You love the tall bare white walls of your NoHo apartment. You relish the calm open space, you breathe in the natural light, you… decide after three days that you’re bored of the white monotony. Whether your NoHo apartment boasts vaulted ceilings or sloping alcoves, the cramped spaces of city living are primed for gallery walls. This collection of sentimentally valuable art pieces, travel mementos, vintage treasure finds, and more adds depth and character to your apartment. For some people, it takes years, other just a scroll through Pinterest, but all you know it that it’s time to give this wall a makeover, stat.
When dreaming up your NoHo apartment gallery your mind might gravitate to the most obvious location, behind or across from your couch. You’ve seen it done a hundred times, a hundred different ways and you can’t wait to frame your TV with eclectic artwork and sculptures. Yet, we’d like to suggest an expansion of possibilities. Kitchens and bathrooms are the most neglected spaces when it comes to designing a gallery wall but can be some of the most dynamic! There is nothing better than creating a food backdrop for your food and a colorful bathroom gallery is like the equivalent of phenomenal elevator music. We know your hunger for a gallery wall isn’t totally fueled by its Instagram aesthetic, so before you start hammering in the wall be sure you’ve picked the right location.
You don’t want your NoHo apartment wall to feel like a hot mess (unless you do). But with all the textures, colors, and designs, you’re starting to feel a little overwhelmed (a lot overwhelmed). They key to any gallery wall success story is in the theme. No, we’re not talking about your ninth grade English paper, we’re referring to a continuity of color, symbol, shape, or object. Start with the piece you love the most, be it an antique wooden mask, or a magenta pink shot of tulips, then build the wall around it. Pick pieces that incorporate the same color or value, such as deer antlers in collection with a sketch of a dog, to show that you adore animals. Don’t be afraid to keep it neutral, like a gallery wall entirely of blacks and whites, or go wild and throw matchy-matchy out the window.
A gallery wall doesn’t simply appear overnight. It takes careful planning and consideration to map out the size, shape, location, and pieces exhibited on the wall. Before you make anything official, map out the gallery placement on the floor. Arrange or rearrange your pieces as many time as you’d like because once it’s on the wall there’s no changing it. Consider a more visual “mapping-out” by blocking the wall with masking tape, this, along with the collection on the floor, will help you visualize your end goal. And above all, create a gallery wall that reflects your styles and interests.
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