Every time I see a gallery wall, I oooh! and awww! over them. I have quite a few in my inspiration folder and I couldn't wait to get started on my own in my home in California. As you know, I really can't sit still and just not do anything, so I started and finished this project in one day over break! Here's how it looked before:
Just a few pictures.
First, I cut out small versions of the picture frames and paintings I knew I had:
Then I drew a sketch of my wall with the bookshelves and my bed. I tried out different arrangement on the sketch before I started nailing holes in my wall.
Eventually, I arrived at this arrangement:
I painted this for the wall:
And bought this small chandelier from Z-Gallerie on sale for only $9.99!
BLOOM is a wall decal and I framed it with a white, backless frame found at Michael's- 40% off!!
I also did a little watercolor painting of polka dots. I got my inspiration from Jen's painting over here.
See that little picture frame above? I made it by framing an inexpensive piece of fabric. I painted the wood frame white then made flowers for the frame.
Just take a long strip of fabric and twist it like this. Then coil the fabric in a circle, twisting as you go. It will end up looking like this:
This is my favorite picture of me when I was little. I'm hugging the statue of a lion at the zoo:
There ya have it! Do you like gallery walls? Have any in your own home??
Hey girlfriends, guess what?! I'm doing an exciting giveaway tomorrow on my Fashion Friday's post. I almost can't contain myself. You're gonna love it. I promise. {It may or may not have something do with keeping your hair beautiful} So come on back (:
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this is great!! i love gallery walls and you seriously did an awesome job! I also love the way you did the shelving, very cool :)
ReplyDeleteI love gallery walls! Yours looks great :)
ReplyDeleteWe have a blank wall in our living room that I've been trying to figure out what to do with and I think a gallery wall would be perfect! You should come out to Georgia to help :)
I love gallery walls! Yours turned out beautifully. I think they tell a great story. We have several in our upstairs hallway of pictures of the girls-one series is on the "cheerleader vs. the volleyball player". Some of the pictures are a riot-the girls even switched uniforms at one point. We then have one of each of the girls for their sport-one cheerleading, one volleyball. We've gotten a lot of compliments on them. I just might have to do a post.
ReplyDeleteI love gallery walls and have plans to work on more in my own home. They just add so much character to a wall and space and I could stare at them for hours! [Okay, maybe not hours but while passing by them I can always stop and just glance at all the photos, vs, just having one or two photos on the wall :) ]
ReplyDeleteLove how yours turned out. Very bright and fun! :)
I love the gallery wall. You did an awesome job! Yayyyy!
ReplyDeleteyours looks wonderful!! great job. that pic of you with the lion is precious :)
ReplyDeleteYou are so stinking talented! I've been wanting to build a gallery wall in our hallway in the apartment, but I need to get my act together and get all of my frames! Yours is stunning.
ReplyDeleteYour gallery wall turned out amazing! I love the bloom decal and dots painting you did :) I posted about my gallery wall...gosh, it seems like forever ago. Many of mine were inspired by MadebyGirl as well! You can find it here: http://tatteredandinked.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-art-wall-is-up.html
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see what you have in store for tomrorow!
My whole bedroom is filled with gallery frames of celebrity autographs and i love it! this is beautiful! super-talent right there!
ReplyDeleteSuper Jam gallery wall!
ReplyDeleteYou are inspiring me to fill my blank walls in my apartment! Ha! Thank you for your sweet comment on my post yesterday!
ReplyDeleteThat looks beautiful. you are like me, you have to be doing a project. I love it.
ReplyDeleteLove this idea! It looks so cute!!
ReplyDeleteI DO love gallery walls and you did a great job on yours! :) We plan to get one up in our basement... at some point this year! haha we have a few things we need to do before we can get it up!
ReplyDeleteWith you all the way! It looks so good and you get to display personal stuff in an orderly fashion. Plus they are a lot cheaper than a big piece of art.
ReplyDeleteYour gallery wall looks amazing! I am planning on doing a couple in our apartment here in SC. I like your idea of cutting out mini frames like you already have in order to find this best arrangement. I might just have to steal this idea!
ReplyDeleteThe picture frame you made is ADORABLE! You are soo creative and busy at that. Everytime I check your blog, you have completed a new project :)
Can't wait for your giveaway!!
This is so cute! You did such a great job and in a short period of time. Looks Great
ReplyDeleteThis looks absolutely beautiful, Michaela!! I love it! My favorite part is the watercolor paiting! What a great idea! I love that chandelier, too! What a great buy!!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for your giveaway! If I can have hair like yours, it'll be a GOOD day!! Haha! : ) Hope you've had a great day, friend!
Love!!! And I just put up decals on my walls.
ReplyDeleteGreat work!
Pssst I have something for you on my blog!
You know that when I have a house you'll make my gallery wall beautiful <3 and I think I'm just as excited about you're giveaway. I knew exactly what it was without reading the parenthesis!
ReplyDeleteLove you <3
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ReplyDeleteIt turned out really great!
ReplyDeleteSuch a good idea to kind of sketch it out before-hand. I should learn from this because one too many times I try to hang things, don't like how they look, and end up with tons of little holes in my wall lol
Looks beautiful, girl! x
Looks awesome Michaela! You are so creative :) Loved the idea of the fabric flowers...i may try that :) & I love Z-Gallerie! What a cheap chandelier...I've been looking for a black one for my room.
ReplyDeleteI will be beack tomorrow to see your give-a-way! :)
hope school is going great
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you did such a great job. I love when gallery walls are a mix of art, photos and other items. I am working on collecting enough frames for one over our couch. It is a big empty wall so I know it will have to be big to make an impact.
ReplyDeleteYou are SO creative!!
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Oh my goodness, that turned out SO cute! Love your style! Love the little chandelier, and LOVE your cute fabric flowers :)
ReplyDeleteI love this Michaela! You did such a great job and you are so incredibly creative! It looks beautiful. It really makes me want to do the same. I love how you incorporated all of the fabric too.
ReplyDeleteLove!
looks fab girly! and love your fashion fri:) and awesome steal on the z-gallerie chandi!
ReplyDeleteHi! I'm visiting from Amanda's. That looks amazing! You did a fantastic job and I totally love the "create" painting you did! It's PRECIOUS! That picture of you hugging the lion is too cute!
ReplyDeleteHi! I'm visiting from Amanda's. That looks amazing! You did a fantastic job and I totally love the "create" painting you did! It's PRECIOUS! That picture of you hugging the lion is too cute!
ReplyDeletei love your gallery wall! it's so funny that i was recently thinking about doing the exact same thing. and when i saw the light that you bought, i realized i had saved a picture of a very similar one onto my computer!
ReplyDeleteIt looks awesome!! I love the little pops of color. You did a wonderful job. :) Thanks for linking up with me. :)
ReplyDeleteThis looks fantastic!!! Great job :)
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