If you’re looking to spruce up your home decor and give it a bit of an edge, one thing you can incorporate into your home is a gorgeous gallery wall. A gallery wall in your home is a fantastic addition. This gives you the opportunity to show off pieces of artwork that you really like, get creative, and bring some personality into your decor.
However, creating the most beautiful gallery wall can be tricky. Here, we’ll look at some pointers that will help you to create yours. Enjoy!
Find Inspiration
Start off by finding inspiration of gallery walls you like so you can create your own perfect wall. There are no rules. You can use a handful of pictures all the same size and perfectly spaced, or you can choose different shapes and sizes and go from there. Looking at pictures of ready made walls will give you an idea of what you like and what you might want to include in your home.
Choose Art And Pieces That You Love
Make sure that anything you pick to place on your gallery wall has meaning to you. If you want to make sure that the wall looks right, you can pick a color scheme in advance and then tie it all together with the frames. This is pretty easy if you look for black or neutral colored photo frames online but you can get creative with those too if you wish.
The one rule you should try to stick to when creating your gallery wall is this: take your time. You shouldn’t expect to find all of the pictures you want to include in one shopping trip. It could take weeks, or even a few months to complete! That is the beauty of a project like this. You really should avoid rushing if you want it to look fabulous.
Don’t forget, you don’t just have to use artwork that you’ve bought. You can use art you’ve created yourself, pieces you’ve found in nature, and even polaroids and photographs of your loved ones.
Figure Out Where You Want To Put The Frames Before Making Holes In The Wall
Don’t go making holes in your wall willy nilly if you don’t know where you want to put the frames yet. You should practice and test this out first. You can do this a number of ways. You can lay out your frames on the floor first to see what they look like in your chosen arrangement, or you can use pieces of plasterboard cut to size and tape them to the wall.
Don’t Get Too Hung Up On Spacing
Some say that your pictures should be 2-3 inches apart, but you need to make sure you’re hanging them in a way that looks right to the eye. Using various spacing methods for different pictures should work well, so don’t be afraid to think outside of the box.
Are you ready to create your gorgeous gallery wall? Leave your ideas below.
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