Greta's Gallery Wall (Part 2)

There are probably 101 different ways to hang a gallery wall, and my way isn't new or innovative--it is just what works for me.  In the case of Greta's gallery wall, the circumstance is a little different because there is no furniture in the room to center things over or to gage how high to hang the pictures.  I remedied that in no time by taping off her 59"x34" crib on the wall where it will soon (keeping my fingers crossed) sit.  It took only a minute and it made all the difference as far as visualizing and spacing was concerned.

I pulled out our big roll of butcher paper and arranged the frames just as I planned out.  I used the top of the paper as a guide to keep things level.

And then I traced away--which is kindergarten-simple, but also the most important part of this task so I took my time and made sure my lines weren't going caddywompus on me.  Straight. Clean. Level lines.  That's what we're going for.  After that, I measured where the hangers were on each frame and put an x in that exact spot....which would be hard to mimic with crazy, inaccurate lines, huh?

I knew that the frames on the paper were level, so when I taped the butcher paper up on the wall, all I had to do was make sure the paper was level and lined up with the outline of the crib.

Even though I left a solid 2 feet of space between the top of Greta's crib and the bottom of the lowest frame, I didn't want to take any chances of her ripping one of the frames off the wall and it shattering on her.  I can't even think about it.  So, I took an extra safety precaution and attached industrial strength velcro to the corners of all four frames on the bottom row.