--- title: "Our Family Gallery Wall is Finally Done" url: https://decoratingwithless.com/our-family-gallery-wall-is-finally-done description: "A family gallery wall is a great way to create a focal point in a room. Gallery walls give you a fun opportunity to display wall decor that is meaningful and fits your." published: 2016-04-08 updated: 2016-04-08 --- # Our Family Gallery Wall is Finally Done Published 2016-04-08 8 April 2016 · [DIY](https://decoratingwithless.com/category/diy) · [Stories](https://decoratingwithless.com/category/stories) A family gallery wall is a great way to create a focal point in a room. Gallery walls give you a fun opportunity to display wall decor that is meaningful and fits your personal style. Gallery walls are also a stylish way to tell a story about you or your family. For all those reasons why gallery walls are fantastic is why, since moving back into our home, I have been planning to hang a family gallery wall in our living room. Now we moved back into our home, after renting it out for four years, almost two years ago. So this [gallery wall](https://decoratingwithless.com/4-keys-to-help-you-hang-a-successful-gallery-wall) has been two years in the making. As they say, “good things come to those who wait.” ## The Two Year Gallery Wall Here is how our family gallery wall came together. I am pretty proud of this gallery wall. It took me a long while to finally cross this to-do off my list, but it was worth the wait. Better late than never. Decorating your home is a journey not a sprint, I didn’t want to rush into completing this decorating project by just throwing some random things on the wall. I have a unique decorating process that I believe works perfectly every time. I call this process the Home Decorating Success Roadmap. You can learn more about the book by clicking the button below. Learn more... Okay, back to how I love my family gallery wall. What I believe the purpose of this gallery wall, and many gallery walls, is to tell a story about my family. My gallery wall tells a story about my family, from the beginning when my wife and I got married to the present with pictures of our children as they grow. It is wonderful to look at and remember all the memories together. ## Prep Work for This Family Gallery Wall Before I even started hanging this gallery wall I was working a few things. - Collecting enough frames to create this gallery. This gallery wall has 16 frames. Some I had and some of the larger frames I scored off the curbside. - Painting frames to complement the color scheme. The teal, white, and lime green frames I painted using [chalk paint](https://decoratingwithless.com/how-to-make-use-diy-chalk-paint-to-makeover-furniture). - Selecting other not photo [wall decor](https://decoratingwithless.com/how-to-make-diy-brush-stroke-artwork) to accent the arrangement. Any good gallery wall would not be complete without a few decorative wall items. (letters, wood signs, mirrors, clocks, etc.) - Lastly, I went through the photos on my phone to pick out my favorite pictures. It took a lot longer to finally hang this gallery wall. All it took to finish it though was small steps. So if you are working on a decorating project and it is taking longer to finish or get started, don’t give up! Just make small steps and you are guaranteed to finish. ## My Favorite Parts Here are my favorite parts of the gallery wall. I love this wall quote. We try our best to collect moments together as a family in this room. It is a reminder of what is truly important. I made this list of all of our birthdays with the quote, “what a difference a day makes.” Come October 2016 I will have to update this with a new birthday. This is wall monogram I made using a empty frame, scrap wood, burlap, and metal letter “I” from Michael’s that was on sale. No family gallery wall would be complete without a main photo our family. I love this photo my sister-n-law took of us. If you want to learn more about gallery walls and creating one in your house, check out my post [4 Keys to Help You Hang a Successful Gallery Wall](https://decoratingwithless.com/4-keys-to-help-you-hang-a-successful-gallery-wall). > What do you think of my gallery wall? Tagged [Decorating Ideas](https://decoratingwithless.com/tag/decorating-ideas) · Family Gallery Wall · Gallery Wall · Gallery Walls · [Home Decorating](https://decoratingwithless.com/tag/home-decorating) · [Wall Decor](https://decoratingwithless.com/tag/wall-decor)