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5 Fun Ways to use Polaroid-Style Photo Prints in Your Decor! 📷

Originally Published Mar 03, 2025Updated Mar 04, 2025

Is it just me or has there been a massive return of everything vintage in the past few years? Vinyl records, 90s fashion, and Polaroid pictures are just a few examples! They have made a massive comeback, and it’s funny to think that the last time they were all the rage was years and years ago.

Obviously, the one thing that particularly stuck with us is the rise of Polaroid pictures (photo-printing company, duh). This is why our “Retro Prints” were introduced - the perfect Polaroid-style prints that enable you to turn all your digital memories into cool polas easy to edit!

However, we see a lot of you out there jumping on the vintage train but wondering what to do with these Polaroid-style prints. How am I supposed to use these? How do they differ from normal prints? Not to worry, you ask, we provide. These premium quality prints are multifaceted and you can do so much with them it can get overwhelming!

So, we’ve gathered a list of the best ways to use these prints to switch up your home decor (or gift them to a friend in need of interior design inspo who will be thrilled to receive them)! Get your pencil and notebook at the ready (or your iPhone’s note app, because 2025 baby), you have some advice to write down!

Our Favorite Tricks on How to Display Polaroid-Style Photo Prints in Your Home 🖼️

Trick 1 - Create an Aesthetic Wall of Prints!

Who said you can’t turn your house into an art gallery? Certainly not us! We love the idea of bringing some museum vibes to your place and we’ve found the perfect way to make it happen: a Polaroid-style photo wall!

Just order your favorite pics with Picta, pick a corner of your home that is lacking a bit of personality, and lay out your photos in whatever way you feel best. Arrange them in neat little lines for a clean girl aesthetic effect or make it more heterogenous for more dynamism; you do you!

There is more than one way to embrace a little museum aesthetic in your house decor, and we bet you’re going to love this really fun twist to the previous trick! All you need to do is to hang some colorful string on a large frame and use white mini pegs to clip the prints and let them cascade down!

If you’re a fan of modern and airy home vibes, this simple trick is bound to make the shortlist for best piece of home decor ever (and your Instagram feed will thank you)!

Trick 3 - A Lovely Throwback in Your Kitchen!

If you’re craving an even easier way to make the most of your new Polaroid-style prints (no judgment here, the easier the better in my opinion 🤭), this third tip is going to win you over: transform your fridge in a retro memory throwback!

Just get some little magnets - nothing too fancy as you don’t want attention to stray too far away from these gorgeous photos - and arrange your prints in whatever pattern you like!

Hands holding retro prints in front of a wall of retro prints

Is There Anything Cuter Than a House full of Polaroid-Style Prints?

There really isn't! They are trendy and versatile - creating a piece of home decor that fits your vibe has never been easier!

Trick 4 - Magic Memory Fairy Lights!

Okay, now this is for all the whimsical fairy cozy vibes lovers out there (that’s a long one, but I hope you see the picture), and my own personal favorite way to use Polaroid-style photos: turn them into warm light memory garlands!

All you need to make it happen are some fairy lights, small pegs, and your Picta photo order! Clip the pics to the string of fairy lights, hang it up, and voilà - you’re in for an interior design treat!

Trick 5 - Bringing You Cute Countryside Vibes!

Here's a project similar to the floating gallery but with the added cottage-core countryside vibe! Get a nice-looking piece of wood (you can buy it in a craft store but, honestly, you’ll do just as well with something you can find on your morning forest walk), some rustic string, and some mini wooden pegs.

The only thing left to do is to clip the retro prints on the string with the pegs and hang this beauty in your living room to be admired as you go about your daily life!

Picta’s Vintage Vibes Q&A 🎀

Can You Print Polaroid-Style Photos?

Of course you can! With the vintage frenzy taking over the world these last few years, Picta developed it’s Retro Prints design which allows you to turn your favorite pics into Polaroid-style paper memories with just a few clicks! No need to buy an expensive special camera, we’re making it 10 times easier!

Where to Print Polaroid-Style Photos?

Picta is a multi-partner business which means that you can get your retro prints ready for pickup same-day at your local Walgreens OR CVS! Our goal is to make printing memories as easy as possible for you busy kings and queens. No need to thank us, we know we’re elite. 👑

Can I Turn Normal Photos Into Polaroids?

Abso-freaking-lutely you can! 🤩 Creating your polaroids has never been easier! All you need to do is head to picta.com, select the retro print format, choose your favorite pics from your phone, and boom, you can pick them up 1h later! All these beautiful pictures gathering dust in the depths of your camera roll can be transformed into high-quality photo paper vintage masterpieces faster than it takes to say “cheese”!

How Do You Display Polaroid-Style Pictures?

Well, if you don’t have an answer to that question, I suggest you scroll back up and check out all our tips on how to use these gorgeous prints as a trendy and original home decor!

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Written by Camille from Picta

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Camille LOVES writing fun and trendy articles to share the whole Picta’verse with you (because we’re about so much more than just printing pictures here)! Some fast fun facts: gym rat, bookworm, amateur baker, and die-hard Potterhead. If you look for them, you will find little hints of her love for all these different worlds hidden in her writing!

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