Y’all! Yesterday, I used to be wanting on the “earlier than” tour of our home and couldn’t imagine simply how far we’ve are available a matter of 6-ish months. I get so caught up with allllllll of the issues we nonetheless have left to do round right here that I neglect to see the journey generally.
So far, we now have a lounge, a breakfast nook, a powder room, a laundry room, and a visitor/child’s toilet checked off of the to-do checklist, and a eating room and main bedroom largely full too. (Granted, no room is ever actually completed, however you understand what I imply.) We nonetheless have one thing like 10 rooms to go, the outside to wrap up, and ultimately a Section 2 of extra main renovations, however that checklist of examine marks is already far more than we completed in even our first 2 years on the final home.
And now one other one we will name 90% full: the lobby. Bear in mind this?
This house had a lot attraction already, however with a bit paint, a few Craigslist finds, and a few DIY lighting, it turned extra “us”.
And now we’ve added a gallery wall to jazz up our empty stairway that stayed clean for thus lengthy.
It was simply begging for a photograph show, proper?
The earlier than and after of all of it is somethin’ else.
I tried the gallery wall at first by simply making an attempt to eyeball it. Large mistake, HUGE. (Stated in a Julia Roberts a la Fairly Girl voice.)
Our wall began to appear like Swiss cheese due to all of my oopsie nail holes.
So right here’s the previous devoted trick I at all times use (and may have used all alongside).
Wrapping paper.
I used this methodology in our final home too. Simply hint your image frames on previous wrapping paper, minimize them out, mark the place the nail holes ought to go, place on the wall with painter’s tape, and transfer them round as wanted till you’re 100% proud of the location.
Listed here are a couple of extra of my favourite suggestions, if you happen to ever really feel stumped on hanging a gallery wall for your self:
1. Larger frames are higher.
There’s a tremendous line between a properly positioned gallery wall and one which simply appears to be like cluttered. For those who stick with hanging a bunch of 5×7 frames and smaller, the gallery wall goes to look chaotic and messy.
Bigger frames floor the structure, particularly if in case you have tall ceilings. 11×14, 16×20, and 20×24 frames are the very best to begin with, relying on the dimensions of your wall.
2. Dangle the place you need your massive frames first, after which fill in with smaller sizes.
So for our stairway, I began by putting a cutout of this bigger 16×20 body on the high of our touchdown.
3. Use an extended strip of painter’s tape to mark a diagonal line on the angle you need.
I fortunately had a chair rail to information me, however you’ll be able to measure 3-4 ft from the highest of every step, mark with a pencil, and join the dots with the painter’s tape to search out your diagonal line. As you hold your wrapping paper cutouts, place the underside nook of the body on the fringe of the diagonal line you marked with the tape.
4. Keep on with monochromatic or a constant coloration scheme.
The extra frames you might have, the extra cluttered it’s going to look if you happen to use numerous colours in your gallery wall. So I attempt to stick with a “theme” of colours. I really like black and white as a result of it’s easy and traditional. However you’ll be able to stick with a pastel coloration palette or major colours or a scheme of various shades of blue, no matter your model. Consistency helps make it look polished and intentional.
5. Mat your artwork/photographs in order for you it to look extra high-end.
A photograph or a bit of artwork simply feels extra necessary to me if I stick it in a crisp, white mat. So in order for you your wall decor to really feel extra upscale, mat what you show. My frames got here already matted from IKEA and Goal, however if you wish to mat any thrift retailer frames you come upon, you’ll be able to often get pre-cut body mats for $1-2 with a coupon at Michael’s
A few of my frames have been initially silver and gold, however I spray painted them matte black to appear like practically similar Pottery Barn frames. (Mine have been 1 / 4 of the worth although. Ha!)
Each time I stroll into this room now, I discover myself lingering round all the candy photographs from my and Robert’s previous 8 years collectively. Snapshots from our engagement, our wedding ceremony day, Olivia’s firsts as a child, all of her little modifications and progress spurts. I by no means ever wish to take a single reminiscence without any consideration, and I really like that this stairway now retains what’s most necessary on the very middle of our dwelling. It’s a reminder I would like generally within the busy day-to-day hustle.
Now that this house is just about wrapped up, aside from a couple of little tweaks (and perhaps at some point even a hardwood flooring refinishing and including extra oomphy molding to go together with that chair rail), we’ll be busting out the Christmas decor in right here actually quickly. Eek! I really feel like a child on Chri… properly, you understand.
If you wish to find out about any of the sources in our lobby, you’ll be able to see all of them right here:
Do you might have any tips of your personal to hold a gallery wall? Or do you might have a gallery wall already hanging in your home? I’ve 2 extra that I’d reeeaaally like to do spinning round in my head for the time being. When you begin, it’s arduous to cease. 😉
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