My drafting table is my prized possession. So, naturally, I feel it deserves only the best kind of decor. Like a magical little corner of perfection. Whether from thrifting, or from my sister calendar (post coming soon J), or the ones my friends have made (how cool is that Flowering Tree print?!?), or my little sister, or sometimes the one's I've even done myself... I've somehow gathered a lot of art over the years. Any who, today I'm going to show you how it all came together to give my drafting table the wall it deserves.
I grew up wanting to become a professional collage maker. I'm serious. I thought I could create a market for myself. (You know, collages are at such a high demand!) While I found myself a different profession, my collage-making skills came in very handy for this project.
It started here (& stayed here for almost a year).
Then, I found this post about Building a Standing Desk & this one on 20 Easy Wall Hanging Ideas by A Beautiful Mess. Suddenly, I knew my drafting table deserved so much more! So I pulled my extra frames out from under the bed, & ripped a few months out of my sister calendar. For a few weeks we had this:
Still, I was stalling, hoping for the perfect centerpiece. & I found it!
Inspiration HERE (seriously love these) - but I recreated to fit my light + airy theme & feature my fave Cincy neighborhoods J. Funny story, I accidentally made this 5ftx7ft tall! Luckily, Staples in Hyde Park was able to shrink down to the size I wanted.
& then it was time to put my collage skills to use J
GALLERY WALL | YOU WILL NEED
- Art & Frames
- Phone Books & Paper Grocery Bags (or maybe wrapping paper?)
- Scissors (I kind of want to spray paint mine gold...)
- Marker
- Tape
- (Bright Pink) Hammer
- Nails that will support your Art
No need to eyeball the sizes anymore, you can trace!
Even better: mark the nail hole so that after you tape everything into order, you can just nail through the paper.
Nail. Remove paper. Hang frame. Repeat.
& soon you'll have a gallery wall :)
Easy Peasey, right? I adjusted mine a tiny bit at the end.. decided to go for a non symmetrical look (Top Photo). What do you think guys??
This is great! Can I hire you to do one for me? I had no idea this is how you created your wall. I love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mom! & obviously you don't need to hire me :) You were the one that encouraged my collage skills back in the day! I owe ya. Also for that giving me life thing...
DeleteI'm glad you like it :)