Gallery Wall
Gallery Wall
I love gallery walls. When I put a gallery wall together there are some basics I always keep in mind! First, I find all the art I want to hang and pick one major focal pic. For this gallery wall in my boys’ room, I picked the Lisa Fogt water print as the focal point because my kids like it and it’s the biggest picture. After picking the focal point, I look at spacing. I find that evenly spacing the pictures on gallery walls will keep your eye on the art and will keep your gallery wall from looking messy. Here, I decided on a distance of around 3.5” to space out the other art work, which worked well on the [SIZE OF WALL] wall. Another tip for putting together gallery walls is to vary the size and framing of your artwork. In this room, I used a lot of the boys’ original artwork so I wanted to keep the frames very simple. When creating gallery walls in other rooms, I try to keep ...
Soap Finish
Soap Finish
My mother-in-law had a beautiful vintage dining room table that she didn’t need anymore, but the finish was too dark for me. After sanding it down, I went looking for a way to keep the table looking like the raw, sanded wood. Someone recommended I do a soap finish so I checked it out and became obsessed. So what is soap finish? Soap finish is an all natural product that has been used widely in Denmark for many years. It’s safe, has no funky odors, and gives your wood a matte and natural look without darkening the color of the wood. And it’s super easy to get a great soap finish. You just mix pure soap flakes (I used these) and boiling water (I did 4 cups of water to 1 cup of soap flakes) to make the finish. When the water is boiling, stir in your soap flakes and mix together until ...
