When we moved into our new home I saw our (much larger) stairway as a blank canvas. I remembered how Lindsay showed me to trace everything with craft paper and hang that first to avoid making unnecessary holes in your walls. So, that's just what I did!
After every photo and mirror was traced I began placing them were I wanted. I actually left the craft paper up for about a week, making a few adjustments along the way. Other then hanging the TV's and my "family" sign I picked up at Pier 1, we hadn't made any marks on our walls yet and I was hesitant about committing to so many new holes! Here is what our stairway looked like before I began to hang my gallery wall.
BEFORE:
AFTER:
A lot of these photos need to be updated, but I wanted to at least get the frames up to start with. The center frame, directly under the "family" sign is a project I just finished and one that I have been wanting to complete for years now. The four sided frame now holds photos of all four sets of grandparents (as in my children's great grant parents). I am so happy with my gallery wall and this grandparent frame brings me smiles daily. Out of the eight of our grandparents, only two are still living, so I can't tell you how much comfort seeing their smiling faces brings me.
I have so many more frames and photos to add, but this is a wonderful start if I do say so myself!
Have you ever used this method to create your gallery wall? I just finished tracing my photo canvases and my next project will be to hang those in our upstairs hallway.
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