8 Fun Ideas for Showing Photo Books at Home

Ideas for showing photo books at home not only help us showcase our captured moments in a special place, but also enhance the beauty of the living room or give a personal dimension to any space. It lets you look back at the happy moments whenever you want.

We create photo books with thoughtful ideas, but if we end up placing them on a coffee table or leaving them on a dusty shelf, it can ruin all the effort that went into their design and creation. Photo book display ideas are searched by those who believe the story doesn’t end after creating one. Whether it’s a wedding, family, friends, or birthday photo book, the next step is figuring out how to display them at home to make the most of them.

Ideas for Showing Photo Books at Home

No matter how many photo albums you have, by implementing the following ideas, we’re sure you can display them in a way that enhances the beauty of your home and inspires your friends and family.
Note: Whether it’s our Pro album, Acrylic cover album, Wooden cover album, or even Softcover albums — we’ve shared display ideas that work beautifully for each one.

1. Create a Book Wall

Two hardcover photo albums displayed on a white shelf, with the front one in dark green featuring “Julie & Mathieu 15.08.2023” embossed in a wreath design. The second album behind it is beige, both elegant and neatly arranged.

You can transform a corner of your home into a personal library. It could be the corner of your living room or the dining area. Install a few shelves stretching across the entire wall. Fill them up with your photo albums and favorite reads in a grouping, like placing the travel albums and travel books together to create a mini travel zone.

2. From Flames to Frames

Photo albums displayed on a stone fireplace mantel in a cozy living room, including one titled "Family Memories."

Fireplaces are the main focal point in a living room and can be the perfect place to display photo books. Stack a few on the mantel where they’re easy to see. It will inspire your guests to naturally want to take a look. For a nice touch, stand one or two books upright, facing forward, to make them feel more inviting.

3. Make Your Cookbooks a Kitchen Feature

An open cookbook titled "Grandma’s recipes" displayed on a wooden stand in a cozy kitchen beside a bowl of fresh lemons.

Make a photo book with all your favorite recipes and keep it in the kitchen on a cookbook stand. You can leave it open to one page so everyone can see it. Change the page you show with the seasons. For example, show a salad recipe in summer and a warm stew recipe in winter.

4. Use One Color Theme

A row of large, cloth-covered photo albums with black-and-white cover images neatly displayed on a wooden shelf.

When you make photo books, it’s easy to pick a colorful photo for the front cover. But using a black and white photo is more classic and lasts longer. If you use black and white covers for all your photo books, they will all match and look nice together in your home without much effort.

5. Place with Decorative Props

A modern shelf display featuring neatly arranged photo albums, a clock, a small potted plant, and a lit candle, all softly illuminated by warm lighting.

You can use plants, decorations, clocks, and lights to make your photo book display look nicer. Just put your books in a row on a shelf, and place some small items between them to make the shelf look fancy. For decoration purposes, you can choose props with simple, neutral colors so the shelf doesn’t look too crowded.

6. Place in Invisible Shelves

A sunlit wall display of elegant photo albums arranged on floating shelves beside a large window and cozy seating area.

How amazing would it be to see books floating in the air? Surprise your guests by placing your photo albums on invisible shelves. This not only creates a unique look for your living room but also saves space for other uses. Install the shelves at different heights to create a cool, one-of-a-kind display.

7. Colour Co-Ordinate

A neatly arranged shelf of colorful photo albums organized by gradient hues, accompanied by a small potted succulent.

We’ve all seen those beautiful bookshelves on Pinterest where the books are arranged by color. You can easily create one for your home. Just group your photo books by similar colors or shades and line them up on the shelf. The more books you have, the better it looks. You can also place other regular reading books to make the collection appear bigger.

A good idea is to organize your photo books by color themes. For example, put all your summer holiday books in yellow, party books in blue, and Christmas books in red. Choose photos for the covers that match the color, too.

8. Create a Series

A neatly arranged set of neutral-toned photo albums on a wooden shelf beside a small potted plant and a lit candle.

One of the unique photo book ideas is to print the titles on the spines or covers in the same style while designing the album. This way, when they are placed on the shelf, everyone can easily find out what each book is about, and everything looks neat and organized. To enhance the beauty, use linen photo covers to make your photo books look like a matching set.

Conclusion

These display methods are perfect for all Pixmig products. 

Our goal in designing and creating a memorable photo album is to preserve our memories, the happy moments that came into our lives, so we can look back at the past and relive those special times. 

This goal is only fully achieved when you display your photo collection in a proud and visible place. Somewhere you can easily peek into the past, and where guests can be impressed by a well-thought-out photo book display.

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