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Greta’s Gallery Wall (Part 2)

May 6, 2011

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There are probably 101 different ways to hang a gallery wall, and my way isn’t new or innovative–it is just what works for me.  In the case of Greta’s gallery wall, the circumstance is a little different because there is no furniture in the room to center things over or to gage how high to hang the pictures.  I remedied that in no time by taping off her 59″x34″ crib on the wall where it will soon (keeping my fingers crossed) sit.  It took only a minute and it made all the difference as far as visualizing and spacing was concerned.

I pulled out our big roll of butcher paper and arranged the frames just as I planned out.  I used the top of the paper as a guide to keep things level.

And then I traced away–which is kindergarten-simple, but also the most important part of this task so I took my time and made sure my lines weren’t going caddywompus on me.  Straight. Clean. Level lines.  That’s what we’re going for.  After that, I measured where the hangers were on each frame and put an x in that exact spot….which would be hard to mimic with crazy, inaccurate lines, huh?

I knew that the frames on the paper were level, so when I taped the butcher paper up on the wall, all I had to do was make sure the paper was level and lined up with the outline of the crib.

I drove screws right through the X’s on my paper and into the wall.  And ripped off the paper.  

And held my breath as I hung the frames.  Perfecto!

Even though I left a solid 2 feet of space between the top of Greta’s crib and the bottom of the lowest frame, I didn’t want to take any chances of her ripping one of the frames off the wall and it shattering on her.  I can’t even think about it.  So, I took an extra safety precaution and attached industrial strength velcro to the corners of all four frames on the bottom row.

Immovable—and then I patted myself on the back. 

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  1. DoublClik says:

    THANK YOU for showing the proper way to put up a gallery wall, after bringin home the anthropologie catalogs, Rory and I are ready to put our first in our office!

  2. Michaela says:

    It looks awesome! I’ve seen the template way of doing things, too! It’s such a good idea to make sure it looks good before you start putting holes in the wall (:

  3. Meagan says:

    That is a BRILLIANT way of hanging pictures. Ryan and I struggle with those gallery looks because sometimes it can look cluttered but that is PERFECT> Not too many frames. Not all pictures. A beautiful variety. LOVELY. Greta is going to LOVE it. Ryan and I can never agree on picture frames so that’s why we only do black frames with our stark white walls. Can’t wait to paint…someday!!

    Brinley always points to her name on the wall above her crib and says ‘Brinley” sortttttaaaa.. It’s like “Biiinnn leeeee” CUTE!!!

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