Photo Gallery Wall

 I finally have my family gallery wall put up in my living room and 

I could not be more in love 

I have two windows in my living room and a closest so there wasn't just one 

wall big enough so I decided to put it in the corner on two walls 

I had never seen this before so I was just praying it would look 

good and I think it ended up pretty sweet 

What do you think?

Here is what I did:

First I have been collecting frames here and there for a while now 

90% of them are from the DI

the white ones are from the dollar store

the wooden ones are from 

and I had a few just laying around

Cheap cheap cheap 

 I didn't care what color they were cuz I am going to be 

painting them so I just wanted them to 

have good bones and pretty lines  

look for different shapes and sizes 

that when painted will look uniform together 

 Next I painted them 

I painted most of them white

 And a few yellow

for that pop of color 

I was looking for to bring out some brightness in the room

Ok so I did have a bit of a disaster and stressful moment

but all was good after a call to my mom 

when I started painting these they were bubbling and the paint was running

make sure when you spray paint the frames 

you prime them then do a light sanding 

and then paint them 

do not skip the priming or you will have to start all over like I did 

take my word for it 

Thank goodness it all worked out after a few tears 

 While the paint was drying I took out my paper and pencil

and started mapping out how I wanted the wall to look

I drew out which frames I wanted where 

and what pictures I wanted to get printed 

in what size and where each picture would go

 This is a great tip:

I traced my frames on some paper and 

taped them up on the wall exactly where I wanted them on the wall

this saved me so much time 

and I have less holes in my wall

I could move them around as much as I wanted without 

damaging the wall until I loved it 

and knew right where I wanted them to go

 Once I knew right where I wanted them to go

it was time to get them up on the wall 

I put the nail in the wall on top of the paper, removed the paper 

and hung up the frame right where it was supposed to go

In addition to the frames

 I added a U that I painted blue and a plaque that I made that says 

 WE CAN DO HARD THINGS 

to learn how to make one go to my post HERE

 this is a grate phrase and reminder to me everyday  

 Next you need to get your pictures printed and in the correct sizes

I ordered mine from costco and they all turned out beautifully 

and it was so cheap for how many I needed printed

Here it all done frames painted, up and pictures in them

 I have a great mix of wedding, Maddux, family, me and Ty

Now I just need to get some new family pictures taken

and get Holden's newborn pictures up there

now that we are a family of four 

there is it in my whole living room view 

Gotta love the swing as part of my living room furniture haha 

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