You all told me not to, but I did it anyway: Gallery Wall!

Posted by: laurelstreet on: December 21, 2009

• In: Before and After | Decor
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I know, I know. Every single one of you told me to go BIG with the print concept. But I spent all day wrapping presents and had paper and scissors out and I thought – why not go ahead and cut out templates of all my little prints and paintings from wrapping paper and try the gallery wall idea?

Before: Don't look at me! I'm naked!

After: Hey look at me! Bling!

As Tim Gunn would say, “It’s a lot of look.” And it may be a little over the top but it was really fun to do! You know how fun it is to completely rearrange the furniture? This is almost as good – almost every wall in my house got rearranged yesterday.

Since I have an eternally growing collection (errrr, pile) of things that need to be framed I can always switch things out as they come online. Since etsy.com is an unrepentant enabler of all my framing fantasies – so I know this wall will continuously evolve.

The ‘kraft paper template model’ of hanging art (from Martha Stewart) is well know to us all.

Since I was wrapping presents and had all the gear out - I thought, "Why not?"

But of course I don't do anything without a plan, so I sat down at the computer first. Stan, meet plan.

I bought this laser level for another project but didn't use it then - I should've done so. It is very handy.

Templates all go up on the wall with bits of painter's tape.

Holy Martha Stewart - this worked perfectly! Thank you Martha!!! P.S. If you remove the paper & painter's tape carefully, you can save the templates for next time.

The after, again. Fun and free project.

And since I spent zero money - I went to Whole Foods and picked up one of these for a treat.

So what do you think? Too much of a good thing? Let me know!