Decorating tip: memory box

Trace the journey of your lives together and hang it on the wall with a sequence of memory boxes.

Available from department and homeware stores, these box frames are a wonderful way to preserve those little things that represent joyful moments in life. Rather than hiding them away, you can create a pictorial narrative – the trip to Florence you saved so hard for, something from your wedding table, baby’s first rattle, a pair of tiny ballet shoes – these are the treasures that tell the story of a life.