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| An inspiration wall |
Once again, Trish of
Love, Laughter, and A Touch of Insanity has come up with a way to bring bloggers together, this time with a chance to show what we are being inspired by or creating.
One thing I'm always playing with around here are gallery walls that incorporate more than just one type of wall hanging. Between Pinterest and the home decor blogs I follow, there are no end to inspirational ideas. I love the mix of shapes and textures and the odd pieces that shouldn't blend in but do somehow.
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| My dining room gallery wall |
In my dining room, I used to have a print hanging in the middle of one wall that seemed lost. Soon some plates made their way to the sides of it. But I had this wonderful piece of wood work that needed to be showcased and this wall seemed like just the place. Still, I love my china pieces so this evolving gallery began. It's a mix of family pieces, pieces I've picked up in antique stores, some I've picked up at garage sales. Strangely, it looks more full in real life than it does in the picture. If I ever remember to pick up more plates hangers, there are a few more pieces to be added.
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| My bedroom gallery wall* |
In my bedroom is a gallery wall that started four antique dress prints I inherited from my great-uncle and great-aunt. They have found themselves in many configurations in my room (along with a sister print to the large gold framed print). When my mom gave me the necklace that had been my grandmother's, I wanted to put it somewhere I could look at it and this gallery wall was born. The small purse was a gift and the smaller prints came from my parents. This wall is a work in progress, with another purse that will be added when I find the right pieces to add with it.
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| My powder room gallery |
The home decorating bloggers will tell you to start your gallery wall with a plan, to map out the wall and gather all of your materials before you start. These are the same people, though, that tell you that their own homes are always a work in progress. So it is with my powder room. After I painted it just before Miss H's graduation, I struggled to find just the thing to hang on the walls. Somehow what had been there didn't work. The framed watercolor print went up but it seemed lonely. My mom gave me the print on the wall above the towel rack and then the smaller framed print and suddenly, I had another gallery wall in the works. This one will wrap around the corner when it's done but it's slower going.
I love having these constantly evolving spaces in my home! Do you have gallery walls in your home?
*My mom has given me two more pieces since I originally wrote this post and took the picture. Once I get everything hung, this wall will be officially done. I think.
Very pretty. And so creative. I especially like showcasing the china. I'm not a gallery wall person. Just single pictures for me, but I'm rather minimalist in what I prefer. I like looking at them in other places though. My daughter has begun doing something like this at her house and, as you say, she is constantly tweaking it a bit. She's the creative soul in our family.
ReplyDeleteI've gone all kinds of ways with the walls in my house. Once upon a time, if there was a bit of open wall, I hung something on it. Now I'm more likely to have walls with nothing on them but then the one gallery wall. I'll probably get them all just the way I want them and then six months later, decide they look cluttered and take it all down again!
DeleteI have one gallery wall but there's a few other places I could think of that one would work. It's just a matter of finding the stuff. I love the collection of plates and other non-photo pieces.
ReplyDeleteI've just started all of them with a few of the bigger pieces and then started filling them as I find things around the house. Funny thing is that as I look at the pictures, I see the walls differently and am thinking of other things I need to pull out for them.
DeleteI love them all. This is a talent I admire, but that I'm not good at--you have provided inspiration!
ReplyDeleteA couple of tricks I've found are to make sure you hang things close enough together and that you use a variety of sizes and shapes. On blogs I've seen quite a lot that really don't even tie together with any thread I can see but they look great. Just look for things you like and start playing!
DeleteI really want to do something like this in our playroom but I'm so bad at pulling pieces together and getting started! I think if someone got me started, I could likely add to it...but where to start?? LOVE the gallery you have in the bedroom with all the different pieces. Especially special with your grandmother's necklace.
ReplyDeleteFrame some of their art and hang it - then start playing with things you can add in. You could do so many fun things in a play room!
DeleteI would never have thought of this - it's really clever and creative and I love the groupings :)
ReplyDeleteIt's almost easier than trying to find that ONE piece that fits the space and fits the room and isn't ridiculously expensive.
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