If there’s one design element that has been having a major moment lately, it has to be gallery walls. Whether it’s big, small or somewhere in between, creating a gallery with your favourite prints and art pieces can instantly emphasise the style of any space.
The most successful gallery walls are ones that combine a variety of art mediums and frame styles. If you’re looking for a fool proof way to make sure your art works together, choose pieces that have a common thread—a certain colour for example. But you don’t have to limit yourself. The most important thing is for your wall to represent you—your tastes, your history, and the art you love most. It’s often the combination of sizes that makes or breaks a gallery wall. The key is to anchor the collection with a larger piece. Vary the sizes and orientation of the art – You need both horizontal, vertical and if you can, square pieces, to make it feel balanced. Keep the spaces between the pictures fairly even (they definitely don’t have to be exactly the same) but just make sure they aren’t too cramped or floating too far away from each other.
Ensure that there is some kind of lineal orientation between the pictures so that the eye follows a comfortable line when viewing the gallery.
