The most beautiful things in life are rarely just things. Instead, they are people, places, memories, and pictures – odd selfies and awkward angles included. Photos are a return ticket to memories otherwise lost. Much like a forgotten song on the radio or a specific scent, photographs help us travel back in time.
I call myself a ‘click-happy’ person. My thumb is permanently placed on the click button, lest the crazy grin on my son’s face disappears. Some of my most cherished memories are of my puppies fighting with cushions, the sun playing hide ’n’ seek with the clouds, or me racing for that last bite of dessert. These moments stay captured through the lens of my old Polaroid.
I’ve framed them, stuck them on the refrigerator and inside cupboard doors. They help me smile on a bad day and laugh out loud on a good one. One thing they most certainly do is turn your home into a cosy haven of love and joy.
Where would we be without the black-and-white family album, full of bad haircuts and frilly frocks? Or the mandatory ‘hold-the-Taj-Mahal-in-your-hand’ click that transports us to places and people we once loved?
Remember to pepper your home with memories that matter. You can even dedicate an entire wall to a series of pictures. Frame them across your living room in a tight grid of antiques. Make a memory board of old photographs and hang it above the bed or behind the couch. Remember to space them out to avoid cluttering.
Take time to pull out old photos and capture news ones. Let your kids grow up with ancestors they never got to meet or wedding photos that are otherwise stuffed in the loft. Don’t forget, life is but a collection of moments.
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The author is a celebrity interior decorator and style editor at The Label Life
