Baby R's Gallery Wall

Over the next few weeks I'll be sharing some sneak peeks of Baby R's nursery as I finish it up and get ready for the big day.  The latest update to the nursery- the addition of a gallery wall.

If you remember- we don't know the gender so I am leaving the frames blank until he or she gets here.  It's a great way to have a gender neutral nursery but still be able to add some girl or boy charm once she/he gets here.

All of the frames are from Ikea and the starburst mirror set is from Target.

My best advice when doing a gallery wall is to buy more frames than you think you'll need and a lot of various sizes that way you have a lot of sizes to play with when you go to lay it out.  Nothing worse than having to make multiple trips to Ikea, especially if those trips are made on a weekend!

Gallery Wall Sources

Gold Starburst Mirror Set- Target Threshold

Light Grey Wood Frame - Ikea Jallvik

Grey Collage Frame - Ikea Osterslov

White Frames - Ikea Ribba

Small Grey Frame - Ikea Haverdal

Gallery Wall Update

Over the weekend the prints I ordered from Mpix came and I was able to complete my gallery wall that I started a few weeks ago- check out my tips for hanging the frames here!  I'm so excited to share it with you all!

Ta-da!

They're mostly photos from our wedding and honeymoon.  And of course our furry daughter Olive!

Did you spot my new garden stool in those photos?
I was so excited to find this cream ceramic garden stool at Homegoods last weekend.  I think it's perfect as a little accent table but can also be brought outside when our outdoor lounge is complete.

Gallery Wall Update

I did it!!  The gallery wall went up this weekend!  Here's a little play by play on how I did .
The gallery wall went in our front entry/living room area.



I started with a trip to IKEA and grabbed every size RIBBA frame they make in white and silver.  I got 2 or 3 of each size.  I knew I wanted to paint a few of the frames gold so I bought a few more white ones than silver.  I bought a bunch so I had plenty of sizes to choose from.  I also had two canvas wrapped pieces I wanted to work into the design as well.



Next I just started putting pieces down and moving them around- I tried to keep the sizes pretty mixed up.  I got to this layout first and I liked it but it felt a little too "orderly".



I only have 7 frames now but I wanted to have the option to add to it later.  I started moving things around again so that this time the frames weren't as lined up around the edges making it easier to add frames.



Once I had my final layout I took a photo of it with my iPad and kept it out as I started to hang the frames.  This made it easier for me to check back and see how I had originally lined things up. I've seen a lot of tutorials where you cut craft paper out to the sizes of the frames, tack them up first and then start hanging your frames to be sure you've got them exactly where you want them.



I'm a little impatient so I just started hanging them!





I grabbed the two small ones and spray painted them gold.  I might still spray paint the large horizontal frame to the right of the canvas wrapped photo.



Sorry about the bad lighting in the photos- I had run out of sunlight by the time I got to the end!



Ta-Da!  Here it is in all its gallery wall glory!  All of the RIBBA frames cost me less than $100 and they even come with a mat- such a great deal!  I'm still deciding if I want to add more frames above it and go closer to the ceiling but we'll see.  Now comes the tough part- picking what goes in the frames!