We take photos when we are happy, at meetings with loved ones, on travel. And all these pictures are stored in the phone or camera. Find them a decent place and application in your apartment. Use the tips of Emily Henderson from the book "Style", how to decorate the wall with photos.
1. Make a Moodboard
A selection of inspirational objects and clippings will help in creating a holistic appearance of the room. Pay attention to what you like. Gather images of the photo frames that you like. Look at the layout of pictures and photos on the Internet. Place everything on one large sheet or spread the notepad. Take a look at all the treasures found. The selection reflects your tastes? Not too many bright or faded tones? Have you considered your love for patterns, textures, forms?
2. Prepare photos
Review everything that you have in the bins. This will be a thematic selection about travel, your last photo shoot or a national team of solianka? Print photos of different formats - from standard to huge. Variety is welcome. This can be vertical, horizontal and even square shots. Lay out everything on the floor that you want to hang on the wall.
3. Find a suitable wall
The best selection of photos will look, occupying the wall entirely, so it is important to observe the stylistic correspondence of the selection of images and the space of the room. It can be a wall in the kitchen or in the living room. And maybe the photos will look great over the bed in the bedroom. It's up to you to decide whether it's a public wall or a nook.
4. Identify the focal point of the future gallery
The focus center is a photograph that will attract attention from the entrance. Hint: most likely, this is one of the large images. The focus center sets the mood of the whole composition, so it must be selected beforehand, before printing all the photos.
5. Choose the location of the focus center
The focus center will look great if it is slightly offset from the center of the entire composition. Thanks to this, the focus center will not distract attention from other photos and will allow them to look like a single whole.
In the photo below, the focus center is a large square photo in a rectangular frame under a lamp.
6. Hang all other photos
Starting from the location of the focus center, post the rest of the photos. Strand the large and small frames. Do not try to withstand straight lines, on which you will hang pictures. Light chaos creates dynamics and ease. Although the option with the same frames and even rows also takes place.
7. Watch out for the balance of colors
It should not happen that black and white paintings hang on one side, and color ones on the other. Evenly distribute the color across the entire wall so that the viewer's view moves all the time. Make sure that the bright color accents are harmonious. For example, if you have a photo in a red frame, check that there are a bright red element in 1-2 photos.
8. Orientation to unusualness
Try to make the pictures interesting and not trivial. Looking at the pictures, there should be curiosity - why the person smiles or what happened a second before the picture. The photos should express your personality and reflect your character, lifestyle, dreams. It can be a whole story told in the photos. Let guests spend the whole evening only about this and ask you questions.
9. Spare no place
Do not be afraid to think and place photos on a grand scale. This is a very stylish technique - photographs hung over the wall. Then the guests of your house will never forget. And you have before your eyes there will always be pleasant reminders of past events, meetings, travel.
10. Bring a variety
It is not necessary to print family portraits - unfamiliar people can update the energy in the room.
From the book "Style. Thousands of tricks and tricks for decorating any interior. "