Gallery Wall Ideas

Trace frames and objects you want to include on butcher paper. Cut out and hang on the wall with painter’s tape and move about until you reach your desired arrangement. Hang items with nails. Eyeball it! Whichever way you choose, here's a pro tip: Add dimension with different depths and textures. For example, three-dimensional objects like antlers or dried flowers create visual interest and lend an organic quality to the sea of frames.

A gallery wall is an ideal way to add style to awkward spaces, like this lofted bunk room in an 800-square-foot Michigan lake cabin. Here, the homeowner split matching pairs (framed fish drawings and round ship paintings) to create balance. She then filled in with similar themed pieces and added a set of antlers between the peak and the window.In this Texas farmhouse entry, vintage gallery wall frames showcase thrifted paintings and collages made using preserved pieces of wallpaper and clippings from 1930s Swedish newspapers found in the floorboards of the house during the renovation. Dried wedding flowers (top right) add dimension and a personal touch.

Homeowner Shawn Lang collected antique silhouettes for nearly four years to cover the expanse of his Catskills farmhouse stairwell for the ultimate staircase gallery wall idea. Each one remains in its existing frame, regardless of scuffs, scratches, or overall condition. If only walls could talk!Create a mini gallery wall to proudly display beloved collections. To make this grouping of vintage dog paintings complete, homeowner Kay Stanley scouted antiques stores near and far for the hand-carved tramp art frames that encase each one. The quirky collection feels right at home in this North Carolina mountain house.

Landscape gardener Anthony Brewington's home office is a place where passion meets profession. On one wall, he shows off the antique garden tools he's collected for nearly three decades. On the wall above his desk, a contained gallery wall of sorts displays favorite magazine page tear sheets ("what we had before Instagram," he says).Right at home with the shades of coastal blue found throughout this Maine lake cottage, an art gallery wall of vintage ship paintings serves as the main focal point in the living room. The loose arrangement hung on the expansive wall behind the couch leaves room for the collection to grow over time.