Using Vintage Finds to Display Photos

I do not have a home full of antiques, but rather I love using a mix of new and industrial and vintage. I do love finding and having small vintage goodies on hand.

I keep on smallish, plastic tote with small, vintage items in it to use in my decor that I change up seasonally or when I feel like changing things around. The tote has various things--tarnished silver creamers and sugar bowls, old teacups, rusty hardware like pulleys and hinges and tins, tiny baby shoes, wood candlesticks, old horsehair brushes, hand mirrors, glass bottles, etc. Always keep your eyes open for these items at thrift stores and garage sales.

I am not sure if it is become I am getting older, or Covid, or being an empty nester, but I am becoming more and more sentimental which means I want more favorite photos and memories displayed around the house. I like to tuck the photos here and there, not in frames. It is easy to trade out the pictures when they are tucked rather than in a frame and they are more of 3D display rather than a flat, on the wall thing.  

Small, vintage finds are a great, unique way to display favorite photos. These vintage, horsehair brushes (some are nail brushes, shoeshine brushes, hair brushes) sitting on my kitchen windowsill hold a picture of hubby circa 2nd grade, my siblings and I, and my mom and daughter.

I loved the extras in the brush/ grooming set that holds the picture of my mom and daughter.

Place a favorite photo in a tarnished silver creamer. If you need help holding it up a bit, use a little poster putty in the bottom.

A picture of my dad from when he was in the navy is propped on an old metal doorknob mechanism.

Yep, that's me--an old metal pulley works great as photo holder.

A picture of my oldest baby , who soon will have a baby, my first grandchild, as his own sits between children's wood shoe forms. 

When displaying photos in your home, think outside the picture frame and use items that make you smile.