What's Hot? Gallery Walls!

Creating a gallery wall in your home is an easy, do-it-yourself way to bring your personal style into any room. There is no right or wrong way to create one and no limit to the possibilities. Before you get started, check out the following tips in our recent blog for creating an eye-catching gallery wall that you will love.

Find your wall. Creating a great gallery wall doesn’t require a huge area to work with. Select a nook or corner in your living room, a small stretch of hallway, or your entry area.

Choose a focal piece. Find a favourite piece of art and use that as the centrepiece for your gallery wall. This could be a large canvas painting, family portrait, metal feature piece, or stylish mirror. Then choose pieces that complement and highlight it.

Determine your theme. Is this gallery wall going to contain artwork and images of all the same texture, colour, and materials? Or are you going to mix and match different prints, photographs, décor pieces, frames, and drawings?

Decide on the arrangement. Gallery walls usually lean one of two ways- linear and orderly or abstract and dimensional. Select the one that matches the look you’re going for and start hanging!

Tie the room together. Your gallery wall doesn't have to end at the wall-floor transition. Consider tying in other aspects of the room by coordinating colours and materials on pieces, such as rugs, furniture, lamps, plants, bedding, decorating pillows, and more. Or, if you’ve already styled the rest of the room, use those colours to inspire the pieces in your gallery wall.

One piece of advice:  if you are thinking of selling your home, make sure that your gallery wall does not contain personal family photos that could distract a buyer. Keep the wall neutral with items that enhance the space and colour scheme of the home without distracting the buyer's attention.

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 Images From: SpaceJoy