I’ve been wanting to print photos we’ve taken on our holidays and decorate the walls with them for a while now, but have struggled to find a spare moment. I finally took some time out to do it recently, and think it worked out well. Interestingly, creating this frame wall turned out to be way harder than I thought it would be, one of those projects that morphs from a 15 minute exercise in to a 4 hours exercise. But so worth it when I finally finished.
This is how the wall looked before I got my hands on it.
You need:
- a measuring tape
- a pencil
- press on hooks, I used the ones that are easy to get off the wall because we rent out apartment and, you know, landlords. And they made it easy to make adjustments to the hooks when the were on the wall!
- framed pics
Some people use a level to do this, and I admit that probably would have made it easier. But in the absence of one my boyfriend suggested I simply measure the distance from the bottom of both sides of the frame to the ceiling after I have mounted them, to check that the sides were level. You can also just eyeball it, although from experience, I’m certain you’ll get some wonky pics if you do this (but that’s not the worst thing in the world is it?).
How to:
1. First, I lay the frames out on the bed to get an idea of the spacing I wanted. I tried to match the layout I wanted for the wall ie the gaps between the frames.
2. Once I had the layout right, I measured across the top and doubled checked on the wall to make sure it would sit right. Then I flip over each of the frames onto their front, making sure the spacing was correct.
2. Using the measuring tape I found the exact middle of the wall space where the pictures would go.
3. Starting from the bottom middle frame and working outwards along each row, I worked out where the hooks would go by measuring the frames on the bed that were sitting face up, making sure to place the hooks in relation to where the holes were in the frames. I pressed the first hook on and then worked my way around.
4. I added the frames from the bottom up. Once I had added all the pics I have to admit that saw that some were a little bit off and adjusted then slightly to make sure they were pretty much all in line. That’s where the moveable hooks come in handy! It would have been wayyyy more scary if I have been using nails.
5. To check that the frames were sitting straight, as I mentioned, I used a measuring tape, lining the end up with the ceiling and checking the length on each side.
There you go! They’re not exactly 100% perfect but in the end it was one of those ‘near enough is good enough’ situations. Don’t hate me!
Anything to freshen up our tiny HK bedroom!
That’s such an inspiration!:) I pretty much like your DIY Wall-Frame-Photo Art!
WELL DONE!:)
I wish you a wonderful start into a brandnew week.
Bye,
NIKA B.
Thanks, you’re so sweet!
It looks amazing. I reall like it 🙂
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Glad you like it!
Wow! That looks amazing! 🙂
Thanks so much, it looks great in our bedroom.
wow! good one! 🙂 well done you! 🙂
Your wall looks amazing, beautiful photos!
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Thanks!
It’s really great idea ! Simple but look amazing ! I’ll try to do it in my room soon !
Glad you this it looks nice!
Looks awesome! 🙂
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I like it too 🙂
It looks awesome! Pictures are the best way to my a room feel homely, and I absolutely love that you’ve used ones that you have taken and collected from over the years.
-Kate xo
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I couldn’t agree more, as soon as I did it I wished I had done it agggges ago. x
very simple! this a great idea
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Glad you like it!
very nice …
Yep, loving these! I like more eclectic wall collections. Great using the sticky hooks though. No one likes to destroy their walls with nails or thumb tacs!
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I totally agree, landlords are pretty strict here in HK!
Loved it totally!
Thanks Rachna!
perfect!
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I like it a lot!
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I love it!
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Great job on the even hanging! I’ve always given up and hung a ton of pictures “artistically” because I could never get them to hang evenly and straight! Looks beautiful, clean, and so lovely.
Hahaha I sometimes do that, when it doubt go for random hanging that is sooo much less obviously wonky 🙂
Perfectly straight or not, I think these turned out great! I love the simple, clean look you’ve got going on for your bedroom 🙂
Thanks Mani!
From my understanding you can use an iphone as a level on ios7. You just swipe right from the compass and a level appears.
I’m thinking about doing this, so thank you for the inspiration 🙂
OMG I can’t believe I didn’t know that! thanks for the heads up. x
It looks simple and nice!
I think create this frame wall tmaybe hard for me ,I admire this particular idea!!
It really looks cool but why did it take 4 hours? 😀 Great idea to use those hooks instead of nails.
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Hahahaha I’ve no idea!
Looks amazing..
Great layout. I have a similar layout with my photos from my trip abroad. I’ve always believed that your memories make the best artwork!
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What size frames and prints did you use? It looks great!
Great Idea! I love travel and print the photos about the best beautiful places 🙂
Espe,
Wow that looks awesome! ^_^
Looks really nice. I made a photo wall the other day but I used washi tape and that turned out pretty nice. Here you can have a look: http://annamarialarsson.se/blogg/2013/09/nytt-pa-vaggen/
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Love it !!! I am planning to do it too but it is al difficult find spare time!!!, great Job!!,
Love your creative ideas!!
Gaby
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This looks great and is something I’ve been wanting to have a stab at for quite some time. I must ask though, where did you get your frames from? I have found it quite hard to track down simple, clean frames!
Once again simple but amazing DIY!:) I was looking to do a similar thing with all of my pictures from a year of travelling so thank you for inspo!:) I have always loved symmetrical frames as it creates such a great focus on an empty wall. The only thing that I am not sure about are the colour of the frames. We live in a rented student flat and the walls are this horrible magnolia colour so not quite sure whether I should go for all black?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!:)
Hey! Just wondering where you bought your frames from? Its going to cost me a bomb going to Ikea!
Where did you get those frames?
love ur evry diys…..they are amazing and so r u 🙂
keep it up
xx