Gallery Wall and Clock

A few months ago, I won a $25 gift code to an online vinyl store. You all know how much I love vinyl. I got two things and only paid $7. One of the things I got was this saying, Families are Forever. I decided I was going to make a gallery wall of pictures and put the vinyl in the middle.

I laid out the picture frames on the floor to to see how I liked the arrangement.

Next, I traced the frames on paper, then put the paper up to see how it all looked. There was no way I was going to put up a bunch of frames and then realized I didn't like it. It's a good thing I did the paper first, because I realized, I needed it to be longer. I added another piece of paper on the top and bottom row.

And then the paper stayed there for a while, like a few months. That's the thing with me. I'll start a project and seriously, it will take months and months to finish. That's what you do when you have two kids at home with you and you have limited time to work on stuff. ;)

Here, I have some frames up, and some paper. Lol.

However, the day has arrived, that I finally bit the bullet and just got it done. I was tired of staring at paper on my walls.

Technically, it's not done because there's an empty frame and one of the other frames, I need to take out a picture. Details...details...

I really like how it turned out. I wish it didn't line up with the piano so much, but oh well.

I had some frames already, two I made, and the other ones I got a thrift stores for really cheap and just spray painted them black. I wanted to put the vinyl on a plaque type thing, so I could move it easily, if I ever decided to change this, but it was just taking too long to find one and I wanted this project done! I'm actually glad I didn't put it on a plaque, because I think it gives a nice contrast on the wall with the frames.

My family room is in need of a major redo. I'm done with red. I'm done with the decor being all cluttered. I need some more color. I'm hoping to be able to remedy this situation soon. But knowing me it will be another 6 months before this happens. :)

Here is the clock I got. I just got the face of the clock in vinyl. I bought the round wood piece at Lowes. I then spray painted it white and took a paper towel and dabbed the brown paint on, to make it look antiqued. This was an annoying project, because I kept trying to lighten it and adding other colors, then would have to go over it again because it didn't turn out the way I wanted. So I'm not 100% pleased with it, but overall it turned out. It's a little darker than pictured.

It has yet to be hung up. Lol. It's been done for over a month. I need to add hooks to the back of it. It's fairly heavy, so I need the drywall anchors. However, when it does go up, above where it is now, I think it will look great! Haha...