How To: Gallery Wall

Hi there!

Glad you could stop by. I am so excited to share my project with you guy. I have been wanting a Gallery Wall in my apartment for forever now. I was so excited that MPix made this dream come true!

I wanted to share how exactly we created this masterpiece.

What You'll Need

The materials and the build are actually pretty simple. We had the eight photos, eight frames (we chose to go with frames that would give a white matte boarder for our gallery), and sixteen command strips! We got the command strips that could hold eight to sixteen pounds just to be safe.

Steps & Details

The first step is to decide how many images you want for the wall and how you want the images on the wall arranged. I have seen galleries before that consisted of 9 images, 3 rows / 3 columns. For our space, I felt as if that layout would make things look more crowded. We would've had to use smaller images, and with the length of the couch, it would've made our space look odd. So, we decided to use the 2 row / 4 column image arrangement.

The next step was getting our command strips and attaching two strips to each frame. We did this so we would not have to put holes in our walls. The command strips also made it easier on us because if an image was not level, we could peel it off and stick it right back on! My best advice: command strips are everything when decorating. Once we had all the command strips attached to the frames, it was time to get them on the wall!

This next part is kind of comical.. We sat on the couch and measured how high our heads could hit. This way the frames would not be too low. We didn't want our guest hitting their heads on our decor! Then, we measured the length of the couch and decided that the space between middle frames would fall directly in the center of the couch. We hung our frames from the inside frames to the outer frames to make sure the gallery was centered above the couch. We measured exactly one inch from the edge of one from the edge of the next, and we continued to hang! Making sure each space measured one inch... we finished! After we finished we went back and made sure all the frames were leveled. And Voilà - You're gallery wall is looking better than ever!