{Giveaway is Closed}
What makes a house truly a home?
It’s not always buying the latest trend or popular things of the moment, decorating a home merely to make it beautiful. But more so, it’s surrounding yourself with the things that make you and your family feel comfortable, loved and special. We all have those fond memories and family treasures that we want to surround ourselves with.
If you enjoy family photographs, heirlooms, and having special things around your home that express who you and your family are, you’ll enjoy this book.
Written by Monica Rich Kosann, it’s a beautiful book filled with treasured memories of her spaces, as well as many of her clients. Monica is a nationally recognized fine-art portrait photographer who has worked with many prestigious families and celebrities, as well as a designer of jewelry and home accessories. Her work has been profiled extensively in national print, such as Town & Country and Elle Decor, as well as television media.
Photos from Monica’s website, Fine Art of Family. Monica believes that we should all live with what we love and find ways to incorporate those things into our daily fabric of life. I couldn’t agree more. 
{Photo: Monica Rich Kosann}
Instead of hiding away the family photos, Monica has clever ideas for displaying them stylishly and showing them off to visitors, without having them in the way. I love her ideas on grouping silver frames with cherished family photos. 
I too, love to display family photos. We have them sprinkled around the house, from the master bedroom, to the living room, my office and my husband’s office, with our family members displayed and enjoyed every day.
Monica also believes in living with and loving collections by displaying them in an artful manner to enjoy every single day. I couldn’t agree more. I enjoy my plate and dish collection grouped on a wall or on the sideboard. That’s living with what you love. 
Insulators grouped together make a collection in that beautiful shade of turquoise.
Did you know that 3 or more of something is a collection? Begin with a few and build from there. So what is it that catches your eye? Collect it and have fun displaying that collection. 
Pretty books grouped together can be enjoyed as beauty or literature. 
A basket of shells and driftwood captures memories from our visit to the beach one summer. Priceless and sweet memories of walking on the beach, picking up every one of these salty treasures.
Monica sent me my very own copy to treasure and she has generously offered to give a book to my readers too ($30 value), so if you’d like a copy for yourself, just leave a comment on this post, telling me what your favorite treasured collection for your home might be.
What is that special thing that you love and are living with too? Cherished family heirlooms, family photos, or pieces that you have collected yourself?
Are you living with what you love? I hope you are!
{Giveaway will be open until Saturday evening.}
I collect and display flower frogs, white pitchers, hearts, Fostoria American pattern glass, picture frames, old bottles and cans, and sea glass or any other treasure from the beach. probably other things that I can’t think of….all of these things mean something special to me.
I collect a few different things, bright colored glass, books, etc. However, dust seems to be my biggest collection currently.
I have a wonderful collection of old photos of our grandparents and great-grands. I was also excited to get a Bible that belonged to my great-grandmother. I also collect old books–especially children’s stories. We have books everywhere in our house. Thanks for this chance to win.
Blessings!
Marilyn
Years ago my daughters, along with their father, started purchasing a single Brighton silver frame (each has a heart motif somewhere on it or is in the shape of a heart) for Christmas. Every year we insert the girl’s Christmas picture. It enables us to see how much they have grown from year to year. It started when they were around 6 and 10, they are now almost 17 and almost 21.
My most favorite treasured collection would have to be all the dish linens my grandmother left me. They’re really amazing, and since they’re from her, it makes them even more fantastic!
My favorite collection is an outfit that i had framed for each one of my 4 kids when they were infants. They are so sweet and they make me and them happy everytime we look at them.
My most treasured possessions are family photos! Running a close second are the paintings and drawings done by very talented mother and grandmother during their lives. I miss them both so much and I love the idea that my children have grown up in a house decorated with family photos and art created by their grandmother and great-grandmother.
I collect china plates from our travels, small china pitchers, and heirloom linens (mostly tablecloths), some from family and some secondhand. I use all of them in various ways throughout my home, but I’m always looking for more ideas. I would love to win this book!
My shell collections are my most cherished. They remind me of the beach and spending time with loved ones.
Rhoda,
I enjoy old photos. I too love the way you have displayed some of your old family photos. I would love to win this book.
My collection of silver trays, my obsession with lamps and an antique plate collection my mother in law had started for me when I was in my early twenties.
I too love your plate collection…I have a vast collection of Hummels, started way before you could buy them in so many places as now. Guess one day I will give them to my children—-I hope them will want them!
My mother worked in the small, local Post Office from the time I was a few weeks old, until she retired many, many years later. Right before she retired, the town built a new, larger Post Office. Most of the “furnishings” were moved to the new office, but a few things were retired. One of those things was a large oak mail sorter. It sat in our out building for years, but when we built this house, we found a perfect spot for it, right in the living room. We kept it it’s original Federal Steel Blue color and it still has all the address labels stuck to the front. We definitely get more comments on that mail sorter than anything else in this house!
I like things that remind me of my childhood——old pictures, etc. I also have been displaying some plates and white/cream ware.
I love alot of the things in my home. I have old family photos as well as my favorite collections of crosses, roosters and my sand collection. I decorate my home with what makes me happy and for my family and for myself. If might not be for everyone but it works for us.
Hi Rhoda, I need help in the area! I have a hard time displaying accessories, but love the idea…would love to win this book and try some of the ideas in it! Thank you for the chance!
Definately my quilts that my nana and my husbands grandmother made, family photos,and my scrapbook my mom made me of my life and all my big moments. I love this book and have been wanting it.
My current treasure is my grandmother’s old cookbook, something I am trying to figure out how to preserve and share with the other women in the family.
My favorite collection has to be our family pictures. I try to limit them to one wall in our home. Would love to see how others display their collections!
I enjoy your blog very much!
I collect tea cups and tea pots. I have a collection of turquoise Ball jars and the insulators too. I would love to have this book!