Photo Frame Wall

I had a spare wall in the spare room/ my study and wanted to do something with it for a while. Originally I was going to do a simple 3 big photo frames, 2 with blue fabric and one with a gorgeous blue and pink bird print fabric I got off eBay. However, I have always wanted to do a photo frame collage, and since it is my space I thought why not- I can have a wall full of the people and things I love and not have it look quite so teenager-y as just blu tacking a load of photos and postcards up as I used to do/ have elsewhere in the house.

I already had some black, silver and beechwood coloured frames from Klick agees ago (they used to be in my old flat), so I reutilised them, as well as a leatherette Wilkinsons frame I had, and stocked up on some gorgeous teal ones, a big blue one and a few more black and silver ones, from Ikea. The 'step' frame and blue frame with 6 photos in it, as well as the big white frame, are from B&M and kind of inspired me to go ahead with the project when I saw them, as I thought they would be perfect.

When in Ikea I also saw the magnetic board that forms the centrepiece. I loved the idea of having something the frames could surround, as I could stick anything on it and have it as a mood board or just put other things I love, that don't necessarily fit in frames well, on it. I also used some letter magnets, as I love them :D

It took a while to drill the board in and hammer in all the nails for the photos, but it is definitely worth it. If you are going to drill, make sure you check if it is a stud wall or not before you start, to avoid DIY disaster. I did not really plan the location of my frames, just put one up then held the next in place, so it would not touch the other one, and put a nail in there too. There was a little reshuffling, but it was so easy to do. The hardest part was deciding which photos made the cut.

Here is how it turned out for me:

I did not want to go too OTT and fill the whole wall, although may do at some point. For now I like it as it is :) the bulb and fitting you see on the wall is a Ikea nightlight (the blue star one)- I just did not have the cover on when I took the picture.

I may still do some work on this, or try it again somewhere else as well in the future, but I like it for now and think it is certainly a nice enough first photo frame collage.