<p>I am getting my Formal Living Room painted
It will have gold yellow walls, Brown couches and turquoise accents
It has a fairly traditional look with lots of family pics scattered around
I would like to buy all new matching (or maybe just in the same family) picture frames
Any suggestions?
Wood the same finish as the furniture? Pewter?</p>
<p>Sounds pretty! I love those colors. Offhand, pewter sounds nice to me.</p>
<p>Are the photos on the walls or on tables, etc. What type of wood are your tables? What color is the moulding painted?</p>
<p>I like wood frames, even painted wood. Even more important to me than the finish is the proportion of frame to art and the color of the mat. Most artists and galleries frame art with a mat that is in the white family. Colored mats are a no-no (although some people like them and who am I to judge).</p>
<p>If your decor is somewhat traditional I would stay away from metal frames but there is no reason (and some reasons against it) that the frames all need to be the same color or style. You should choose the frame that suits the work. Larger pieces require a more substantial frame to “hold” the image in and keep the viewer’s eye inside the frame. Don’t put a thin delicate frame on a large piece. Small pieces of art can be given more impact by matting them with a wide mat and then framing that. For example, a 3by 5 image with the mat window cut to size but the outer measurement of the mat cut to 8 by 10. This method draws the eye into the image and gives the pece drama</p>
<p>Cherry type colored wood
Pictures on Piano and end tables </p>
<p>Thanks all</p>
<p>I am confused. Are you looking for frames to go on the walls to hang art work? Or are you looking for small frames to place on the piano and end tables for family pictures? Or are you looking to replace the scattered frames and place the family pictures in more substantail frames and hang them on the walls?</p>
<p>I like to match the frame to the picture, rather than the decor. It’s amazing how one frame can make the picture look so much better than another. I’ve even been known to take the print along frame shopping with me so I can see firsthand which frame is the best. So therefore, my family photos are each framed uniquely within the same room even though I keep the decor in mind when purchasing frames.</p>
<p>As I’m looking at the photos in the room I am sitting in now, I’m trying to imagine them all in the same frame, and I just don’t think it would improve the look.</p>
<p>Maybe matching frames is a trend I just haven’t caught up with yet.</p>
<p>Sorry
Tabletop (and piano top) frames. Not for the walls. For family pictures scattered around
No mats just photos. I guess I could get some matted -but I hadn’t planned on it.
Right now my frames look dated and mis-matched. I don’t necessarily want them all exactly the same -but I was hoping to clean up the look a bit.</p>
<p>I also pick frames that go with the pictures. I’m sitting here looking at some black, cherry, brushed nickel, delft blue and white, and brass frames…all within eyes sight of each other. They look fine. In my opinion it would look odd to have them all in the same type of frame.</p>
<p>Maybe I am over -thinking it then
If you look at a catalogue - like “Pottery Barn” or similar they usually have the picture frames in the same shapes or materials -maybe not both.</p>
<p>Yes…and pottery barn wants you to buy what they are currently selling…which is in the pictures! That’s not my style, but I don’t live in a Pottery Barn decorated house!</p>
<p>I went with matte black frames in different sizes and styles for my grouped family and fav smaller pix. I really like that the color makes a hodgepodge look cohesive.</p>
<p>Thanks!
This is helpful</p>