tried Canvasdiscount.com and created a wall of family memories using photo canvas?  I would love to hear how you decided which photos and how many canvases you used in the comments below.