Colorful DIY Photo Gallery Wall

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A photo gallery wall is a great way to display family photos. But so many gallery walls look exactly the same. We took our photo gallery wall up a notch by infusing it with color and personality.

Materials needed:

– Command picture hanging strips – IKEA 19-inch square frames – 12″ x 12″ photo enlargements  – Latex or acrylic paint in colors of your choice – Paintbrush – Laser level – Dropcloth and/or apron – Gold spray paint (if desired) – Black and gold sconces – Puck lights – Velcro

Unwrap your frames and remove the white mats from them.

STEP 1

Use a paintbrush to paint your photo mat. There's no magic technique, but do try to use long, even strokes. Unless you are really lucky, each mat will require 2 coats of paint. 

STEP 2

Spray paint your frames. This is the spray paint I used to paint the frames gold. When spray painting, LIGHT coats are best! They go really quickly and dry fast.

STEP 3

Apply Command picture hanging strips to the back of your frames. I like to use 1 in each corner so that they remain perfectly level. The small or medium-size strips will work fine for this project.

STEP 4

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