Play and display: What to include on your gallery wall – YOU magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Interiors Play and display From concert tickets to the family album By You Magazine - August 23, 2020 From concert tickets to the family album, anything goes on the modern gallery wall – so get creative. Interiors editor Nicole Gray shows you how. The gallery wall is a clever way to hang a collection of favourite prints and artwork. And the best ones are those that include mementoes, curiosities, craftwork and photographs collected over the years. All the things that trickle into your life over time, often with special meaning, which makes them worth displaying. Think old postcards, tickets from various performances and wine-stained menus from memorable meals at favourite restaurants – all of which can be mounted in a selection of frames that also allow you to have fun with different scales and styles. Just because an object is small doesn’t mean it has to go in a tiny frame. Four ticket stubs from a concert you went to with friends – or any special souvenirs – can be displayed as part of a grid formation or in the middle of a frame with lots of white space to make it sing. These items, when grouped together as part of a display, will make you smile every time you walk past and create talking points for guests. Over time the gallery wall can be added to and transformed into a tableaux that conveys a story of your life. Of course, this doesn’t mean that you have to do away with the art prints altogether – slot your favourites in and around your memorabilia to anchor a wall and inject even more personality. Don’t feel you have to stick to living rooms and hallways for displays: consider areas such as the top of the stairs, kitchens or bathrooms as potential canvases. This new take on the gallery wall is not only more personal but, framing aside, is free. Many of us already own a box of tucked-away memories – now’s the time to let them live and breathe. Here are a few ideas to get you started… Showcase your photos Cortney & Robert Novogratz, thenovogratz.com For instant inspiration, look to your photograph album. Here family snaps are displayed en masse in a stairwell. The use of monochrome prints within black and white mounts keeps the look sleek. Mix it up Simon Brown Here paintings and prints in various sizes and styles sit alongside personal photos to create a display that’s as intriguing as it is eye-catching. The ‘I’m Not Sorry’ piece is a light that has been slotted in as part of the artwork. Be enlightened Paul Massey/www.ti-mediacontent.com Turn personal pearls of wisdom into works of art – and elevate a plain wall – with a bespoke neon sign such as this one from neonsignstore.co.uk Get playful James Merrell This vibrant collection of table tennis bats adds personality to an otherwise calm wall. You could use this idea to feature everything from postcard collections to vintage mirrors. Shop the look Mix and match your personal collections with these statement pieces Neon wall light, £69.99, lights4fun.co.uk Framed matchbox artwork, £80, brigitteherrod.com Terrazzo cutting board, £56, nordicnest.com Plates, £50 for four, rockettstgeorge.co.uk Plate, £75, kinkatou.com Metal wall sign, £38, rockettstgeorge.co.uk Tray, £110, amara.com Wall hook, £51, skandium.com Framed print, £54, papier.com Mirror, £940, balineum.co.uk RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Aldi s pumpkin-shaped casserole dish is all we want for Halloween 7 of the best money-saving kitchen gadgets to invest in this winter Aldi has restocked miniature velvet chairs and sofas for your dog DON' T MISS Fiona Bruce Sometimes I struggle not to cry November 14, 2021 17 beautiful 2021 diaries to help you to look forward to December 4, 2020 Why women leave men for women What’ s fuelling the rise of April 28, 2019 Hollywood veteran Laura Linney on plastic surgery friendship and her stellar July 3, 2017 You can shop the khaki jumpsuit from Holly Willoughby’ s new M& S July 17, 2019 The secrets and lies behind this happy family photo April 11, 2021 It’ s cocktail hour Olly Smith’ s cocktail recipes and Eleanor Maidment s canapé November 14, 2021 BBC One has revealed its Christmas TV schedule and there’ s lots December 2, 2020 YOU Beauty Box August Reviews August 1, 2017 Rome has been named the cheapest major city to visit in August 7, 2019 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. 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