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What pictures to you have on your walls?

I just moved into my second, probably slightly more permanent,  temporary residence here in Los Angeles, so I have yet to hang, and probably will not be hanging, any real pictures(like a Picasso or a Renoit or something. . .), or even an enlarged photograph. . . Once I find some scotch tape I do plan on hanging my mini-poster for the film Chuck&Buck, which I picked up in the lobby of the theatre I saw it at last week. . . .

mothmc, 35
Los Angeles
, LA

For photos I've got a few family pics. For posters I've got a large one called 'Pink Floyd Back Catalog.' I also have some of my old fliers up.

Alias Irrelevante

Well, we used to have oodles of photos on our walls in San Francisco, but we now have a landlord who has a phobia about holes. She went so far as to announce that she thought we were "regular people" and had she known we were "artists", she would not have let us have the apartment. We were very alarmed at first but have come to terms with things leaning. We hung up one big photo, taken by a friend, of the Natural History Museum in Paris. We have photos of friends and family, small artwork, some cork boards with inspiring odds and ends, my collection of found photos (purchased at yard sales and antique flea markets) and some mounted bugs.

Tina, 31
Medford
, MA

none right now. I'm still trying to get a bedroom. I HATE moving.

Amy, 23
New Orleans
, LA

I have several paintings of my deceased dog on my wall, and I have a ton of pictures of my animals, both past and present, scattered throughout, although not necessarily on my wall.

Ernest, 29
Washington
, DC

I have a framed print of Chagall's Paris through a Window in my family room I have a stone replica of an Aztec calendar in my bedroom. My wife has an ornately framed picture of the lord's prayer in five different languages in her "Serenity Room". We have a watercolor of a landscape just outside our bedroom; its green and purple hues match the purple walls. We have a blown-up framed photo of my wife swimming with a dolphin when she was 12 hanging in our family room as well.

Jesse, 24
Bowie
, MD

I've got your standard geek posters: Star Wars, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Battlestar Galactica (a new acquisition), Taxi Driver, Reservoir Dogs, Tool, and UNKLE. I have a collage that my friend Ann did and a photo of myself and a group of friends taken in '93. I am looing into getting an Otis  Redding concert poster, but the price keeps skyrocketing on ebay.

Anthony, 25
Baton Rouge
, LA

I have SO many things on my wall, they are covered completely.  Posters of various bands, a calender, pictures of me and my friends, fantasy art of faeries, dragons and whatnot. Some celebrities...and on one side are a bunch of anti-drug/alcohol articiles and the bumper stickers I collect. I can't stand to look at a bare white wall, it bothers me! :D

Janet, 42
E. Brunswick
, NJ

I am a real family person. So the pictures on my walls are of my family. Going back to my great great grandmother. My parents, my children, my grandchildren. Also my wedding pictures. I hang things my kids made in school and now my grandchildren. I also have pictures of special friends and events in our life. We have a few watercolors by artists. Other things on the walls are candles in different types of holders. We have a tree branch, madrone, that holds our hats and hanging bells and trinkets. We have 8 foot long shelves on our walls to put our 'country clutter' on. So, there isn't much more space for anymore "stuff" but we will find room.

We like to hang stuff from the ceiling also. A kite graces one corner of our bedroom with a birdhouse covered in moss in the other corner.

I have a tall bottle of Pepsi poster I got from work on one wall of my office. We have made collages of different bike tours and these remind us of good times. Also, backpacking trips.

We love to decorate in different ways and we have found a balance without looking like our house is full of junk. I love our home and enjoy being here. It is so welcoming and cozy.

Gwen2, 51
OR

I have a photo of an Irish Cottage, family photos, and quilts that I have made. Also, my husband and I purchased 3 large pieces on stained glass from a church. They are in frames on the wall and back light.

Janet, 42
E. Brunswick
, NJ

some that my grandmother put up..i'm living w/ her right now, so i don't have much choice in decor until i can get back to arkansas to get my own  pics.

Angela, 16
SC

I have a mosiac of Arnold Swartzeneggar. (Hey, it was free.) That's it.

Socrates One
Lowell, MA

A Porsche 930S, Lambourgini, Jesus, CrossBridge, Jim Carrey, iMac poster, Jim Carrey

Melodi, 19
Hlliard
, OH

Mainly decorative, classical artwork, mirrors, christmas lights, and candle holders

Megan, 24
Chicago
, IL

Family photographs. A Currier and Ives print of sentimental value.  A Contes print of sentimental value.

Jill, 59
Saylorsburg
, PA

A Titanic movie poster, a mountain lion, a bunch of fish, a poster of animals from the Denver Zoo, and a cloth one my Dad got from Australia.

Jeremy, 13
Highlands Ranch
, CO

No real pictures. A fantasy art calendar. A print of flowers in the living room. An insane clown posse tour poster in the hall.........I think that's about it.

Firelady, 22
Dallas
, TX

Family portraits, landscapes, seascapes, Oriental prints, and, if you call them pictures, framed historical documents.

Jane, 60
West Linn
, OR

b movie posters from the early 90's.

Jaden, 21
Brampton, Ontario CANADA

because they all seem to be in some kind of gang nowdays!God will take care of him.cherrish the time that you have with the little ones while their little!!!!!!!STILL LOVEN MALVIN! lived several different lifestyles and this is the one I want!!!!!!!

Judy

Apollo - Frank Peters, Mountain Majesty - J.S Dewar, Le Jardin A Giveny - Monet, Antiles Vue De Jardin De La Salis - Monet, Street Scene Seville - F. Hopkinson Smith, Mediteranean Harbor - La Foret, Theoria Per Ec Sine: Solis Centricum Epicyclo - G. Valk. Et. P Schenk, De Leon, The Scottsman, Gryphon,  Woman with Parasol - Monet, Arthur J. Elsey 1909, Still Life with Fruit - Edward Ladell 1821 - 1886, Still Life V. Janssens, A Still Life of Roses - Francois Charette Duval 1836 - 1928, Moon/Sun - Nichola Moss, Ete - Monet, Pierre - August Renoir - Vue Sur Cagnes

Jami, 27
Lowell
, MA

I'll just mention what's in the living room otherwise I will be here all day. There are posters mostly (Jack Kerouac, Trainspotting,   Breakfast Club, Tron). A trio of photos of Alcatraz and a signed photo of Hanson (don't ask - it's my husband's).

Kate, 19
Bellingham
, WA

You don't even wanna know. 10 Things I Hate About You, Dixie Chicks, Andy Griggs, Jim Brickman, Robbie Williams, Kid Rock, random ads, Sons of the Desert, Sailor Moon, Brad Paisley, that famous one of the sailor kissing some chick, a bunny on the moon, Bruce Willis, an Indian woman who looks like my imaginary friend from when I was a kid, my grandpa, my great-uncle, my brothers, Bill's hands, Solomon, me, Mom, Deb & Amber, Kitty, little Irish dancers, a scene from Dinosaur (which *ahem* I haven't seen), Heath Ledger, Jessica, Jenny, the sprite from the Firebird Suite in Fantasia 2000, crows, Inspector Gadget, etc., etc., etc., and that's just the INSIDE of my walls IN MY ROOM in AMES! Shall I go on?

Karen, 20
Marshelltown/Ames
, IA

In my living room I have a huge Monet and one of the old stone lighthouse with the huge wave crashing around it. In my computer room the walls are covered with Elvis. The bathroom is full of Anne Geddes. The rest of the joint is full of personal pictures....family and friends!!

Tracy, 24
Ocean City
, NJ

I have a picture of John Lennon and a Beatles poster, but no pictures of my family since I'm moving in a couple of months and have begun packing.

Nicole
Elk Grove, CA

A single Picasso print purely because I only moved into this house 7 months ago and this picture is the only one which doesn't clash horribly with the decor.

Nikki, 27
Kirkham ENGLAND

Posters of various things I like - I have some of South Park, the Simpsons, Britney Spears, Robbie Williams, and some bands that I like as well. I also have a very cool poster advertising Stanley Kubrick's film version of "A Clockwork Orange".

Shanna, 15
Cardiff ENGLAND

 

If I were not in the midst of moving, on my walls in by bedroom would be a photo of three Adirondack white deck chairs sitting empty in a late afternoon sun on the dock at my parent's camp (taken by a cousin w/ a photographic eye). a ditch filled with briney liquid and encompassed by a 2 foot sulfar / salty layer (taken by myself during a stay in Kenya), the typical wedding photo of bride (sister) and two bridesmaids (myself and sister's friend), another picture of myself and my brother (both very drug, but happy), picture of a dear friend long dead, oriental painting of a peacock on baboo, the rest of the house has several absract artworks including a Kadinsky print that I love and posters from a roomates beloved films (including Gilda and Breakfast at Tiffany's).  Additional photos by friends also adorn various surfaces.

Felicia, 34
Somerville, MA

I collect free postcards with advertisements on them from "hotshots" and "m@xracks". I put them up on my wall in an order that probably is only recognized by me. I also have a few posters with random cool stuff on them (one of those computer generated fuzzy pictures that you have to "look-through" to see the 3-d image and a growth chart with Timon and Pumba from the "Lion King" and a pciture of a guy at a lighthouse about to be drenched by a wave).

Eric, 18
Beverly Hills
, CA  USA

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