A gallery of framed children's artwork lends a sentimental touch to the simple entryway. A row of hooks is at just the right level for her children to hang up bags and coats.

The mudroom is the first point of entry for a lot of kids, so mount their prized artwork where they can see it right away. Choosing a variety of frames in a single color, though varying their visual weight, ties the potpourri of pieces together.Get more ideas for fun and colorful kids' spaces

During my housewide decluttering, everything was in play. Even my children's art and writing was sorted. If only gluing was involved, I was able to part with it, but if it was personal writing, especially if it said, "Mama, I love you," it automatically went into the "keep" box.Family portraits the children drew were also dear to me. I loved seeing each child's vision of who we were through the years. In the portraits our bodies might be only big circles, or they might be sophisticated enough to have arms and legs with hands and feet. In some we floated in the air, and in others we were lined up neatly: Paul, me, Christopher and Lydia and then, when she came, Eden. One thing that was consistent in every single one is that we all wore enormous smiles. In those portraits nothing got us down.My friend Jane, who was helping me declutter, said, "Honey, you can't keep every card your kids made you." I told her I could — everything fit into two medium Rubbermaid tubs — and I did ... for two more months, until I lost it all in a house fire.The day of the fire, when Jane called, before she could say a word, I said, "Well, I finally got rid of those two containers of papers you were bitching about!"In the early days after the fire, I was just so happy to be alive and to have my whole family safe. What we had lost was merely stuff, and I could live with that. Truth be told, I felt a strange relief. Of course I was in shock, and I hadn't yet taken an accounting of what had been lost, but even so, after a lifetime of tension with my belongings, I mostly felt free. I had spent the better part of a year carefully sorting through my possessions before the fire. I had made thousands of decisions on what could go and what I had to keep. It was only after I lost everything that I realized how much of my resistance in parting with my possessions came from a fear of making a mistake. Once it was all gone, I was no longer afraid.A Wondrous ThoughtHas this ever happened to you? You find something cool. You're not exactly sure what you're going to do with it, but you love it; you know you'll think of something. Maybe it needs a bit of work but, well, you'll get to it. Except you don't. For years it sits in a corner collecting dust; you may even move it to another house ... or two, but you're so going to do something with it someday. And then finally you face it: You won't. So you donate or give it away and practically the next day you see online or in a magazine the very thing, but spruced up or used creatively in a way that would have been perfect if only you hadn't gotten rid of it! If you're anything like me, you try to blow it off: "Oh, well," but you don't really. It comes to mind from time to time and there's that, "Ugh! I should have kept that." Just a few weeks before the fire, I found an antique rug at a sale. I debated about buying it but decided to let it go. Within a couple days I knew I had made a mistake: It was beautiful, such a good deal and, now that I was thinking about it, I could have used it in three different places. What had I been thinking? "Oh well," I said, and forgot about it, but then a few months after the fire, I remembered. "Ugh!" Why didn't I buy that?" I thought.

Display pics frames

kids artwork above kitchen table, in hallway to bedrooms

Coat stop and artwork display

kids

pictures

kids art work

Madeline's artwork

Art

Tekeningen

Should display my kids art

peg board under small shelve? would not be a clean line but very practical

Art work above the hooks

hooks

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kids art work

Framed kids artwork in mudroom

grandkids art

brennans art work

mudroom-kids art

Simple art

kids artwork beautifully displayed above coat area

Art framed

Need to have

Frame Manu's artwork

Yep

Framed art

Frame kids art

idea para los dibujos d elos futuros hijos...

kids artwork

Framed kids art

Framed pictures

Kids art

kids art

Must try!

Kids wall

Art wall- change regularly

Mudd room

holly

Pictures

piesinukai

Mud room artwork

Excellent idea now I know what to do with all the treasured pictures I have hoarded.

Children's gallery in basement

Hang above bench, use a variety of different frames. Take out the glass and insert corkboard so it's easier to change artwork and maintain.

above bench and coat hooks -- use a variety of different frames, I'd take out the glass though and put in corkboard. Easier to maintain.

Pictures framed.

Arte niños

kids art work and hooks

Kid art

For family entry

hallway

Chars artwork

kids drawings

color on the wall and the black frames...a little ecclectic and clean looking at the same time

Picture art wall

children's art work

kids art is organized AND on display. Celebrate the child's art!

keepable art

love

Ollie artwork

kids artwork wall with kids hanging spaces

Kids art gallery wall

Kids art

pics

cuadros

art wall of the kids drawings through the years. Fabulous idea...

Children's art

hanging jackets in hall under artwork

Displaying kids' artwork in cloakroom

displaying kids art work

pictures

framed kids artwork

Framing drawings

de-cluttering

Inexpensive kid art wall in mudroom.

Organizing

In laundry room

mudroom

pickney art . . .

Kids art

Art wall

artwork wall

grandkids pics

KIDS DRAWING IN PLAY ROOM

kid entry

Lorens mudroom

Great way to display kids work.

real art

Displaying Children's Art

Children's artwork

framing the kids art

pics

Pared

Mud room art.

Mudroom.

Good way to show kids artwork

playrom

kids art

Hall

Norah's artwork

showcase kids artwork

Mud room frame display

a great way to display elias' artwork

Lovely kids coats and clutter area

kids artwork

dibujos enmarcados

Great idea to display your children masterpieces.

cuadros MD para su cuarto

need to do!

Wall Hangings in Hall

Picture framing ideas

Fun idea for mud room

kids art work

kids artwork above hooks!

Displaying Lydia's artwork all in one place...about the coat rack.

Too cute

Kid pics

making kids art part of daily life

art display, hooks

framed choldrens art in mudroom

good way and possibly place to display artwork

Idea for art.

nice space

frames, good for our hallway

picture wall

good idea for AVa's artwork

kids paintings

Kids

childrens drawings

kids art/ coat rack

mudroom pics

the picture gallery

For GoGo

Mur enfant

display grandchildren drawings

white frames above chalk board?

framed pictures of kids artwork

Busa

Picture and initial over individual coat hook section

kids pics

Mud room. 3rd floor

children's gallery wall 2

Kids art

Children's artwort

Kid's art displayed "Professionally" rather than just stuck on a wall

Sweet

kids art work framed above their storage area awesome

Framed children's art work

I love kid art work

Kids work shown

love this

Creativity

kids art display organization

Great way to save the best of Emily's (& Hugo when he's old enough) artwork!

kids art work

Kids art work

Grand kid art

Katie's room

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Kids artwork

Do this above the coat rack in the mud room

front entry

Entryway

Showcasing the kids artwork

station for kids backpacks, coats, and framed art

Great for my son's drawings.

Kid stuff

for mud room!

Love this idea!

kids art

Declutter judith se prentjies

in hallway to toilet/bathroom

like coat rack idea, framing kids pictures

framed kids art

Paintings above coatracks cut off wall suceasfully

pictures

Kids art display!

Decluttering is my greatest need!

kids' art arrangement

Photo placements

kids artwork

An artsy way to display my grandchildrens artwork

Emma

office!

kids pictures

Kids pics in mudroom

For entrance hall

For hallway going out to pool

Love the idea of framing the kids pics somewhere on the wall

Wow! This solves so many issues for us.... I'm doin' it.

kids paintings

artwork display

to my future kids

the artwork at the entrance

Kids Art

wall of glassed and framed childhood artwork