So we’re all carrying around digital cameras… whether integrated into our phones, traditional digital point-and-shoot cameras, or digital SLRs. We are taking more photos than ever before, so at least some of them are bound to be good, right? Now the question remains: how can we best display the wonderful visuals that we have captured? The answer is: personalize your space with them!

First let me make one thing clear: I am not talking about a regular personalized photo-mug or mouse pad that you can order from any online photo printing service. Think bigger and bolder! I am talking about making your photos the focal point of a room, proudly displaying your best snaps and giving them the attention they really deserve!

Your Photo Blinds

Don’t have a room with a view? Do something about it! Get your favorite photo printed on window treatments like blinds or shades. Balcony Vacations is one of the companies who offer this service, and some of them do customized sizes as well. With the daylight spilling through your blinds and illuminating your photo of a French meadow you can bring a little piece of nature into the city and pretend it’s summer all year long…

Your photo Table

Desktop Design is an Austrian firm that produces tables with photo and graphic surfaces. They provide a collection of high quality photos to chose from, but are also open for you sending them your photo or pattern to include in a table top. Their tables come in different sizes and you can choose between aluminum and wood materials. FYI: their website is only in German…

Your photo Tiles

Tired of those pale pink tiles in your bathroom, or the decorative village motif tiles in the kitchen? Why not replace them with one, or several, of your own wonderful photos? Fotokakel is a Swedish company who transfer high resolution photos onto glass tiles. They offer a library of photos to chose from, but are also open for you supplying your own photos. You can have your photos converted into one tile, or blown up on a set of many tiles. So now you can have your own photo of reef fish, shot while diving in Fiji, covering your shower walls. FYI: their website is only in Swedish…

Your photo Wallpaper

Wallpapers have been in for a while. Why not truly own your walls by marking them with your own photos? There are several companies that offer to turn your photos into wallpapers. Of the ones I have looked at ID-Wall is the only one publishing their prices, while the others say they will send you a quote based on your online inquiry. I personally have mixed feelings about photo wallpapers, but like anything else it can be pulled off with good taste and an eye for composition. It will certainly add character to your home!

Your photo Lighting

According to the Swiss company Anathome these ultra-flat LED panels, covered with prints, veneer, wallpapers or fabrics, will be in production soon. I expect they will let you customize the panels with you own photos. Anathome’s concept is modular panels (Yay, I love modular systems. Its like LEGO for adults!), and besides the announced LED panels they do regular wall panels and other surfaces customized with photos or other types of finish.

Prefer graphic designs over photos? I bet all these products can be personalized with your own high resolution design as well as photos. Go crazy with creativity