Chouse Gallery Wall

I am a big fan of gallery walls and have always known I would have one in my home. They are a great design tool because there are so many ways to personalize them to one's own taste.

Some people choose to include pictures/objects/art:

Young House Love.

You can do all different frames.

Elements of Style.

Or all the same frames:

Elements of Style.

You can set the frames on shelves:

Lonny.

Or even set them on the floor:

Elements of Style.

But my personal favorite is all black and white pictures in s similar frame style. For our gallery wall (which I started in Houston), I chose to use pictures of people and places that are special to us, and frame them in simple black frames with large white mats.

Right away, I knew where our gallery wall would hang in the Chouse! In the looooong entryway leading up to the main floor of the house:

Everytime I hang anything, whether it be a picture/mirror/shelf/etc, I always just eyeball it. Usually it works out, and if not, you can always move it! So here's what I did in order to figure out how I wanted to hang our pics:

I literally just arranged the frames on the floor in front of the wall I wanted to hang them on... and then hung them! Here is what it looks like now:

If I thought we were going to live in this house for a while, I would definitely wallpaper this wall... but not everyone loves wallpaper so probably not the best idea for re-sale.

xoxo, Emily

PS- What on earth am I going to do with those shelves??