Bedroom family photo gallery wall

For whatever reason, we don’t have a ton of personal photos displayed around the house. I guess I’d just rather decorate with art and other things. But for a long time, I’ve wanted to turn this wall in our bedroom into a family gallery wall. There were already a few photos there, and in my Photo A Day project last year, I took so many great photos I wanted to display.

The thought of doing all black and white photos briefly crossed my mind, but with the cool colors of the room, it might of looked too monochromatic and dull. In with the bright color!

I scoured the house for empty frames, painting some, finding glass for others. By a quick count, around half were new, bought specifically for this wall, but most were $3 to 5 a piece.

First, I hung the largest pieces and then filled in around them with smaller ones. I didn’t have a complete plan when I started; I hung a few frames at a time, paying careful attention not to box myself in too much. And I tried really hard not to line anything up (though honestly, that really wasn’t that difficult to accomplish).

I made sure to hang photos with small details in the range of eye level (between about four and six feet off the floor) and larger “closeup” photos above and below.

I wanted to hang photos all the way down to the baseboard, but I ran out of frames (and photos), so this will  likely be an on-going project. I’m sure there will be some minor rearranging in the near future, and as time goes on, I hope to swap out some of the photos with those yet to be taken.

While they are all photos of just our little family, they aren’t all portraits. Some of my favorites are anything but. It’s been really nice to lay in bed and stare at all the photos I love. I really underestimated how much I would enjoy that.