Concept, art direction, video editing, title design, and writing for West Elm.
Videography by Zack Taylor. Styling by Ashley Cheeks.
Originally published on the West Elm blog as “4 Super Simple Ways To Create A Gallery Wall”
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Let’s talk about gallery walls. Pretty much a thing since the Académie des Beaux-Arts stacked masterworks on top of the each other at the Paris Salons of centuries past, the gallery wall has reached fever-pitch levels of popularity in homes over the past decade. A mainstay on social media and lifestyle blogs, this “collection” style of art display is like the black dress of the home decor world—constantly reinvented and never really going out of style. But how to achieve it? If you’re worried about attempting the look without leaving your walls a mess of plaster holes, bent nails, and crooked frames—we gotchu. Here are 4 surprisingly simple ways to hack the gallery wall!