Wonderwalls: How to hang great art well
I think this is a great way to fill a large wall, to showcase a collection, your children’s art, your travel photos, family snapshots. I believe in living with photographs (and memories, I guess). I’ve never seen the point of photo albums you only look at every other year. I’m thinking about making a wall of the vintage photos I’m slowly collecting or maybe just of family snapshots both from my parents and grandparents as well as my own. These are from my house journal, the book I keep of all the images that inspire me for the home. They come from Domino, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, New York Magazine and others, all in the last year. While I was on vacation I finally had time to catch up on my clipping . One of the pleasures of keeping a journal like this is that it is easy to see patterns over time — that an idea, item, color continually interests me. My favorite image is the top above — I like the idea of displaying/framing fabric. I have fabric that I will never use on a chair or pillow (because, really how many upholstered chairs/pillows does one woman need?) that I’d love to find a way to use in my life.
(Via Flickr)
Over all I think that the walls that work the best are the ones with different types of frames. How to make one yourself, easily? Check out these two options from the Conran Store, the Antix Multiframe kit and the Picture Wall Gallery Frame Set.
UPDATE: I came across this funky image today via Liquid Sky Arts:
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