{The Abode} Living Room Gallery Wall

 

This is another project that I don't know what took us so long to complete it. I've been wanting to add a gallery wall of photos to this room forever!  After we had the wood floors installed I felt it was time to finally make it happen.  It took us a few hours and was not as challenging as I thought it would be.

We got the Ribba frames from Ikea and ordered the prints from my photo lab White House Custom Color.  We needed a few tools to get started: level, hammer, painter's tape, ruler, tape measure, calculator and a small screwdriver for opening the frames.

We figured out where we wanted the gallery wall to fit on the wall and made a center line down the middle with painter's tap.  We also arranged the photos on the floor to see what kind of spacing we wanted between the photos.

I think he's making sure our center line is level.

We did some calculations and put painter's tape where we wanted the next rows of photos to go.   We tested out the next row down.

*One tip is to also measure the frames because they can be off a little from what is on the packaging.*  We figured out where the frame would  hang from on the back and used that measurement to add our picture hanging nails to the wall right through the painter's tape.

These were the nails we used.

More checking for level placement of the nails.

After we had all the nails in, we hung the frames to make sure we liked the spacing.

Then we took them all down and added the photos before hanging them up on the wall.  We arranged them how we thought they looked best to our eyes.  It was so hard to narrow it down to nine photos but we can always change out the photos or add more later.

We are thrilled with how it turned out and how it ties the room together now. You can see our Staircase Gallery Wall here.

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