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If you’re looking for a new way to decorate those empty walls in your home, a gallery wall might be the way to go. Gallery walls are a great idea for those wanting to add visual interest, showcase your past adventures with photos or even add a way to incorporate your personality into your design. Whether you are a maximalist who needs to have your entire walls covered or just someone who wants to fill up the negative space in certain areas, learning how to create a gallery wall can be a useful tool when decorating your home.
(Pictured: Cormette Wall Art, Holoport Wall Art Set and Thomhill Wall Art)
1. Choose Your Layout
When you’re starting to create your gallery wall, you’ll first want to choose where you are going to put it and how you are going to arrange your pieces. There are many different layouts you can choose from, but the styles are ultimately the same. You can choose a symmetrical layout or an asymmetrical layout.
- Symmetrical: This classic look creates a cohesive and uniform style, mainly used for showcasing similar photographs or artwork.
- Asymmetrical: A casual and organic vibe with a more personal touch, perfect if you want to incorporate mixed media in your gallery wall.
After you choose how you are going to lay it out, you can place your artwork on the floor and see how the pieces look together before you hang it and see what the end result is going to look like.
2. Consider Your Spacing
Spacing is a big part that plays in creating a gallery wall, you have to make sure that it doesn’t seem too overcrowded or cluttered while also making sure it doesn’t have too much negative space. A good rule of them when planning is to keep around 3” around each piece at a minimum and 6” as the maximum. The end goal is to create balance with your layout.
(Pictured: Acebell Wall Art, Brockdunn Wall Art Set, Wall Art, Mellsboro Wall Art, Chasemont Wall Art)
3. Choose a Color Scheme or Subject
For a cohesive look, you can go for a certain color scheme or you can choose to focus on photographs or artwork that focus on a specific subject, like flowers and floral designs. If you want to follow a color scheme, you’ll have to look for pieces that have a similar tone or intensity for a curated look on your walls. However, you don’t have to follow a color scheme or a subject if you don’t want to! If you’re a “go with the flow” type of person you can just focus on what different art pieces or photographs make you happy.
4. Anchor Your Collection
To help make your gallery wall more eye-catching a good tip is to use a large photograph, artwork or mirror to anchor your collection and then build the rest of the layout around it. If you want a large gallery wall, keep your large pieces off-center and towards the middle, a smaller gallery wall means you want your large pieces in the 4 outer corners. These different styles will guide your eyes around the gallery, creating a good flow.
5. Alternate Orientations
A way to add more visual interest to your gallery wall’s design is to alternate the orientations of the pieces. If your largest piece is vertical the next piece should be horizontal. The trick is to not have more than 2 pieces with the same orientation next to each other so that way you avoid having too many works of art with the same orientation, pairs are okay though. Too many pieces with the same orientation means that your gallery wall will be more stale.
(Pictured: Delicate Bunch I Wall Art, Wild Botanicals II Wall Art, Delicate Bunch II Wall Art)
Now that you have all the tips and tricks you need to create a stunning gallery wall, you’ll be able to take your home decorations to the next level. Use this guide to showcase your personality with personal touches and create a new and interesting way of bringing visual interest to those empty walls. If you want to start looking for pieces to create a gallery wall in your home, you can find all of our wall art here! You could also go visit us in store to shop for new pieces at 4200 W Kellogg Dr, Wichita, KS.
