How to Create a Gallery Wall
Polly Keene
Chicago Title- Director of Business Development | Real Estate Industry Expert | Real Estate Marketing Strategist | Branding Expert | Helping Realtors build their brand and grow their revenue
Creating a gallery wall in your home is an easy, do-it-yourself way to bring your personal style into any room. There is no right or wrong way to create one and no limit to the possibilities. Before you start, check out the following tips for creating an eye-catching gallery wall you will love.
1. Find your wall. Creating an excellent gallery wall doesn’t require a vast area to work with. Select a nook or corner in your living room, a small stretch of hallway, or your entry area.
2. Choose a focal piece. Find a favorite piece of art and use that as the centerpiece for your gallery wall. This could be a large canvas painting, family portrait, metal feature piece, or stylish mirror. Then, choose pieces that complement and highlight them.
3. Determine your theme. Will this gallery wall contain artwork and images of all the same textures, colors, and materials? Or are you going to mix and match different prints, photographs, décor pieces, frames, and drawings?
4. Decide on the arrangement. Gallery walls usually lean one of two ways — linear and orderly or abstract and dimensional. Select the one that matches the look you’re going for, and start hanging!
5. Tie the room together. Your gallery wall doesn’t have to end where the wall hits the flooring. Consider tying in other aspects of the room by coordinating colors and materials on pieces, such as rugs, furniture, lamps, plants, bedding, decorative pillows, and more. Or, if you’ve already styled the rest of the room, use those colors to inspire the pieces on your gallery wall.