At the end of December I posted about finding & spray painting my 25 frames for the picture wall I wanted to create.
Now I’m about half way through hanging my pictures & thought I’d share some of my progress 🙂 To arrange my pictures I traced each one onto newspaper and then labeled each corresponding frame & paper with a number so I wouldn’t have to play the guessing game later on.
I started with the three central 8×10 , since I knew I wanted that to be the focal point, and then worked my way outward from there until all my papers were placed. I ended up adding a couple more frames that I had around the house to make it look “just right.”
And now we are in the process of filling the frames! I wanted to arrange them first so I would know which way the pictures would be oriented. I started with some of our favorites, and so far I’m pretty pleased with our selections.
I also created this guy that needs a home:
So we clearly have several frames left to fill – which to me is the fun part! – but definitely a lot farther along 🙂 It really helps to have the frames ready and the overall layout configured. Hopefully I can manage to get some better quality pictures when it’s all finished 😛
It's looking great! I saw on The Simple Things blog about framing some colorful cloth napkins. I think that's next on my DIY list.
I LOVE this~ I have wanted to do something like this in our stair well and haven't had the nerve….hmmmmmm Maybe you could help me??????????
Thanks! I haven't seen that one yet – I'll have to check it out… sounds very interesting!
I would love to! 😀
It's coming along so well! I like it!
Thanks! I'm down to 4 left now, so I'm hoping to finish soon! 🙂
I'm going to steal this idea for your room/my den re-do 🙂 I love it!!
Awesomeness!
I love your photo wall. I've been planning on doing one as well, however, who knows when that will happen now. 😛
aww thanks! It definitely takes time… I've just been working on it a little bit each day… {it's finally done tho!} – Maybe this summer when ya don't have classes it will be easier 🙂