You know
the feeling of having too many white walls? That’s exactly how I felt with the
huuuuge white space above the couch. The more time passed the more it bothered
me. So I started looking for nice pictures and posters. I didn’t really know
what I was aiming for at the beginning, usually I just know what I don’t want
which is a starting point as well :)
So I
started looking at a lot of pictures online e.g. at Pinterest or other websites
to get some inspiration. In the end I decided on three lovely prints I found on
Juniqe I absolutely love the style of their art designs and that they offer
each poster in various sizes.
I decided
to get one large print and two small ones which were half the size of the large
one. In my mind I already decided how to hang them up. I knew I wanted to get
frames including white passe-partout as I felt they would highlight the prints
really well. The big surprise came when I went frame shopping at Ikea and my
wall design was destroyed as I hadn’t taken into account the size of the frame
and the space between the frames. Suddenly I didn’t know anymore how to arrange
the posters best.
Usually
each frame has an inlay white or gray paper which has the same size as the
frame. In order to find out how to hang up the frames the best I used washi tape and the inlay of the frame to simulate the arrangement. I ended up with three
different approaches and finally settled for one. Using this method really help
me to see how things would actually look rather than just trying to picture it
in my mind. You can step back, look at it from different angles and look at it
for several days before deciding.
The actual process of hanging the frames up
was super easy as well – I just hammered the nails directly through the inlay and
ripped it off afterwards. Thus I made sure I got exactly the wall design I
wanted.
I love the
outcome – what about you?