Today I’m sharing with all of you how I designed my gallery wall. I revealed the artwork hanging in our living room last week, plus the giveaway to win $100 to Minted. Be sure to enter before Thursday, October 3rd!
You can save
It was quite simple and affordable to design our gallery wall. You don’t need to save a fortune for original pieces or expensive frames if that’s not feasible. Other great options; buying print reproductions, favorite pieces from home decor stores, or little gems at small businesses. Honestly we set up everything including the art, the awesome speaker, frames and hanging supplies for under $250. Speaker you say? Yeah that beautiful framed bluetooth speaker from ReBaroque hanging in the center was a floor display at Anthropologie, on sale for $35. Great find!
Choose a theme or color scheme
To start choosing artwork, think of a theme or color scheme to follow. One common color we wanted to maintain were gold accents in all of the pieces. Gold is the color for many of our living room accessories and looks great on our white walls. One theme we kept in mind while searching for different pieces was adventure or whimsical ways of getting around. Hence the hot air balloon, pink bicycle, and a pair of prints featuring vespas found in Seattle. Notice I snuck in Audrey ;)
Now I kept both gold and whimsical travel themes in mind. I didn’t hunt online for specific pieces, rather discovered things we loved while traveling, shopping trips and of course browsing Minted. It took a few weeks after I narrowed down what I was looking for.
A little DIY goes a long way
Our frames were DIY for the exact reason of sticking to consistent colors/theme. I wanted more gold accents and to have monochromatic frames. Gold frames, for an affordable price, were tough to find especially in the sizes I needed. So we went to one of Michael’s frame sales. We picked out our favorite styles in the correct sizes. Then headed over to the paint eye and purchased a wonderful antique gold spray paint. Some of the frames were thick detailed others completely plain and flat, but the gold spray paint tied them all together.
Make it personal and take your time
Of course the wall is not complete, we plan to add more to the gallery wall in this home and in our next. We’re even collecting a few plates and planning to hang those soon. It’s a process building a gallery wall and you shouldn’t try to rush. Next post I’ll share a few tricks for installing a gallery wall. Fool proof way to avoid a million nail holes in your wall :)
Are you designing a gallery wall for your home? Share what you’re doing or what you need help with!
