PLAN YOUR OWN PHOTOS

Your people together,
on friends and family photo walls.

Put the people you love, family and friends, on a photo of your own room in the frames you would buy. Add photos straight from your phone, move them until the wall feels right, then hang it once.

Plan my family wall

First room free. No account needed.

Smiling family of four sitting together on a couch, watching TV with a remote control.

Man crouching outdoors smiling as toddler with curly hair touches his nose.

Woman crouching in a forest petting a large white dog with pointed ears.

Young girl using a laptop with an adult woman helping her from behind at a wooden table.

Red-haired woman in a dark green sweater holding a brown dachshund dog against a beige background.

A man using hair clippers to cut a young boy's curly hair indoors.

Blonde woman and young girl with long hair writing together on a clipboard.

Senior couple sitting on a wooden dock by the water, holding hands and smiling at each other.

Smiling woman in a bird-patterned robe preparing coffee by a window in a modern kitchen.

Smiling family of four sitting closely together, looking happy and relaxed at home.

A man crouching outdoors gently holding a smiling toddler who is touching his nose.

Woman in denim jacket crouching and petting a white dog in a forest.

Smiling elderly man with glasses wearing a beige shirt and green t-shirt holding a smartphone outdoors with green foliage in the background.

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Elderly couple with foreheads touching, smiling warmly at each other outdoors.

Woman embraces young girl from behind as they both look at a laptop screen on a wooden table.

Red-haired woman in a green sweatshirt holding a brown dachshund dog against a beige background.

Father using a hair clipper to trim his young son's curly hair at home.

Blonde woman and young girl sitting closely as the girl writes on a black clipboard with a red pen.

An elderly couple sitting on a wooden dock by the water, holding hands and smiling, with trees in the background.

Woman with curly hair wearing a floral robe stands by a window holding a stovetop coffee maker.

Your photos, your wall

Your people, together
on one family photo wall

Put the people you love, family and friends, on a photo of your own room in the frames you would buy. Add photos straight from your phone, move them until the wall feels right, then hang it once.

Plan my family wall

First room free. No account needed.

A staircase wall with nothing on it yet, before any frames go up

Your wall

Planned in Curate

30 × 40 cm

Two friends laughing together on the beach

20 × 30 cm

Family cooking together in a bright kitchen

40 × 30 cm

40 × 30 cm

A young boy holding a white dog in his arms

30 × 40 cm

Friends gathered around a table for a meal

30 × 20 cm

Ready-made walls

Six walls of family and friends, planned on real rooms

Each family gallery wall here was arranged on a photo of the room first. Open the same room, drop in your own people and see what fits.

Three family photos in white frames in a row on a living room wall

Trio · Three faces, one row

Living room · 3 frames

Five family photos in black frames in a cluster on a hallway wall

Cluster · Friends, shoulder to shoulder

Hallway · 5 frames

Six family photos in oak frames in a two by three grid above a bed in a bedroom

Grid · Everyone gets the same frame

Bedroom · 6 frames

Five black and white family photos in white frames climbing a staircase wall

Stairs · Climbs as the kids grow

Staircase · 5 frames

Seven family photos in walnut frames in a classic gallery arrangement above a bench in a dining room

Classic · Everyone who comes to dinner

Dining room · 7 frames

Eight family photos in oak frames in mixed frame sizes above a desk in a home office

Mixed · Old photos beside new ones

Home office · 8 frames

Every wall above opens in the gallery wall planner. The same six, with tips on each, are on the family photo wall ideas page. To check one photo on the wall first, try the gallery wall visualizer.

Photo of a woman's face half hidden behind white feathers

Five family photos in mixed frame sizes, one black frame finish, above a sideboard in a living room

One treatment

Candids and portraits,
one calm set

School portraits, wedding shots and phone candids won't match. Convert them all to black and white, or one warm tone, and they read as one set. Portraits take the bigger frames; candids fill the small ones.

Group by person if anyone on the wall is still growing up

Leave an open edge so next year's photo has a place

One frame finish for the lot; the faces carry the variety

See my photos together

First room free. No account needed.

Friends

A wall for
the people you chose

Flatmates, the wedding party, the holiday crowd, the five-a-side team. A friends photo wall belongs where you pass it daily: the hallway, the kitchen, the landing. Group by trip or era.

Add the next trip at the open end, no rehanging

Same frame size for everyone, so nobody outranks anybody

Works with the phone photos you already have

Plan a friends wall

First room free. No account needed.

Painted portrait of a dog in a military dress uniform

Friends laughing together on a picnic blanket

Print of a dark figure with windswept hair against an orange sky

The same family photo printed twice on one wall, large at 16x20 in (40x50 cm) and small at 6x8 in (15x20 cm)

Camera roll · 16x20 in

WhatsApp copy · 6x8 in

Reality check

Check the photo
before you print it

Most phone photos print well at every size on this page. Copies forwarded over WhatsApp are smaller files and go soft sooner.

Camera roll, 12 MP: up to about 16x20 in (40x50 cm)

WhatsApp or Instagram download: up to about 6x8 in (15x20 cm)

Ask for the original, sent as a file from the camera roll

Compare sizes on my wall

First room free. No account needed.

Printing & framing

Where to get them
printed and framed

Order the anchor first and size the rest against it. Use matt paper on a wall that catches window light; gloss shows every fingerprint. Hold one frame before you buy seven.

Online printer: cheapest, good to 16x20 in (40x50 cm); frames vary

Print-and-frame service: one finish across the set, at a higher price

Local framer: best for anchor and odd sizes; two to three weeks

Home printer: fine under 8x10 in (20x25 cm), on photo paper only

Check sizes on my wall first

First room free. No account needed.

Print of a black sculpted head tilted back against white

Six family photos in matching white frames in a two by three grid above a desk in a home office

Before you put anything up

How to hang a family photo wall: the planner does the maths

Seven family photos in oak frames in a classic gallery arrangement above a bench in a hallway, planned in Curate

How many photos should a family photo wall have?

Five to nine, and let the furniture decide: the finished wall should span 66 to 75% of the sofa, bed or console below it. Leave two or three spaces for photos you haven't taken yet.

What size frames suit a family picture wall?

One anchor at 16x20 in (40x50 cm) for the photo that matters most, then 11x14 in (28x35 cm) and 8x10 in (20x25 cm) for the rest. Two or three sizes is plenty; more and the frames compete with the faces.

How high should a family photo wall be?

Centre the whole group 57 in (145 cm) above the floor, at eye level. Keep the lowest frame 6 to 8 in (15 to 20 cm) above a sofa back, or 8 to 12 in (20 to 30 cm) above a headboard. Most people hang too high.

How much space should you leave between frames?

Leave 2 to 3 in (5 to 7.5 cm) between frames and keep that gap the same across the wall. Your photos already vary in age, light and colour; the even gap is what makes them read as one set.

Room by room