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Hang a Sophisticated Photo Wall

Jun 17, 2024 | Posted in How To & Decorating Tips | Share

You’ve finally gathered together all your family portraits and memory photos, and you want to create a gorgeous, luxe photo wall display. Here are my top designer tips:

#1 – Freeform Thin Black Frames

A staggered collection of black and white photos with thin black frames and no matting hung on a white wall behind a marble table dressed with a plant, Kate Moss book, a square candle holder and tapered candles, and a candle under a glass container.
Image courtesy DigsDigs

Select all black and white images. Use the same frame color and frame width, without matting. Loosely line up your frames and photos in a pleasing layout.

#2 – Wood Frames in a Corner

Two photo walls joined in a corner, created with blonde wood frames and black and white images. A stool acts as a side table with a table lamp in black with a white shade sat upon two books. Next to that, the end of a textured grey sofa and a beige throw pillow with white stripes.
Photo courtesy Brooke Wagner Design

Stagger and align your wood-framed black and white images images with same-size white matting along two walls in a corner for easy viewing of a larger collection.

#3 – Gold Frames, Aligned

A wall display showing 9 gold-framed black and white photos with medium white matting, aligned into 3 rows of 3.
Photo courtesy DigsDigs

Use the same size white mat for all your images. Gold frames really make the black and white prints pop and a pleasing rhythm is created by keeping the same number in each row, creating a grid.

#4 – Picture Ledge

A grey wall with multiple photo ledges holding mismatched framed black and white photos with white matting and one with grey matting under white matting. An indoor tree is partially blocking the view of the frames. To the left is a walkway showing stairs and a glass loft wall overlooking the rest of the space. Beyond is a doorway with greenery outside. A tiny peek of angled wooden ceiling is viewable at the top near the loft wall. Pale knotty wood flooring runs throughout the space.
Photo courtesy DigsDigs

Mismatched frames on several ledges create a casual display that’s easy to change up. Add small plants or collectibles for additional interest.

#5 – Stairway Stagger

Huge, oversized white matting inside identical black frames make these staggered images going up the stairs draw you through the space. The huge matts have a gallery feel, drawing you in closer to see the art.

#6 – Aligned Edges

A black background with white frames of different sizes aligned along the top edge, so that only the bottom edges are different lengths and sizes.
Image courtesy Lumas

Line up all your frames by one edge to unify them. You can also create an aligned grid for even more interest.

A black background with white frame outlines arranged in a 4 area grid pattern. Dotted lines run up the center horizontally and vertically, and within each section there are 2-3 frames lined up so that they're even along the dotted lines and staggered along the outer edges, based on their different sizing.
Image courtesy Lumas

Kimball Starr designs for artistic homes throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Lake Tahoe. Contact her today for a remote or socially-distant in-person consultation.

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