Greetings, blog friends!
We've been busy around these parts, putting some finishing touches on our house before having guests over for breakfast yesterday morning. I've had some things I wanted to hang on the wall but needed to take some time to sort out how I wanted them to be displayed. I used this technique
at our former house and it worked so well I used it again - thought I'd share it here for those who may be interested.
I used a large piece of paper
{One of the perks of being me: my hubby is a painting contractor and has rolls and rolls of masking paper...} and arranged my frames and shelves on top of it on the floor.
I moved things around
{...moved them around again...and again...} and when they landed in an order that I liked I traced around each piece with a marker.
Next, Doug helped me tape the paper to the wall and gave his opinion about how high the grouping should be. For the record, I won the final say.
:o}
Then we put nails in the wall - going right through the paper.
Pulled the paper off, slapped the frames and shelves up there, and we were done.
Hooray.
We like it.
:o)
♥
22 comments:
That looks great!!! Come hang things for me, Deb! Especailly cute shelves! We just don't have the equipment to hang shelves. :( Hammer and nails just don't seem to cut it with those things.
Thanks, Robyn... Truth be told, Doug used anchors for the little shelves. :o)
LOVE this. So cool that you showed how you did it because I thought it was a genius idea when you did it in your last house.
PS: The lighting of these pictures is PERFECT.
What a brilliant idea! Will definitely be borrowing that one. Love how they all look - really great.
Oh Deb I adore how you have grouped your photos, pictures and shelves and know that I am definitely going to be doing something similar once my lounge is finished.
That's a brilliant way of hanging a group of pictures and one that I shall have to remember.
What a great way of doing it,Deb....and the arrangement looks great.
This is fantastic and what a great tip...must remember that one....hope you are now fully recovered...
Love
Kirsti xxx
What a clever idea..it looks fab!
Alison xx
I like it too! Now I want to collect together some pictures and little shelves so I can copy your idea...
What a clever idea, and how lovely all those pictures and shelves look in place - brilliant!
We have a great wall where I'd love to do something just like this, and I LOVE your idea of making a template ... we are a lot slower in the painting stakes though - we need a professional for sure!
What a great idea! I love the way your wall finished up, it looks fab!
and it looks fabulous!!!!
It looks great! We used the same technique when we did a photo wall at the top of our stairs. I think it's almost foolproof.
Stroke of genius! Make that "creative" genius! Very pretty, my darling daughter! Love you! xo
Very clever idea! I have a friend who is a graphic designer and she cuts pieces of paper to the size of her pictures and moves them about on the wall until she is happy - but I think I like this method even better
What a brilliant idea and your grouping looks fab.
So clever! I will have to file this one away for future reference. In fact, I think I'm going to go back and pin it!
Love this!! You should come over to my house next! hehe
OMG you are SOOOOO talented!!! Can I hire you and Doug to redecorate my house??? You have done an amazing job!!!
Super idea! I'll definitely have to remember that one.
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