Steps and Tips for Creating a Family Photo Wall Display

December 6th, 2011 by Julie

  • Include non-photo elements for interest. I used a large letter ‘M’, for our last name. (It was brown originally so it got spray painted too.) And two of the frames I used had ribbon hangers so I bought hooks to hang them from. I treated the whole thing (frame, ribbon, and hook) as one photo when laying out the display.

  • Here’s another “cheat” for choosing a layout for the frames: have the outside of the frames form a large rectangle. Then fill in the inside of the rectangle.

  • DON’T STRESS! (Yes, I’m yelling.) You can make changes after the frames are up (you don’t want to know how many little holes are behind my pictures) and the frames don’t need to be perfectly spaced for the display to look terrific. Have fun with it!

Have you created a family photo wall? What tricks and tips can you share?

This post is part of Works for Me Wednesday, Potpourri Friday, and The William Morris Project.

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  1. Denise @ The Single Saver:

    December 6th, 2011 at 1:15 pm

    Your photo wall turned out very nicely. Good tips!

  2. Hunter - Financially Consumed:

    December 7th, 2011 at 9:27 pm

    I’m forwarding this to my wife Julie. This is a project she wants to take on. I just don’t want to plug too many holes when we move in 6 months!

  3. Julie:

    December 22nd, 2011 at 8:17 am

    Hunter, you can use small picture hanging hooks that won’t leave large holes at all.

  4. Julie:

    December 22nd, 2011 at 8:18 am

    Thank you, Denise.

  5. Jcrn:

    February 10th, 2012 at 7:46 am

    Your wall turned out well! Inspiring!

  6. Lena @ WhatMommyDoes:

    October 2nd, 2012 at 4:27 pm

    This might be just the inspiration I need to finish my photo wall! I started one up the stairway, and I can never seem to finish it. I, too, get hung up on the perfect set of coordinating frames. Luckily, I found a collection of black frames I really like at Michael’s.

  7. Julie:

    October 2nd, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    Wonderful! Send a pic when you get it done.

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