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Gray dining room + personalized gallery wall = fabulous!

Annie Elliott | December 11, 2010

Not so long ago, I spoke with you about "art walls." We started with WHAT to Hang, then moved on to how to FRAME it, and then how to HANG it.

Seems I got one of my clients all riled up.

There's a gigantic blank wall in her cheerful gray dining room....

Read more »Gray dining room + personalized gallery wall = fabulous!
» Art + accessories, Color + paint color, Dining room

Creating the perfect art wall, part 4: That je ne sais quoi

Annie Elliott | November 30, 2010

This is the final installment in the "How to create the perfect art wall" series.

I believe my living room art wall will be my last obsessive personal project in 2010. Even though (spoiler alert) it might not even be finished.

But to review. Recently, we talked about what to hang on an art wall. Framing. And different ways to hang the art - in a grid, randomly, etc.

Even armed with all of that information, though, there's that je ne sais quoi that tells you whether an art wall is successful or not....

Read more »Creating the perfect art wall, part 4: That je ne sais quoi
» Art + accessories, Living Room + Family Room

How to create the perfect art wall: 3. How’s it hanging?

Annie Elliott | November 13, 2010

So you're surrounded by old favorite and newly-acquired pictures, all resting comfortably in their shiny new frames.

Now what?

There are about a zillion "right ways" to create an art grouping. But my saying, "Just fiddle around with the layout until it looks right " is supremely unhelpful....

Read more »How to create the perfect art wall: 3. How’s it hanging?
» Art + accessories

How to create the perfect art wall: 1. What to hang

Annie Elliott | November 8, 2010

"Art walls" have been on my mind for weeks.

Sort of a clunky term, but it's descriptive. "Salon grouping" is more elegant, and I seem to remember the phrases, "masterpiece hanging" and "gallery hanging" from graduate school...but I could be making those up....

Read more »How to create the perfect art wall: 1. What to hang
» Art + accessories, Living Room + Family Room

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