Home - Gallery Walls
I love the look of gallery walls. It’s such a fun way to highlight many types of art in one space. I know there are ways to lay out artwork before hanging on a wall but we just kind of went for it and moved them as needed. I love the collected, informal look and displaying them in spots where you can enjoy them on a daily basis. It can also be a rather inexpensive way to fill the home with art. I tend to gather art which has a common color theme, but that’s just me. I think it’s also a way to express yourself and feature pieces that remind you of trips, loved ones who have passed on and those who remain. As with almost everything in our home, it’s a way to preserve and share memories.
kitchen greens, blues & browns
top to bottom:
left row:
Lizzy’s drawing of David for Father’s Day
a card print of an artist’s painting of Cotswold sheep from our trip to England…we found it in a mill shop in Lower Slaughter after we actually stumbled upon sheep in a field on our walk down from Upper Slaughter…they’re my favorite animal
ink drawing by Juanita Sterchi, my lifelong friend’s grandmother…this is of their family farm…I have fond memories of going with Emily to play here as children
middle row:
our beautiful Lizzy’s self-portrait painting study when she was in college
a painting by my daddy when he was in junior high
a print of a woodland I found at a Blowing Rock, North Carolina art show
a print of a snow-covered Cades Cove, which belonged to my parents…I have sweet memories of visiting the cove throughout my life
right row:
another print of a Cades Cove scene…a church I’ve been to
another card from England…this is a cool graphic art print featuring Cornish symbols…found this one in a gift shop in Falmouth, Cornwall
our beautiful Hannah at 5 years old
Several of these pieces also feature nature, which is dear to me, as are the people as the subject matter or the ones who created the art.
bedroom blues
This was a large wall space to fill and we had fun choosing pieces to add to it.
left to right:
top row:
print of different shades of the mountains given to us by a former neighbor
graphic art bee piece created by Lizzy in college
middle row:
photo of 2-year-old me
pastel sailboat piece by my daddy…years before I would go on a first date with David on a sailboat
my painting of the year of our wedding
graphic art piece of sisters and their adventures by Lizzy
graphic art piece of whales created by Lizzy as part of her senior project
painting of Killarney, Ireland by David’s aunt, Monica…she gave it to us when we visited Ireland in 2015 after we had seen this lake in Killarney on our trip years after she painted this scene
bottom row:
painting by me of flowers
photo of Hannah & Lizzy as teenagers
sheep painting by Lizzy from our family trip to Ireland and given to me for my birthday
family photo of my daddy’s side of the family when he was a child
guest room/studio pinks
I love this combination of pinks!
top to bottom:
left row:
Lizzy’s self-portrait for a college project..I took the photo for this and she painted it on wood
my cow painting from a photo I took in Ireland
middle row:
two Williamsburg prints from my aunt
right row:
mystery painting of a beautiful girl from 1917 which hung in my granny’s house
Lizzy’s painting she created in college