I think hpoto’s are great but you shouldn’t have it cluttered otherwise guests won’t enjoy the hpoto for what it is worth, they will just overwhelmed trying to take all of it in. There are a few cute ways of doing simple/elegant.

First I think you should buy 4 black matching frames (in one situation they are all the same size and another 1 is slightly larger) The hpoto’s you’ll have in these 4 frames is: One of your whole family, one of you and your husband and one of each of your kids (on their own).

Option 1: You have 1 frame larger and that frame holds your family hpoto, that hpoto can go on top and then underneath you can have the 3 other frames (evenly spaced and centered on your larger frame). To keep it balanced I’d put the picture of you and your husband in the middle with one child on either side.

*Option 1 can also be done with the large on the right and then the smaller ones on the left (or Viceversa)

Option 2: All frames the same size you can have two per row and the second in the row would be just a little offset from the one beside it. For this arrangement I’d put the family hpoto in the highest spot, parents beside and the kids underneath.

Option 3: All same sized frames, you can take the 4 and angle them to they arch. I always thought this style looked nice.

Here are a few reasons why keeping it simple will look nicer in the long run:

~It won’t look like a shrine (even without added nature pictures)
~It won’t be overwhelming to your guests in your home.
~It will look sophisticated and chic
~Photo frames can actually hold more than one picture so as you take new ones of your family you just add the hpoto to the front and keep the old ones in the frame. If you ever feel like showing off younger hpoto’s they are right there but not in an ‘in your face’ sort of way. It is the nicest way to keep an ongoing “how we changed” without actually having every picture on the walls.

I hope this helps.

Additional pictures that may be nice to add to a different area of your home is a collage of pictures from that summer or whenever of you and yours kids out and about having fun…candid’s/non-professional hpoto’s.

p.s. I love the way you kids hpoto’s are arranged, but I would cut out the extra ones that seem unorganized on the right hand side (the other wall) that part just looks…forced and cluttered.