Gallery Wall

This month is our six month living in our house home.  I can't believe it - literally it feels like yesterday we were moving in at 8pm on a weeknight and ordering out Olive Garden (moving works up a big appetite).  While we have accomplished a lot (for two people who both work full time jobs) I believe we need to turn it up a notch.  The past few weeks we have been on top of things more because we realized we fell in a slump where we had no motivation to do projects.  T may sometimes feel otherwise - but I am excited to have my motivation back and continue on our journey making the house our own.


So.... my project of the week is to start (and hopefully finish) our gallery wall.  I can look around the house and literally see three things on the wall (a print above the mantel, our organizer in the kitchen, and a mirror).  I have a few thoughts when thinking about our gallery wall - the first is where?  In our last place we had a long LR(living room) so I used the "gallery wall" to balance the wall that the TV was on.  

Excuse the failed Christmas Card Attempt - notice a portion of the gallery wall?  

(I apologize that this is the only photo I have - pre blogging days)

So Hello Pinterest! - I didn't want to use the same set up..... and I'm also debating spraying the frames white? OR maybe a combo of black and white?  Here are a few inspirations I have.... 

I love gallery walls because they break all the "rules" of hanging pictures.  

The different colors of frames.  The mix of framed vs. unframed.  

I love the asymmetry and the large white mats - leaves the wall open. 

These are a few of the frames that I have had on hand and previously used in past places.  I want to include in my new gallery wall ... 

These two images were my mother and father from their twenties... I hope to have duplicate frames for my In laws and hang them in a square somewhere in the house? 

The Beagle print was from T and I's first trip to an Savannah, GA in 2008. The Boat/Seagle print was from a trip to NYC with my Uncle and Aunt in 2005.  

Recently I have acquired some new prints.... 

The top two are birthday presents that I had pinned a while ago on pinterest from my mother in law.  The bottom left two are additional cards from the top left artist.  The bottom right artist did the drawing for a vineyard we frequent in Louisa, VA.