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Hey, Sectional. Meet your friend, the Gallery Wall.

Hey, Sectional. Meet your friend, the Gallery Wall.

2 Feb

This post was most recently updated on September 23rd, 2019

sectional sofa and gallery wallA couple of posts ago (in Beauty & The Beast: Decorating with a Sectional Sofa  – 5 Fab Examples) I talked about how we recently put a big sectional in our TV room, and how it’s been a bit of a challenge to decorate around.

After searching for some inspiration on how to decorate with a sectional sofa,  I decided to create a gallery wall behind the sectional to help balance out it’s huge presence.

If you follow me here, you might know that I’m already a big fan of the eclectic and ‘collected’ style that a gallery wall gives a room. I’ve created small collections of wall art throughout our home, like in our foyer (yellow and gray Sunshine-Inspired gallery wall) and our basement stairway (Colorful, Alphabet-Inspired gallery wall).

The largest one I attempted was in our living room a couple of years ago, but after we re-painted the wall, I decided not to put the gallery wall back up. I’ve missed it ever since! (See: I Miss My Living Room Gallery Wall (The great debate: Simplicity vs Eclectic/Collected Decor?).

So I was excited about the idea of creating a similar wall in the TV Room.  I don’t talk about this room much around here, mainly because it’s,  ahem, “well-lived-in”, which essentially means it’s never fit for photographs, lol.

I can never seem to get a handle on it! It’s the magnet on our main floor for toys and crafts and craziness. The kids have a playroom / family room in the basement, but for whatever reason, this main floor room seems to be their favorite!  It’s small in square footage, but has high cathedral ceilings (16ft), which helps provide the illusion of more breathing room!

Here you can see how the kids use the room. Dinkies, trains, kiddie crafts and lounging just about sums it up!

TV Room Gallery Wall

how to decorate a TV Room

TV Room with brown leather sectional

Along the way, I’ve tried to buy furniture for this room with lots of storage to hide all that kind of stuff – like the piece in the photo below.  Usually these little baskets are dumped on the floor, but I tidied up for these photos. 😉 (You’re welcome!)

TV Room storage

OK, back to the gallery wall! (I get easily distracted.)

{But first, a warning: If you like minimalism, this is probably not the room for you!}

The room is painted a neutral color, so I felt it could handle pops of saturated color on the wall, which ended up being mostly red, turquoise and a bit of green.  Red and turquoise is definitely a favorite color combination of mine.  I guess that’s why I had so many pieces in these complimentary shades.

diy decorating - gallery wall

It’s amazing how well these pieces coordinate, even though I didn’t buy any of them at the same time. They were all purchased at different times over the past 10 years. I think it’s easy to over-think purchases for your home, but if you simply buy things that make you happy, eventually you’ll find a way to make them work together.

electic gallery wall

Some of them were in other spots  in our house, and others weren’t being used after I disassembled our living room gallery wall.  I gathered up what I thought would work together, and started playing around with positioning.

gallery wall tips

The big red poppy canvas has been on that wall for a couple of years now, and is definitely the most dominant piece.  I guess you could say it was my starting point. I tinkered around with the other pieces for a few weeks, trying different combinations and layouts.  At one point, I tried that big round clock in one of the above photos, but it felt too overwhelming.  The last thing I added for texture was this wire basket with the potted plants.  I probably would never have considered using a basket as ‘wall art’ until I saw Melissa’s foyer wall at The Inspired Room, and I was, well, ‘inspired’!

Tips for Gallery Wall Groupings

One of the things I always try to incorporate into a gallery wall is photographs. (For other tips, see Group Things You Love: Gallery Wall Tips)  It just makes the whole collection feel less like a retail display, and more personal – like it belongs in a home.  I tried a few photos on this gallery wall too, but for whatever reason, I couldn’t find a spot for them that felt good. I’m sure I will add some eventually, but for now, it’ll remain photo-less! We have lots of family photos throughout the room, so maybe that makes up for it.

diy decorating - TV Room

I also found some fun toss pillows which help pull all the colors together…

sectional sofa and gallery wall

sectional sofa pillows

If you have a large, boring sectional like we do, and you like eclectic decor, I think a gallery wall is a great way to create a balanced room with personality.

Overall, I’m really liking how it feels.  I know this kind of collected style isn’t for everyone, but, personally, it makes me happy. I can certainly appreciate a good minimalist room with sleek modern decor, but the more time I spend decorating my own home, the more I realize how comfortable I am having my favorite things around me.

How about you?  Do you like eclectic gallery walls, or do you appreciate the simplicity of a blank canvas?

Until next time,

P.S. You might also like…

Sunshine Gallery Wall

Tips for Gallery Wall Groupings

 

P.S. I’m sharing this with Beth

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By Kerri, February 2, 2013 Filed Under: Furniture, Living Rooms and family Rooms, Room by Room: Renovations & Inspiration, Wall Art Ideas & DIY Wall Art

About Kerri

Kerri Roche is the owner, editor and voice behind A Pop of Pretty, a Canadian home decorating blog, where she shares her love of modern coastal and cottage home decorating style, from beautiful Newfoundland, on Canada's east coast. Home decorating has always been in her blood, even while earning a Marketing degree and MBA, and working in strategy and planning in a busy ad agency for over a decade. She aims to inspire other style seeking home lovers to decorate their own homes with confidence, by sharing home decorating ideas, shopping tips, and DIY tutorials from her own suburban home and lakeside cottage - all l while juggling the schedules of a world travelling husband, 3 busy and energetic kids (including twins), and a scrappy little Havanese named Finnigan.

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  1. Andrea Combs says

    November 8, 2013 at 3:06 am

    Hi! Thanks for sharing 🙂 I have also discovered that I am a MAJOR fan of all things eclectic. I love your wall and am inspired to really tackle the one I have been itching to re-do! I’ve also been contemplating the idea of getting a sectional for our living room, so this post has given me a lot to think about 🙂 Ps: Your home is GORGEOUS!!

  2. Nicki says

    February 2, 2013 at 1:32 am

    Love it. It is gorgeous! And you are a really good photographer.

    • Kerri says

      February 4, 2013 at 3:28 pm

      Thanks Nicki! Re the photography, it’s definitely a new passion of mine. I’m still learning how to use my camera in manual mode, but am getting more comfortable all the time. I was trying out a new lens, so I’m glad you noticed! ~Kerri

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