Trying to organize and decorate an entire house is daunting, especially when you're 29 weeks pregnant. We are slowly getting things done at our new house and spent one afternoon just hanging all of the pictures we've accumulated throughout the last 3 years. We decided on making a large mural type collage to display our pictures and eventually will swap out some of the pictures so it isn't just a narcissistic collage of our wedding photos.
Here's how we did it:
First we gathered all the pictures/frames we wanted to include in the collage. We originally had the college extend across 8 feet, but by the time we finished adding in different frames we ended at 11 1/2 feet! We laid everything out on the carpet and then realized we could better align things if we got some butcher paper.
We then relaid everything out across a large roll of butcher paper making sure the heights aligned. We checked the spacing of everything and shuffled around frames to our liking.
Next we took a pencil and outlined a square around each frame.
Once we were finished with our outlining we then drew a line or circle on the butcher paper in the exact spot the hooks would need to be placed. This took a lot of measuring, praying, and guesstimating.
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| the dash is where the hanging hook sits on the frame. |
Next we removed all the pictures from the butcher paper and taped it on the wall. Here is Lance making sure we were level and straight.
Next we took our nails and hooks and hammered them into the wall through the butcher paper and began placing the frames on their prospective hooks.
Once all the hooks and nails were in we then pulled off the pictures again and removed the butcher paper from the wall leaving only the hooks.
Last and Final step was to hang the pictures!!
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