Are big family portraits on the wall tacky?

[Anonymous]

LOL. Anyone see Schitt's Creek?

That is all I can think of now, OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares? So bizarre.

+1

It's your home! Do what pleases you.

[Anonymous]

Anything over 5x7 is tacky.

[Anonymous]

You make your house your home. You do you

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

I have been wondering about family photos in the main level. My older woman relatives always said this was tacky. But I have done it - school portraits on shelves in my living room (which would be their "parlor"?) I have a smaller house in the city, the main level that people see has open living/dining/kitchen. I would like to expand my photos to the dining area walls, but am held back by "tacky" as defined by people now in their 80s or dead.

My mother had a larger, beautiful painting of my sister done when she was 18, and hung it in the, uh "sitting room," and my older aunt let me know that was dreadful. Same aunt was scandalized when my pregnant sister wore a black dress (only good dress that fit) to my other sister's wedding.

Old school etiquette rules.

I mean I guess it's just bad etiquette if you don't live in a house in which you can't follow rules meant for people who had like 18 rooms. Maybe photos go in the study or the library??

[Anonymous]

Who cares? We have Andy Warhol-esque portraits of our kids in our living room. They are huge. And I love them.

[Anonymous]

Generally speaking family photos go in private spaces. We follow that rule with a few expections of two silver framed pics from vacations nestled into our living room built in shelves

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our walls are full of family photos. When I am an old lady, I will be looking at all our family photos.

We are UMC, well educated and have a seven figure income. I think every home we have ever been in has some photos of the family around the house.

+1

Couldn’t care less if someone thinks they’re tacky. They make us so happy.

[Anonymous]

I would never but my grandmother had portraits up and she was classy AF.

[Anonymous]

We have a couple of family photos or photos of my DS in our family room and our bedroom. Definitely wouldn't put them in the living room.

[Anonymous]

I think they can be tacky. It’s just more that they aren’t high end design.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares? So bizarre.

Is there anything DCUM fears more than being regarded as any other than a well-educated descendant of a patrician family from an acceptable locale?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Generally speaking family photos go in private spaces. We follow that rule with a few expections of two silver framed pics from vacations nestled into our living room built in shelves

Ok Gwyneth

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Generally speaking family photos go in private spaces. We follow that rule with a few expections of two silver framed pics from vacations nestled into our living room built in shelves

Ok Gwyneth

Gwyneth is NOKD.