How to: Hang a set of frames

 
    I do not know if I've mentioned this before but I love symmetry. I know I've done things before that are unsymmetrical (like this post) but I just think of those as balanced and I suffer through it. Seriously, I can't even wear anything unsymmetrical (no one shoulder tops for me, how can you be okay with favoring only one shoulder?). I got these beautiful vintage magazine pages from my uncle and I have not been able to figure out where to hang them. So with my symmetry fanatics, the 4 pages of dresses and 2 hats pages were driving me crazy. 


     Finally, I found a place. I have this crazy long hallway. Look at how long! And narrow. It's like a bowling alley (and sometimes just as dark)

     Here's a look at some of the different designs I played with before deciding. It was like Goldielocks, this one is too small, this one too big. It just depends on the space of your wall and frames, I had a long wall and narrow frames so I need to stretch out the spaces. 

Step 1) Measure the distance across the wall. Measure the widths of the frames. To evenly space it out, subtract all the widths of the frames from the length of the wall. Then divide by the number of frames plus 1.

Walls- widths / frames +1 = distances between frames (yeah super geeky side, yay symmetry) 


Step 2) Cut out scraps of colored paper to make mock frames and tape them to the walls to see how it will look. (I used leftover paper from this). I ended up deciding to overlap the frames by 1/3^rd because they looked better. 

Step 3) Admire your work.


Step 4) Figure out where your nails go (mine are down 2.5 inches) and nail away!

Step 5) Tear down paper and hang pictures.

Step 6) Admire your work again, but for real this time. (level it too!)

Hung up on Purses

     I have been known to drop some good money on a fabulous purse but I have always had the problem of trying to figure out how to store them. I simply don't have the shelving space for them, and I am far too lazy to put them in cute boxes that are labeled. So I came up with this simple solution: Picture Frame Holders.

    I took two of the kinds you nail to the wall and spray painted them gold to match my room. Nailed them to the wall and VOILA! PRESTO! Hung my purses on the shelving part and I was finished, my favorite part it I can also store my sunhats too.

 

     It's super easy to grab a different purse now and switch bags and I did it behind my door so that I don't take up too much valuable space for other things. If I had the space, I would have done more of the frame holders so that I could have fewer purses on each one and really display and pretty the holders are but perhaps in my next place. 

Picture Frame Fix-up

I bought these pretty flowers a while ago on sale at JoAnn's because … Well they were pretty and in a cute jar and on sale? I have been trying to figure out something to do with them ever since then.

I finally did something with them. I used them to decorate a frame for a friend's gift.

Just use some modpodge to glue some flowers to a frame covered in scrapbook paper. Then print a photo on photo paper or be lazy like me, and go to your local drugstore and have them print it. TA DA!