a gallery wall is made!

I've been itching to put together a gallery wall in our new home but last night when I set aside the time to do so, I felt uninspired.  I didn't know where I wanted to place the gallery wall and what pictures I wanted to work with.  I almost decided to forget about it but I knew if I did that, I would just keep putting it off.  And putting it off.  I had such a good day yesterday, even though I had sickies at home.  Unfortunately a funk settled in last night as I grabbed all the supplies that would be needed.

tape measurer
brown paper
nails
hammer
level
tape

I needed to banish the funk and so my little fingers tapped away to pinterest where dreams are made and inspiration is found.  I browsed through a few images of my "gallery wall" search and the creative juices started flowing.

I found this neat way to hang pictures on a random blog one time and now I sadly do not know who to credit with this awesome idea.  I'll try my best to summarize the steps I took.

First I placed all my art and pictures on the ground and played around until I found the perfect arrangement.

I measured the wall space I decided to use and cut off the length of brown kraft paper I would need.

I then, one by one, moved each picture onto the brown kraft paper keeping the same design I had decided on.

Next I traced the outline of each picture, measured where the nail holes would be placed and used a pencil to make the markings.

The pictures where then removed and the brown paper was taped on the wall.  I used a level to make sure it was hung straight.  Nothing more annoying than a crooked picture.

I then took the level and made sure my pencil markings for the nail placement was level.  I made adjustments and then bam bam bam.  I started pounding in the nails.

The final step is to hang the pictures.  Perfecto!

There you have it friends.  That is how you hang a gallery wall :)