Family Picture Gallery

Last fall I came across this post. I absolutely loved the look of the white frames with a splash of color and was sold. I knew that once we had our wall knocked down I would love a picture gallery added. Slowly over the next few weeks, I would grab a frame here or there if I spotted one on sale and even found a couple tucked away in our basement that I knew would work. As soon as it would warm up, I'd get outside and start spray painting.

Then it got cold.
And the cold never ended.

The frames sat in a pile in our living room forever.

Cue up to a couple weeks ago when it was finally warm enough to get outside and paint. I purchased Valspar flat spray paint in both white and La Fonda Mirage and began the fun. I thought about doing the mustard like that blogger had done, but I'm just not a mustard person  (I think I have a spray paint addiction)

I decided on black and white pictures to keep the look more uniform but pictures range from our grandparents to vacations, to our immediate families to the turkey himself.

I love it.

We have another 5 steps or so that go up to the left beyond what you can see and once Deuce is here I plan to add even more frames!

Take a guess at how many nails I have up? Zilch. My interior designer friend who has guided me through so many projects introduced me to Command Tape and I'm in love. It's super sturdy and I can still take down the frames to switch out pictures if I need. Plus, with my clumsiness little ones running up and down nonstop they can't just be knocked off like they would hung on nails. SCORE!

All in all, this was a super easy project and I love how it turned out. To me, it's the perfect focal point for right when you walk into the house and balances out the fact that there's a playroom right there.