Photo Gallery

I have been wanting to put up a photo gallery in my hallway for quite some time but it seems like every time I try to put one together they lineup is random and looks awkward.

After browsing pinterest I put together two idea that I loved and have the gallery I always wanted!  I can almost call my idea original since it was taken from two ideas and morphed to fit my taste!

I am amazed at my lack of creativity at times.  All my good ideas are definitely from somewhere or someone else!

We started by figuring out how big we wanted the gallery to be and then painted a square that size on the wall in a contrasting color.  No need to be tedious about your line because they will be covered up!

Now at this point is when the project that should have taken an hour became a four day project.  For some reason still unknown, the paint began to bubble in some place.  Upon "popping" the bubbles we realized that the bubble peeled off all paint, texture, and underneath was exposed dry wall.  So we had to take a break and retexture, prime, and paint those spot again.  Ugh.  Even my painting friends have no idea what happened there.


One the paint dried my husband got out the power tools and made the frame for my gallery!  He cut the leftover baseboard pieces we had to make the frame and nailed it up!

Here is the framing completed.

Now I had purchased some frames and ikea, some fabric and wooden plaques at hobby lobby, and created some accents to go with the frames.  I arranged everything on the floor first making sure I had things the way I wanted them because I didn't want to have to make multiple holes in my wall.

I am planning on mod podging a photo onto the two yellow plaques but I still have not settled on what I want there.  They have to be fairly "timeless" since I won't be able to switch them out.

The big C was something we already had on hand.  If you remember, I used it on a Christmas wreath train wreck last year.  We mounted it on a fabric covered piece of wood to give it a bit more pizzazz and spray painted it yellow with the plaques.

I love how it turned out!  Simple and classy!

Here are some of my sources:
Becky Higgins Blog for the Framing for the Collage Idea
Tater Tots and Jello Blog for Initial Idea and Yellow inspiration

Also thanks to Vintage Buttercup Photography for the recent family photos and
Katie White Photography for the newborn photos!