My Awesome Pinterest Gallery Wall
I actually completed a DIY / home decor project I saw on Pinterest! I have a giant blank wall off the side of my living room and it needed some spicing up. I saw this pin on Pinterest and thought I could totally do that. In fact, I could totally rip that off. I want a Pinterest Gallery Wall! I wanna be cool!
Pinterest Gallery Wall
I marked a line down the center of the wall with 2 inch blue painter’s tape.
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| See? Told ya. Big giant blank wall. |
I bought frames ranging from 3×5 to 11×14 all at the dollar store or Walmart. The most I spent on a frame was $5, which was the 11×14 size. The majority of the frames were 95 cents to 1 dollar. I decided it would be easiest just to take the inserts of the frames and arrange them around the line. I knew it wouldn’t account for the frame itself, but I was willing to be a little off around the edges. I spaced them to where I thought the edge of the frame would be. This way I could see if I had enough of each size. My husband said he liked the way it looked like this and I should keep it this way. Ha.
Next, I hung the frames with this special picture hanging tape stuff. Let me tell you – SO much easier than putting a million holes in this wall! And I tested these things – they really do come off the wall without taking the paint or drywall.
Finally, I took the blue tape off and it looked perfect!
All of the pictures I used are in black and white, which took me a while to do in Photoshop on my computer. The prints of all the photos were actually more expensive than the frames. Overall, I believe this project took about $70-80 to complete. Pretty awesome, if I don’t say so myself! It wasn’t too time consuming, although it definitely took a few hours to do over the course of a couple of days. I am thrilled with the way it looks and people who have come over have loved my Pinterest gallery wall looks, too!
How many strips did you use per picture and where did you place the strips, on the wall or on the frame (sides, center, etc.) It’s been a while since you did this… Have any of them come off yet?
That is what I was wondering too. The photo has the strips on the wall . Just wondering for future removal, how you get your fingers between the frame & wall to release the strip.
This is a great idea for a large wall. I have black and white pictures hanging along my hallway walls. All black and white. I went to any resale shop and found mainly wooden picture frames some with matting, too. I used household black paint to paint frames and painted the matting either black or white. The cost for a frame and a bonus if you find a frame with the matting and a hook to hold picture on the back of frame. Frames cost me from .25-$3.00 each. It was time consuming to take the frame apart, paint frame, matting, wash, clean and dry glass, but so worth it. I did this to about 40 frames and they’re all hanging in the hallway. Vintage pictures of Grandparents, Parents, siblings and any other family member. I am so happy with the results and encourage you to try this..you will enjoy looking at memories of loved ones for years. Happy framing!
That’s awesome!! I love the idea of painting and doing it on the cheap. Large walls just beg for gallery walls, especially long hallways!
Hi. Great job. What type of sticky tape is that, so I don’t have to drill holes on the wall. Did you put tape all over the frame?
I used the command strips! I put about two per picture frame!!
Lovely work, but the command strips will come out after some time, this is base on my experience using them.
They’ve been up for five years and counting!
Could you list what size and how many of each frame you purchased? Im having a hard time figuring out what size frames to get and your set-up looks perfect.