Project Gallery

What started off as an idea in my head has exploded on our walls. So far we only have two walls with photos on them, but in my head I would like to have every single one of them loaded with pictures.

I have found many crafty blogs with posts regarding gallery walls. I love every single one of them. they have all given me inspiration to create my own.

First place we started was the wall in our "dining room" area. I put dining room in quotations because it's not really a room, but more of an area behind where the couch and desk sit.

The wall was white and bare. Nothing to give it any life. So, after we got our taxes I made the ultimate decision and booked us an appointment to get our pictures taken. The whole process from leaving the house to leaving the mall was an adventure in itself and I will not get into that. But, needless to say, after 4 and a half hours, we had our pictures and were headed home. The next day I started my project.

First I measured out where I wanted to the pictures to sit, and then I started hammering in some nails. I love hammering nails, it's fun.

This is what the end result came out as...

Though, I know it is not the biggest and most extravagant gallery wall every made, but for now it is simple and I love it. 

The next wall I tackled was the bare wall next to our GIGANTIC television. Trust me when I say it is big. 

There was nothing next to the television. It was where we had our love seat, but we moved that in December to make a space for our Christmas tree. After Christmas was over and the tree was put away we really didn't feel like going through the trouble of moving the love seat back, so we left it in the family room. 

Now I was faced with about a 5' x 3' area to work with. So I set up shop. I craftily made a desk out of two tv trays and the top to my old desk that mysteriously lost one of it's pieces, thus making it so I could not put it together. I laid the top of my old desk across the two tv trays and viola! A new desk for me! I set up my laptop with my printer next to it and had my very own work desk. 

Then I realized the wall needed a little something. So I started digging for pictures that would fit the frames I had. Sadly only 1 of our newly taken pictures would fit. I was so sad. But I did not let that get me down. I love looking at old pictures and reminiscing on the good old days. 

After about 20 minutes of trying to place them where I wanted them to I ended up with a pretty neat looking wall. 

The quilt in the frame is from a quilt that my grandmother made me. It had already been torn up between me, my kids and the dog using it. So I decided to turn it into art. I cut out my favorite part, (the only piece left untouched) and placed it in a frame. 

I love my walls. I will most definitely be adding to them in the future. I can't wait to show you all the process and how it all comes together.