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5 Ideas For a Kids Art Gallery Wall (Our Home)

Posted on January 16, 2020 by KylieMawdsley

 

5 Kids Art Gallery Walls

I’ve always loved my kid’s artwork. From their early day scribbles to their present-day masterpieces, each piece gives me a glimpse into their magical little minds and I love what I see.

Well, I don’t love what I see ALL the time as many pieces include Henry Bacon our dog. He has a rather obvious spot on his rear end which is somewhat ‘lost in translation’ when it comes to placement in a drawing – if you know what I’m sayin’…

jack russel cross with basset hound and beagle

Oh sure, the drawing looks innocent at first, but if you don’t know that Henry has a polka dot on his rear end, it just looks downright rude – but always makes me laugh!

In our last home, I created an art gallery wall in our dining room area.

Shown on Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream, ideas to hang a kids artwork or photography gallery wall in any room in your home

While the painted church pew was short-lived, the art gallery lived on for many years – in many different forms!

Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream paint colour. With kids art gallery on the wall and black wine cabinets. Kylie M Interiors E-decor and Online Colour Consulting

In our next home (which is now two homes ago…) wall space was at a premium in the dining area so I moved the gallery down to the family room where we spent most of our time anyways!

It started out on the long wall above our bookcase…

ideas for hanging an artwork gallery of kids art and framed photos

Shown on Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream

And then moved it to the first wall you see when you looking into the family room.

Shown on Sherwin Williams Pewter Tankard, ideas for how to create a kids art or artwork gallery wall in any room in your home using ikea frames

Shown on Sherwin Williams Pewter Tankard

There aren’t as many pieces as when it was on the big wall, but I get just as much satisfaction, if not more because it’s been narrowed down to my faves.

And of course, because I just love hammerin’ holes in the wall – I tried a mini-gallery upstairs! This replaced the downstairs one when we tore that wall down for my NEW OFFICE (seriously, it’s like a revolving door of furniture, frames and walls around here).

ideas to camouflage a tv with artwork, lamp and home decor. Shown with Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream on TV cabinet in Cloud White with kids art gallery wall

And lastly, it’s been a few YEARS since I’ve touched this blog post, but I wanted to share MIXTILES with you in our new (two homes later) home! We’ve also progressed from kid’s artwork to FAMILY photos and I love it just as much, although I do miss their little scribblings.

A review of Mixtiles. Photo gallery wall, family photos and games, craft table. Kylie M Interiors edesign, online paint colour consultant and diy decorating (1)

There’s no EASIER way to make a gallery wall than with Mixtiles – read the review HERE.

Chat soon,

Kylie M Interiors Edecor and Edesign

ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN 2015, UPDATED IN 2020



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      Thanks Andrea, I actually had a local guy make it out of 2×8 boards and then I painted and distressed it! It was the only way I could get that size 😉

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