I’m going to start this off by giving credit where it’s due: I was 100% inspired by David & Kristy Abel’s wall of silver IKEA frames! You have to go see theirs, it’s way better than mine. But after you’re done goggling over their living room wall, come back here and we can get on with things.

Are you back yet? Good! Let’s proceed.

This project is not for the faint of heart, unless you’re ok with non-uniformly hung frames. In which case, you’ll be a lot less stressed that I was as I completed our wall. My original goal was to get this completed before my first date of A Practical Wedding Workshop last September, a mere three weeks after we’d moved into our new home. But I didn’t start the project until the night before, so of course, it didn’t work out the way I’d planned! It wasn’t until two days before the NEXT workshop (5 months later) that I finally finished!

The hiccups I faced: I measured, and then measured again, and then broke a frame, and then broke the glass on another frame out of sheer frustration. Fortunately, I’d already ordered my prints, but somehow I managed to lose the first set of 4×6’s that had come with my shipment from Miller’s. Then I didn’t have the proper equipment to hang the last couple frames, so we had to go BACK to IKEA where they told me I had to wait in a 45-minute line to get a freaking spare part.

But finally, it was finished! And every time I look at it too long and think “Hey, is that frame slightly too high/low/left/right?” I shut my eyes and walk away, because DONE is better than “perfect.” So friends, welcome to our living room!

I’m not really the sort of person to fill our walls with photos of us, just because… well, I don’t know. Maybe that’ll change one day when we have kids? For now, though, I’ve stocked our frames with my favorite images from my/our Europe travels (see more here, here, and here. Oh, and you can’t miss this one)! And guys, I’m really proud of our living room. Y’all know I have seriously limited skills when it comes to decorating, but I’m so pleased with how everything’s come together!

This isn’t wall decor. Lily & Sirius are just really cute, and I thought you might want to see his & her adorable faces. I was right, wasn’t I?

This wall is my favorite in our home right now! I love that it serves as a reminder of adventure, and that it’s become one of the first things my couples notice when we’re meeting to chat about their wedding! You guys know I shoot a lot of personal work when I travel, and our frame wall is where we put the best of the best!

P.S. In case you were wondering, yes, I do sell prints of my travel work :). Shoot me an email if you’re interested! abby@abbygracephotography.com