Gallery Wall

I finally finished another lingering project.  Back in March I showed you a picture of my family room.

But I didn't show you the other side where I took the picture from.

See that huge wall just sitting empty.  I've had the hardest time deciding what to do with this wall.  I already had a family wall on the large wall in my kitchen.

This wall over looks the family room, so I didn't really want to duplicate that.  I wanted something different.

I thought of a lot of different things I could do - hang up some store bought art work, various pictures, homemade art, pictures of my family, but I just wasn't feeling it.  If you know what I mean.  So the wall sat empty.  I recently came across this site that offered tons of different patterns and designs that you could download here.  So that's exactly what I did - I downloaded a few and had them printed at Costco as a 5x7.

I wanted to add some color to this room too, so I picked colors that went along with my throw pillows I covered.  I found some 10x10 frames at Michael's that were on sale for $3.99 each regular $9.99, but with an additional 25% off coupon I got them for $2.99 each - sweet!!  I bought 12.

Then I added the colorful designs and they were ready to hang.

I am still deciding if I want to paint the frames the color of the design or if I should just leave them.  For now, they will stay black.

I love the nice neat rows.  I must admit it took me about an hour or so to hang them.  All those measurements take a little time.  I love how they fill the wall space now.

So what do you think - paint the frames or keep them black?

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