Starting My Gallery Wall: Inspiration

I have been seeing gallery walls all over pinterest lately!

Like this one:

This one:

And this one, which just might be my favorite:

So I have been collecting interesting frames from thrift stores to make my own! This weekend, after setting up my new entry table, the wall above it was looking pretty bare. So I decided to go ahead and get started! 

I was a bad blogger and did not take any before pictures! I had a couple empty frames that I printed 1 hour photos from Walgreen to put in, and I had several that were older photos that were already framed. I cleaned all the frames, removed the glass and pictures, and gave them all two coats of Krylon "Ivory".

Sorry for the bad lighting. My condo has horrible natural light sources.

It's small, but I think it looks awesome so far! I plan on continuing to add photos as well as decorative items in. Right now the only thing I have other than the photos is this super cute little plate, which I got on clearance from target for .53 cents! I simply super glued a saw tooth picture hanger on the back and stuck it right up!

The two smallest pictures frames were metal, and did not have anything to hang on the wall. Instead of using the super glue method, I tried these:

And I have to say they worked pretty well! After reading some reviews after them not holding up, I made sure to follow to directions exactly. It suggest using one strip for that size frame, but just so it I can be sure it will hold up, I put two on each frame, vertical from the top corners.

Wasn't I cute!

Side view, it's similar to velcro.

I'll update in a few months on how they are holding up. Overall I'm really pleased with how it turned out, and it's still a work in progress!

Have you started a gallery wall recently? I'd love to see it!