How to Create the Perfect Gallery Wall

The best way to fill a large wall or entry way is by using a gallery wall. Each piece will allow you to tell your story and make your house a home. Gallery walls are also very versatile by allowing you to showcase your adventures, family and favorite artwork.

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Before you get started make sure you know the overall style you are going for.

Is it organic or structured?
Will you mix and match photography with artwork?
How big of a space will you be filling? Will there be a mix of color or all black and white?
Will you be mixing textures with your frames?

If you are looking for more inspiration we curated a few styles for you to browse.

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Create a Mockup Before Hanging Your Frames

This is essential to making sure the frames you have or want to purchase will fit your space. You will need grid paper, a pencil, painters tape and preferably a fabric tape measure. Keep in mind there are many alternatives to these supplies but we have found this to work the best.

Begin by measuring out your wall and each frame you plan on using. Then you will begin drawing out your frames on your grid paper based on your gallery wall vision. Although a structured gallery wall is easier to plan, an organic wall can still be done with this technique.

Pro tip: Each grid box can represent 1in in order to accurately and easily draw out your gallery wall plan.

Once you feel good about your layout, you will then take your painters tape and use it to replicate your drawing to actual size. This will give you an idea of scale before adding holes to your wall.

Define Your Images Before Printing

This is important when creating an organic gallery wall because you will have a variety of frame sizes and potentially different frame materials. You can use the same grid paper drawing to plan out each frame. While there is no wrong way to divide up your images, these few ideas will help elevate the look.

If using color and black and white images you will want to mix and match across frames as much as possible. This will allow the wall as a whole to look cohesive. The same goes for illustrations and photo based images.
This idea also works based on the amount of color in your images.
Put airy images on top to avoid a top heavy look.
When creating an organic look use your smaller frames for your bolder images in order to balance out the focal point of the wall.

With these ideas in mind begin writing down the specific image you want in each frame. You will then use this to order any frames and images needed for your project. Keep this mockup as a blueprint to guide you as you begin hanging the artwork on your wall.