gallery wall in a stairwell
A couple of weeks ago, I started turning a stash of family photos, mat board and old frames into something I could actually hang on a wall. The wall in the stairwell, to be exact. And, last week, my mom came over and we “put the puzzle together.” We were dealing with a really odd space and a lot of mismatched frames, so we didn’t try to approach it with a goal of perfection and symmetry. We wanted to create something that was pleasing to the eye, but looked collected over time. We didn’t check the spacing with a ruler, but just put things where they looked good. We started with the long, narrow frames, then added in the larger ones, then filled the arrangement in with the smaller frames. And I love how it turned out. I smile every time I walk up and down the steps. I’ve even made
