Photo Display

I'm always thinking about new ways to display my photos.  I love a beautifully framed and matted print and a gallery wrap canvas is great too, but I like to change things up.  I have so many pictures of my son, our families and trips we have taken and I just don't have the wall or shelf space to accommodate them all.  Plus, that takes up quite a bit of time.  I have good intentions about switching them out of frames, but well.... good intentions.
I decided last year to make a bulletin board for my living room.  The original idea was to cover with really great upholstery fabric and just do a few larger, artsy prints and use my old brooches as pins.  I have quite a few of them and I don't ever wear them (again, good intentions:).  Some are passed down from family, some are junk store finds and some are newer, but they are beautiful and rarely see the light of day. 
We moved to a new house in February and I still had not made my board (again, good intentions:) because I hadn't found just the right fabric.  I had purchased the frame I wanted during the summer.  It was actually meant to be a frame liner, but I loved the linen covering and thought, why not?  It was large (40x50) and I had planned to hang it horizontally.  When we moved I had a very long, very blank wall in my kitchen.  I decided to go a little more casual with my project and purchased a second frame to match.  They are hanging side by side, vertically, in my kitchen.  I also ditched the brooch idea, but maybe I'll do that someday.
I purchased foam core and had it cut to fit.  I still couldn't find the right fabric though.  Then one day I was on the Anthropologie website and noticed these curtains that I loved on clearance.  They only came in 63" and weren't long enough for my windows and it hit me, they were perfect for my boards.
I starched and ironed the curtains, laid them on the floor and sprayed lightly with an adhesive, then placed the foam core on.  Then, the hard part, I took straight pins and starting from the middle on each side, put them in about every 1".  My fingers were killing me by the end.  You have to pin the middle on each side, pulling tight and work your way out.  Do a little on each side and then move to the next one, so you work evenly.  I did end up with a few small puckers, but the photos cover them.  Next I put in the covered boards in my frames and nailed them in.  (Or you could have a framer do all of this for you, much easier)
All of the photos that I print for the boards, I do with a white border.  I just think it makes them look more finished.  I like to do groupings of photos.  I have a Razorback group, my son in the cotton, ag photos, Toronto photos, Biltmore photos, etc.  Do a few large and then various sizes of small, including square for interest.  I also have some of my son's school papers displayed.  As they rotate out, any favorites will go into frames and with the white border they will look matted.
Hope this inspires you to make a photo display for your home!