So… You’ve got your proofing gallery. You’ve selected your faves, now what?  Recently, we remodeled one of the family rooms in our home, and I wanted it to be fresh, bright, and airy because it was mainly for the kids “play area”.  I chose a poppy blue and green apple theme – finding this vintagy looking couch at Value City Furniture last summer – it went perfect with my “vision”.  A lot of you asked about the Thibau wallpaper I picked out – and here is what good use I put it to: I used it to cover the built in shelving , as it matches the couch. HOW SWEET IS THAT?!  You can see it in the image below.

So I had my “gallery” of choices to pick from that I did of my kids – because I wanted this room filled with a mix of classy and color – I chose a selection of BW and color images.  I had two 16×20’s and two 11×14’s for color, and two square 12×12 and 9×12 BW images.  I laid them all out on my couch to show before hanging. (sidenote: im aware of the gross toddler fingerprints all over the tv, and that I did no PP on these so the exposure is all over and the blues do not match – please don’t criticize, I’m short on time!)

In this case, I didn’t want to have framing being that I was using a larger size of prints. So, I had them mounted (which I do to all of my wall sized prints ordered).  Versus using any wall-penetrating devices (NAILS!) I chose to go with the 3M velcro strips – they are removable like the command strips, but each side is velcro so that the picture can be removed, THEN the adhesive – so you can still use the pull tab. GENIUS!  The color are the first that you see when you walk into the room, and as you turn around, the super candid giggly BW images are on the opposite wall.  I chose the 9×12 to match the height of the square 12×12.  The mounting is a foamcore – which will not warp or bend. 

Since I had the wallspace, and only 8 images, using one image per item worked for me. Had I had more images, I could have created a Storyboard… with many images per item: taking a few in collage or straight line form and applying them to 16×20 down to 8×10, and more intriguing sizes like 10×20 for a longer approach.  I’m really looking forward to helping you fill your home with prints that you love, and help you display them properly.  There’s no reason to leave an image behind – please, let me help you with storyboarding if you are at a loss for which to choose! 

I did several of these last summer and they were beautiful.  Now I have a few plug-ins that create them a little quicker for me so hopefully I will be adding these to your gallery for your choosing. 

So, when you have trouble deciding, don’t be afraid to ask me to bring along my tape measure and fit your home for the images you would like to have mounted or hung!  I will help you choose a mount and we’ll go from there =)

I just wanted to share how one of the rooms in my home is displaying images. More to come! 

Now a few of R. who’s gallery went up last night – the color in these turned out fabulous!  He’ll be up and done with his HS years here soon and moving on to bigger and better things. Good Luck, R.!

Take care everyone  – just wanted to pop by the with that… hopefully to inspire you to take those candids and show them off =)