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I won't say that anyone will die from holes in the wall, but I will say that toxic building materials like asbestos are in a lot of buildings and to find out what your walls are insulated with before exposing that insulation (even though it's usually tiny holes from tacs) for safety (My university had old asbestos in almost every single dorm when I went there and had a policy against putting holes in for that reason yaaaaaaay)
For those of you that get really nervous before hanging a lot of frames: You can use paper and tape and make shapes the sizes of the frames you want to hang and stick those to the wall first. You can kind of see if the shapes, heights or spacing are off before you start putting holes in your walls. Especially if you rent this might help you.
I had a macrame wall hanging but after the first 2 minutes of this video, I paused it, took it down, and put up a Live, Laugh, Love sign. OK, now to watch the rest of the video.
Ok. I love the theme of this video. I know I’ve asked before but never got an answer. I love the color of your drapes. Can you team me where you got them abcs the color? I know you mentioned it when you first hung them but I can’t find that video.
Caroline is one of the most interesting YoutTubers for me. I do not always want to watch her videos right away when I see an upload. It’s like I need to be in a specific mood for it. It‘s not something I just have on in the background, it‘s an intentional decision. So I find myself watching nothing from her for 6 months but then suddenly being in the mood and catching up on every single video I‘ve missed. And every time it‘s a blast! It‘s kind of visiting an old friend and realizing that you‘ve really enjoyed that person’s company and are genuinely wondering why you haven‘t been in touch more regularly. 😂 I can’t quite describe it. But I love it. Watching Caroline feels nostalgic and comforting. And right now: I need this❤
I’m sick of having a blank white wall in my living room. I started collecting things for a gallery wall. One item was a teapot. I like tea, I like delicate flower patterns, it seemed like an obvious choice. Then I started to feel like maybe it is supposed to go in a kitchen. But I don’t want it in the kitchen. I felt like I made a mistake in my purchase. So when you said put a teapot somewhere it isn’t supposed to be, the sense of relief and freedom I felt was WILD. Thanks Caroline! In the living room it shall go!
My favorite weird wall decor moment is I put a little 4x6 piece hanging about 10” off the floor over my cats’ food bowls. It’s a picture of a painting I cut out of an art magazine and glued into a frame I lost the back for. I think it’s hilarious.
Speaking of hanging art low to the ground, I gave my cat a gallery wall above his food dish at my last apartment (it did unfortunately include a macrame hanging 🙈) that moved with us to our new place, it's easily the most commented on decor in my entire home 🤣
I've framed high end birthday cards from people I love, some cards are chosen with such care and contain beautiful sentimental messages and it's a way to continue to enjoy them after the moment.
I have the same feeling. I would do the simple version at my place because I’m a complete boring and basic person. I love the other version more because it has more personality
😮When I did a gallery wall, I cut out cardboard the sizees of all my frames & labeled each one (flower, waterfall, etc) . I did the layout on the living room floor. Once I had them arranged the way I liked, I took a photo and then used painter tape ( blue one). I taped all the cardboards in place on the wall. One by one, I replaced the pieces of cardboard with the actual art using my photo as the guide. A helpful tip for hanging frames: apply some toothpaste to the center of your hook on the back of the frame. Place your frame in place, pushing lightly so the toothpaste sticks to the wall. Pound your nail in the middle of the toothpaste, then wipe the excess toothpaste off with a damp cloth. I always hang pictures this way & my art is always in the right spot.
Oh my god! Everything in my RUclips recommended is "Everything sucks and the world is ending!" and then There's Caroline Winkler helping me think about how my walls should look... God bless you.
Ughh I immediately click “not interested” on those videos. I come to RUclips to forget about how much everything sucks, I don’t need it reminding me!! Intermittent distraction via home decor videos is basically the only thing keeping me sane at this point 🫠
@shannonceleste5557 I don’t mind some of it. Lately though the algorithm has started pushing a lot of new stuff I’m not interested in. I can navigate it fine but I’m always down for some home decorating inspiration.
Your food? POISON! Your cookware? POISON! Your clothes and bedding? POISON! What you can do about it? NOTHING! THANKS FOR WATCHING MY HOUR LONG FEAR MONGERING VIDEO THAT OFFERS YOU ABSOLUTELY NO SUGGESTIONS IN THE END!!!!!
Call me a kook, but years ago I starting collecting porcelain plates that had a beautiful pattern that was art in itself. When I had about 15, I selected my favorites and hung them in a pattern on a blank white dining room wall. Thus started a new dining room decor. I still love it and it’s so different than my other home decor, but feels happy.
I love it when people turn their hobbies into wall art! I have a friend who frames dollhouse miniatures inside tiny shadow boxes and hangs those up in the wall in her hallway. Whenever anyone visits, they all stop in the hallways to ooh and ahh at itty bitty vases, cereal boxes, cup of toothbrushes, etc.
@halleyorion I would love to see this, it sounds adorable! I can imagine it both as individual objects in tiny frames, and as a shadow box with a whole miniature room or vignette inside...
I would honestly want to be sloppy and lazy!!! My perfectionism is always making me spend so much time on things that do nog matter at all, but it's hard to turn that voice off.
Yes yes yes! Fabric stretched on a canvas or frame, or have 2 dowels and hang the fabric with one rod at the top, one at the bottom. So easy and it looks NICE.
I've seen several videos of French country houses where this is exactly how they did it. It looked like the decorator ordered several books of the fabric of choice, then used it for everything: wallpaper, draperies, upholstery. Obviously, that could get overwhelming quickly, but pay off me lives the thrift factor of buying in bulk and using it for everything as well as the effortless custom look created.
In my house I have framed shirts, bags, quilts, parts of quilts, letters, postcards, programs, hats, hair and lederhosen. It sounds weird but I get nothing but compliments on my extremely eclectic style.
I’m the complete opposite of this. Just some poster hung taped to the wall. Even an ancient large book school assignment from like kindergarten. I have no idea how it has lasted this long on the wall when i’ve had decades younger posters die on me. My room would quite bare if it wasn’t for the book shelf my father built me. Take up a good portion of the wall and filled to the brim with books, bad art i’ve made, and random items I’ve forgotten on the shelf over the years.
This might be the design episode that will be the most useful to me. You’ve dumbed down the one thing I am the least confident about in design. I could hug you
Literally sitting here on my bed with 5 picture frames… ready to put them on the wall. Opened RUclips and see your video. Clicked immediately XD thank you for creating this video. I love you
11:48 when I did my gallery wall, what I did was get big paper in different popular frame sizes (big and small) and sizes of what I already had and I arranged the papers on the wall how I wanted the frames. It really worked and also allowed me to take bigger risks. It helped me know what sizes of frames and art to buy
In France, gallery walls have always been a thing, not a trend. I personally love them, because you can mix random images with random frames and sizes, giving the space a lot of personallity.
The "trend" she mentioned is the particular monotone aesthetic that looks like "I bought all of this at once, matching frames, same matching prints that all look alike" version and not the curated, hand picked, variation of a gallery wall that would have been different artists, styles, subjects, sizes, frames all put together organically. You can see the difference in the examples she showed when she mentioned the "trend" vs the composition of later images
@vaderladyl Blame minimalism, it was a trend that suddenly made everyone think interors should be devoid of personality so when we got bored of it and started adding frames it was immediately seen as new trend
I would really love seeing what your viewers did with their space, nay, their walls. Please let us know where the inspirational renditions can be sent to be viewed by us commoners. ~N
I just rewatched this the other day! I couldn’t understand why I felt unsettled in our house, it was the emptiness of just one painting right in the middle if each wall at the same heights! I just started a gallery wall and I’m so in love with it. I used the cardboard blue painters tape trick, I get to look at photos and paintings and small decor that I haven’t seen forever cause I never jnew where to put it. Put holes in walls, no one’s gonna die!!!!! Thank you, Caroline!
I collect and frame vintage postcards! I can often find them between $1-3 and have some really cool ones made from leather, wood, with gold gilding, etc. But I only ever buy ones that have been written on because they're so much more interesting. I make sure anytime I travel somewhere new, to always visit an antique store and bring one home with me! And I usually write on the matting when and where we were. Will have to try diy-ing some funky patterned frames for them. Love the video and your humor💗 I also like framing other stuff, like my grandma and great-grandma's hand-written recipe cards, sometimes even game night score cards scrawled all over, or my menu for Thanksgiving I host every year. Good art I want to put on my walls is hard to find, so I make do with other things!
I had to share. At 3:31 there is an image of a living room looking through to a kitchen and that is literally the exact color scheme I've been agonizing about for weeks for my place. The white kitchen is what it is for me and I love that peachy glow for the living room and really wanted an earthy but soft green in my DR which is a walk through to the kitchen! Wow, I feel so confident I might be able to get some sleep. Help comes from everywhere!
The only thing that keeps me from DIY-ing some wall art right now is the fact that it’s 1 am. I’ll be decorating my new home in a couple of months and now I am even more excited!
”Cutting the highways” and hanging art low to the ground is the best thing we’ve done! Me and my husband have tried making a gallery wall so many times and HATED them all. I think we’ve made it over at least three times in our current living room. We never got it right. Until one day when my husband said ”let’s just hang it up so that nothing is aligned and with more space in between”. And I suggested we put some of the pieces really low to the ground to create interest, as well as moving the tv to the side so it’s not in the center. And it honestly turned out so great! It somehow looks more high end. We finally got it right!
When I did my gallery wall, I placed the pictures laid out on the floor to decide how I wanted them hung. It worked really well. I also spaced them like you said, all about the same width from eachother.
I just applied for my dream apartment and I am going to come back and watch this when I get it!! Everybody send me good vibes, thank you for expertise Caroline!!!!
Obsessed with the craft. I have so many plain cheap ass dollar tree frames I bought in years past that I, at one point, envisioned for a boring matchy matchy gallery wall. Now that I have embraced my maximalist nature in my new apartment, I have stumbled upon this video and finally found some ideas to totally revamp those boring bastards. Thank you! ❤
Yesterday I got sick of my gallery wall and took it down and have since been staring at the blank wall. Then I saw your video. I’m still staring at the wall, but cogs are turning now. Thank you!
watched this video a while back and I finally got my room to the point I feel ready to hang my frames, now rewatching so Caroline is reminds me to enjoy the process while I level with my phone
My “win” of 2024 so far is discovering your channel! I recall in one episode you made a comment of “my friends don’t take my decorating advice” or something along those lines and I was like, “are you kidding me?!” I’d love to have a friend with your great ideas to offer advice in my home! I will be on the lookout to see where you hang these fun art creations. My mom used to frame pressed flowers, so thanks for inspiring me to try that out. You are a delight and beautiful and funny too! ❤️
You gave me so many ideas for how to use the artwork that just isn’t getting put up. I love collecting postcards of favorite art and now I’m gonna have a gallery wall on my staircase mixed in sporadically with a couple family photos. Who does not love mod podge? It’s magical stuff!
This is the most helpful video I have ever seen on this topic. From the chapter breakdown, to the visual inspirations, to the hacks, to the demo. Truly truly bravo. I know this took a lot of time and I’m really appreciative
Ahhhh, I stopped everything I was doing to watch this! My bathroom wall is all white, blank slate, a whole lot of nothingness... I have a hospital bathroom in our home. I needed this. Thank you!!!
I have been rethinking my wall hanging recently and this is such a good vid. Thank you Caroline! Also wondering if you could make a decor tips video for new grads? Like how to make your space look nice when you're moving yearly, have a collection of weird hand-me-down furniture, and don't have money to decorate how you want to lol
aw this is such a sweet idea!! i've been thinking of doing a video that is no-buy, just redecorating with what you already have..... i think i should do it!
I've been decluttering my room for the past 3 months, and I'm finally finishing. I've been excited about being to decorate now but my walls have been looking daunting, perfect timing!
Your voice is incredibly soothing! I often find myself just listening while I work, and it really helps me stay calm and focused. It's like a gentle breeze amidst the chaos of the day.
Literally jus paused the video and spent the night rearranging things that have been bothering me and wowee my space feels so much better already. Bless you
Love this! I can never explain how I do a gallery wall, I always just hang things up as I go and go by pure vibes. You articulate it and explain it so well, thank you!
I LOVE the travel flower idea!!! I did that when my grandmother passed, picked flowers from her garden and now they are in a frame, but I never thought about doing It for myself. Thank you! Also, I LOLed at the title😅
The advice I’ve heard about hanging framed art is that the MIDDLE of the piece should be five feet from the floor. If you have art of various sizes, they’ll all be hung at different heights, but still look cohesive.
Yes, and it is just a general guideline to start with, not a rule, for people that have no clue how to put it so that it doesn't end up too high or too low.
I found this video when I was looking for gallery wall that I am about to do and this video kind of validated my thoughts that I am right with this. Learn some cool things though that I'd like to implement in this wall.
Love this. I have framed wallpaper in my downstairs loo, from the wallpaper on my main bathroom walls, so ties them together. I have William Morris wrapping paper framed in my utility room, postcards framed as part of a gallery wall in my spare bedroom, and a large gold gilded frame with an oil painting of flowers on my living room floor, leaning against a lamp table. I love them all. I remember when I was a young teenager making my own frame from cereal box cardboard, some foam and some material. I loved it 😂❤
In some respects, I'm rather fortunate. As an artist with no separate studio and/or storage space, my wall are "storage" for all my art. I take it all down when I go do art shows and put it all back up upon my return. It's a bit of a hassle, but until I can afford a studio....well...it is what it is.
I am a textile artist with so much original art by others… friends and art fair/gallery purchases. My small house has a lot of windows. That means my walls aren’t big enough to hold all my art. I will thrift for sheets/other fabrics, but not for wall decor.
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Ive been NEEDING a wall decor video from YOU!! Thank you❤❤❤
I won't say that anyone will die from holes in the wall, but I will say that toxic building materials like asbestos are in a lot of buildings and to find out what your walls are insulated with before exposing that insulation (even though it's usually tiny holes from tacs) for safety
(My university had old asbestos in almost every single dorm when I went there and had a policy against putting holes in for that reason yaaaaaaay)
The "Consider hanging tapesties" text on screen 🤣 I just see pasties 🤦♀️🤷♀️🤣
For those of you that get really nervous before hanging a lot of frames: You can use paper and tape and make shapes the sizes of the frames you want to hang and stick those to the wall first. You can kind of see if the shapes, heights or spacing are off before you start putting holes in your walls. Especially if you rent this might help you.
I had a macrame wall hanging but after the first 2 minutes of this video, I paused it, took it down, and put up a Live, Laugh, Love sign. OK, now to watch the rest of the video.
😂
So you went from decent to tacky. 😂😂😂😂
Hilarious
They always freaked me out because they always have spiders that I've seen and dust
😂😂
My favorite video of yours yet. "Put holes in the wall. Nobody's gonna die." Words to live by.
I needed to hear these words!!!!
I have yet to see it!
I have yet to see it!
Amen 😂
as long as you're far enough from electric outlets :D
you become a real adult once you start obsessing over wall decor. Love it❤
that's how you know the existential dread is really hitting
goes in waves for me, i remember as a kid being obsessed with posters, then i forgot about them, then i started liking wall art again lol
@coscorrodrift omg I lived near DC and bought posters from art museums! Loved it❤ posters were a thing in the 80s I think
I have been a real adult since I was 7
Ok. I love the theme of this video. I know I’ve asked before but never got an answer. I love the color of your drapes. Can you team me where you got them abcs the color? I know you mentioned it when you first hung them but I can’t find that video.
"Wall decor. What is it? Nobody knows. What are shapes? Why does this wall look stupid?” Caroline understands me.
Caroline is one of the most interesting YoutTubers for me. I do not always want to watch her videos right away when I see an upload. It’s like I need to be in a specific mood for it. It‘s not something I just have on in the background, it‘s an intentional decision. So I find myself watching nothing from her for 6 months but then suddenly being in the mood and catching up on every single video I‘ve missed. And every time it‘s a blast! It‘s kind of visiting an old friend and realizing that you‘ve really enjoyed that person’s company and are genuinely wondering why you haven‘t been in touch more regularly. 😂 I can’t quite describe it. But I love it. Watching Caroline feels nostalgic and comforting. And right now: I need this❤
Honestly, same
@carolineshorb883 Naaw, nice to know that there are people out there who get me ☺️
Facts, saved this to my watch later list on release day, but came back today because I had the time to sit and take everything in 😊
Same for me today.
I actually feel like every bit of her content comes out at the exact time it’s relevant for me. But still vibing with this comment. 😊
I’m sick of having a blank white wall in my living room. I started collecting things for a gallery wall. One item was a teapot. I like tea, I like delicate flower patterns, it seemed like an obvious choice. Then I started to feel like maybe it is supposed to go in a kitchen. But I don’t want it in the kitchen. I felt like I made a mistake in my purchase. So when you said put a teapot somewhere it isn’t supposed to be, the sense of relief and freedom I felt was WILD. Thanks Caroline! In the living room it shall go!
the day I hung a model sailboat on my wall was the day I felt i truly figured it all out
My favorite weird wall decor moment is I put a little 4x6 piece hanging about 10” off the floor over my cats’ food bowls. It’s a picture of a painting I cut out of an art magazine and glued into a frame I lost the back for. I think it’s hilarious.
Hahaha! Love this image!
I want to see it!! 😻😻
i have a framed photo of my golden retriever peeing on top of my toilet haha
I love this. why shouldn't the cats have art too?
Love this!!!!
I appreciate the aerobics instructor tone and tempo during craft time. Got real motivated.
I think it’s my natural state. There is an alt universe where I just teach aerobics on tape
Same here!!!!
@Caroline_Winkler You have to check 80s british "Mr Motivator" - love love LOVE
Loved it, made me laugh! 😆
Speaking of hanging art low to the ground, I gave my cat a gallery wall above his food dish at my last apartment (it did unfortunately include a macrame hanging 🙈) that moved with us to our new place, it's easily the most commented on decor in my entire home 🤣
This is both hilarious and genius! 😂 🐈⬛ 🖼️
I love it.
Stellar!
I’m screenshotting this bc my cat definitely needs a gallery wall at her eyesight !!
This. I’m doing this.
I've framed high end birthday cards from people I love, some cards are chosen with such care and contain beautiful sentimental messages and it's a way to continue to enjoy them after the moment.
the fun thing about your thumbnail is, that i immediatly like the "not this" side so much better, then the "do this side"
Same! Lol😂
Agreed.
Haha same but it did make me click on the video
SAAAME only came here because of that
I have the same feeling. I would do the simple version at my place because I’m a complete boring and basic person. I love the other version more because it has more personality
😮When I did a gallery wall, I cut out cardboard the sizees of all my frames & labeled each one (flower, waterfall, etc) . I did the layout on the living room floor. Once I had them arranged the way I liked, I took a photo and then used painter tape ( blue one). I taped all the cardboards in place on the wall. One by one, I replaced the pieces of cardboard with the actual art using my photo as the guide. A helpful tip for hanging frames: apply some toothpaste to the center of your hook on the back of the frame. Place your frame in place, pushing lightly so the toothpaste sticks to the wall. Pound your nail in the middle of the toothpaste, then wipe the excess toothpaste off with a damp cloth. I always hang pictures this way & my art is always in the right spot.
That's the best tip ever
Winner idea
Oh my god! Everything in my RUclips recommended is "Everything sucks and the world is ending!" and then There's Caroline Winkler helping me think about how my walls should look... God bless you.
Ughh I immediately click “not interested” on those videos. I come to RUclips to forget about how much everything sucks, I don’t need it reminding me!! Intermittent distraction via home decor videos is basically the only thing keeping me sane at this point 🫠
You deffo gotta take a moment and curate your feed! No one needs to be bombarded with more unwanted badness in life
@shannonceleste5557 I don’t mind some of it. Lately though the algorithm has started pushing a lot of new stuff I’m not interested in. I can navigate it fine but I’m always down for some home decorating inspiration.
😂 I had to curate my feed after I broke my leg and had to take hydrocodone for a couple weeks. The darkness! It's good to have a Caroline chaser.🎉
Your food? POISON!
Your cookware? POISON!
Your clothes and bedding? POISON!
What you can do about it? NOTHING! THANKS FOR WATCHING MY HOUR LONG FEAR MONGERING VIDEO THAT OFFERS YOU ABSOLUTELY NO SUGGESTIONS IN THE END!!!!!
Call me a kook, but years ago I starting collecting porcelain plates that had a beautiful pattern that was art in itself. When I had about 15, I selected my favorites and hung them in a pattern on a blank white dining room wall. Thus started a new dining room decor. I still love it and it’s so different than my other home decor, but feels happy.
Wow kooks abound in the comments ❤
I love it when people turn their hobbies into wall art!
I have a friend who frames dollhouse miniatures inside tiny shadow boxes and hangs those up in the wall in her hallway. Whenever anyone visits, they all stop in the hallways to ooh and ahh at itty bitty vases, cereal boxes, cup of toothbrushes, etc.
@halleyorion
I would love to see this, it sounds adorable!
I can imagine it both as individual objects in tiny frames, and as a shadow box with a whole miniature room or vignette inside...
@Thelmageddon She frames the individual items, but doing little rooms that way would be so cool!
When you say you‘re sloppy and lazy I just feel seen and validated. Nothing wrong about it, we‘re artists!!!! Love it 😭
My top 2 soft skills
I would honestly want to be sloppy and lazy!!! My perfectionism is always making me spend so much time on things that do nog matter at all, but it's hard to turn that voice off.
I can't believe it!! I've been living with blank walls for two years. Thank you!!!
no more!
With these tips, I was able to frame and hang my "Drive fast, eat bass" poster. Thank you!
Omg bless
can't tell if this is a callback or not!
Pretty sure RUclips was invented for cool, funny, talented people like Caroline ♡
My guest bedroom is about to owe its entire existence to you Caroline
I am honored. Gods speed!
"All my guests actually come in different heights". 😂😂😂
Here to recommend fabric as an alternative to wallpaper. Bc it’s wider!
Yesss wow the texture sounds so cool to
drive.google.com/file/d/1_bBlFONhSHwLeAH3etcdA_McpKYBkrEt/view?usp=drivesdk
Yes yes yes! Fabric stretched on a canvas or frame, or have 2 dowels and hang the fabric with one rod at the top, one at the bottom. So easy and it looks NICE.
@thebonniewong I hung and had moulding installed as a border. It came out so beautiful but I can’t post photo here.
I've seen several videos of French country houses where this is exactly how they did it. It looked like the decorator ordered several books of the fabric of choice, then used it for everything: wallpaper, draperies, upholstery. Obviously, that could get overwhelming quickly, but pay off me lives the thrift factor of buying in bulk and using it for everything as well as the effortless custom look created.
“So low to the ground that it makes people mad” 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love it!!!!!
I love the “sloppy and lazy people can do crafts too” I feel so seen🩷☺️
In my house I have framed shirts, bags, quilts, parts of quilts, letters, postcards, programs, hats, hair and lederhosen. It sounds weird but I get nothing but compliments on my extremely eclectic style.
it's sounds amazing. like a Real Life scrapbook on your walls. very cool
I’m the complete opposite of this. Just some poster hung taped to the wall. Even an ancient large book school assignment from like kindergarten. I have no idea how it has lasted this long on the wall when i’ve had decades younger posters die on me. My room would quite bare if it wasn’t for the book shelf my father built me. Take up a good portion of the wall and filled to the brim with books, bad art i’ve made, and random items I’ve forgotten on the shelf over the years.
Wait. Hair?
i like that you gave options and didnt feel too stuck up
This might be the design episode that will be the most useful to me. You’ve dumbed down the one thing I am the least confident about in design. I could hug you
Rewatching this again for a refresh
you're such a generous content creator Caroline - always a minimum solid 30 minutes of pure fun and wit!
I love it when young people discover the things we did a long time ago and it's new and exciting to them! Great job on the frames!
Literally sitting here on my bed with 5 picture frames… ready to put them on the wall. Opened RUclips and see your video. Clicked immediately XD thank you for creating this video. I love you
Same
I’m so glad I found your channel. It’s refreshingly relatable. Thanks for being you and sharing.
I like the way the striped paper gives the little painting print a slightly edgier and modern look.
Each wall decor is a tale ! It represents so many beliefs and values that the owner shares for in general.
11:48 when I did my gallery wall, what I did was get big paper in different popular frame sizes (big and small) and sizes of what I already had and I arranged the papers on the wall how I wanted the frames. It really worked and also allowed me to take bigger risks. It helped me know what sizes of frames and art to buy
I'm glad this video found me at a time when I am trying to become a real adult and upgrade from the dorm room posters
In France, gallery walls have always been a thing, not a trend. I personally love them, because you can mix random images with random frames and sizes, giving the space a lot of personallity.
Gallery walls have been around forever but for some reason, some people think is a new thing that comes and goes like a trend.
I think she meant the specific way people hang them is a trend not gallery walls themselves
The "trend" she mentioned is the particular monotone aesthetic that looks like "I bought all of this at once, matching frames, same matching prints that all look alike" version and not the curated, hand picked, variation of a gallery wall that would have been different artists, styles, subjects, sizes, frames all put together organically. You can see the difference in the examples she showed when she mentioned the "trend" vs the composition of later images
@vaderladyl Blame minimalism, it was a trend that suddenly made everyone think interors should be devoid of personality so when we got bored of it and started adding frames it was immediately seen as new trend
That 1st craft frame turned out incredibly aesthetically pleasing.
I would really love seeing what your viewers did with their space, nay, their walls. Please let us know where the inspirational renditions can be sent to be viewed by us commoners.
~N
I just rewatched this the other day! I couldn’t understand why I felt unsettled in our house, it was the emptiness of just one painting right in the middle if each wall at the same heights! I just started a gallery wall and I’m so in love with it. I used the cardboard blue painters tape trick, I get to look at photos and paintings and small decor that I haven’t seen forever cause I never jnew where to put it. Put holes in walls, no one’s gonna die!!!!! Thank you, Caroline!
I collect and frame vintage postcards! I can often find them between $1-3 and have some really cool ones made from leather, wood, with gold gilding, etc. But I only ever buy ones that have been written on because they're so much more interesting. I make sure anytime I travel somewhere new, to always visit an antique store and bring one home with me! And I usually write on the matting when and where we were. Will have to try diy-ing some funky patterned frames for them. Love the video and your humor💗
I also like framing other stuff, like my grandma and great-grandma's hand-written recipe cards, sometimes even game night score cards scrawled all over, or my menu for Thanksgiving I host every year. Good art I want to put on my walls is hard to find, so I make do with other things!
One of my favorite pieces of all decor is my pressed wedding bouquet!
Just love the decor "instructional" videos you make, Caroline! You really give the best tips.
You add so much value to your videos. Not only did you offer opinions and tips, but you also gave some how-to’s! I love that
I had to share. At 3:31 there is an image of a living room looking through to a kitchen and that is literally the exact color scheme I've been agonizing about for weeks for my place. The white kitchen is what it is for me and I love that peachy glow for the living room and really wanted an earthy but soft green in my DR which is a walk through to the kitchen! Wow, I feel so confident I might be able to get some sleep. Help comes from everywhere!
the picture frame idea with wallpaper is SO CUTE
The diy frame would be nice for a Mother’s Day gift.
You, your videos, make the world a happier place. Warm and wholesome and no bullshit. What a combo. A pretty genius
Watching your videos is like a weekly therapy session where I declutter and make my living space just a tad more livable each time 💅
Thinking of decorating as fun and therapy is so freeing. Thanks!
Really appreciated the crafted frame options time lapse!
The only thing that keeps me from DIY-ing some wall art right now is the fact that it’s 1 am.
I’ll be decorating my new home in a couple of months and now I am even more excited!
obsessed with the frame diy. gonna go to the paper source and freak out on some paper
”Cutting the highways” and hanging art low to the ground is the best thing we’ve done! Me and my husband have tried making a gallery wall so many times and HATED them all. I think we’ve made it over at least three times in our current living room. We never got it right. Until one day when my husband said ”let’s just hang it up so that nothing is aligned and with more space in between”. And I suggested we put some of the pieces really low to the ground to create interest, as well as moving the tv to the side so it’s not in the center. And it honestly turned out so great! It somehow looks more high end. We finally got it right!
The background music fits so well.
When I did my gallery wall, I placed the pictures laid out on the floor to decide how I wanted them hung. It worked really well. I also spaced them like you said, all about the same width from eachother.
I did not expect to see my favorite local Goodwill on RUclips, ha!
I really appreciate how you didn’t just make one frame for this video, but many gorgeous ones. I can’t wait to try this myself! ❤
I've had an empty wall for years. Why is it so hard to decide if the art will go together? Your video gives me encouragement. Thank you!
I just applied for my dream apartment and I am going to come back and watch this when I get it!! Everybody send me good vibes, thank you for expertise Caroline!!!!
I got the place and the basics in place and I am back and ready to decorate baby!!
“And it has been gor centuries” 😂🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Okay making wallpaper into art is genius as a cheap alternative.
And I've seen paper before, that I'd like, but wondered what to do with it.
You are VERY quickly becoming my new favorite channel 😭🥰
Obsessed with the craft. I have so many plain cheap ass dollar tree frames I bought in years past that I, at one point, envisioned for a boring matchy matchy gallery wall. Now that I have embraced my maximalist nature in my new apartment, I have stumbled upon this video and finally found some ideas to totally revamp those boring bastards. Thank you! ❤
I love it when you do home decor videos, I missed them. You’re so freaking good at it, one of my favs on YT. Thank you!
Yesterday I got sick of my gallery wall and took it down and have since been staring at the blank wall. Then I saw your video. I’m still staring at the wall, but cogs are turning now. Thank you!
It's a good thing that you love those crafts! Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder in this case.
Call me a kook, but I absolutely loved seeing all those patterned frames together! What ties them all together are their charming, colorful patterns.
Aw I love layering patterns! One of my favorite moves
Yes! I could totally see them together in a maximalist space.
watched this video a while back and I finally got my room to the point I feel ready to hang my frames, now rewatching so Caroline is reminds me to enjoy the process while I level with my phone
My “win” of 2024 so far is discovering your channel! I recall in one episode you made a comment of “my friends don’t take my decorating advice” or something along those lines and I was like, “are you kidding me?!” I’d love to have a friend with your great ideas to offer advice in my home! I will be on the lookout to see where you hang these fun art creations. My mom used to frame pressed flowers, so thanks for inspiring me to try that out. You are a delight and beautiful and funny too! ❤️
I've used MP for so many crafts! Decoupage is always fun.
The best wall decor video to be posted on the internet :)
You gave me so many ideas for how to use the artwork that just isn’t getting put up. I love collecting postcards of favorite art and now I’m gonna have a gallery wall on my staircase mixed in sporadically with a couple family photos. Who does not love mod podge? It’s magical stuff!
I'm sorry, why's no one flipping for this craft like I am?? It's SO good. Thank you Car, I've never seen that before!
This is the most helpful video I have ever seen on this topic. From the chapter breakdown, to the visual inspirations, to the hacks, to the demo. Truly truly bravo. I know this took a lot of time and I’m really appreciative
"what would Jesus do with that wall" made me extremely happy
That frame craft is the perfect thing for me and my mom to do for Mother’s Day
"Pull it tight for Martha!" 😂 I was giggling the whole craft but that one got me good.
This could not have appeared in my feed at a better time. In the process of a much needed wall decor make over. Thanks!
Ahhhh, I stopped everything I was doing to watch this! My bathroom wall is all white, blank slate, a whole lot of nothingness... I have a hospital bathroom in our home. I needed this. Thank you!!!
I Loe the dome. I would absolutely live in it.
I have been rethinking my wall hanging recently and this is such a good vid. Thank you Caroline! Also wondering if you could make a decor tips video for new grads? Like how to make your space look nice when you're moving yearly, have a collection of weird hand-me-down furniture, and don't have money to decorate how you want to lol
aw this is such a sweet idea!! i've been thinking of doing a video that is no-buy, just redecorating with what you already have..... i think i should do it!
@Caroline_Winkler Yes please! And I already know it would be an amazing video because yours always are
I can rarely find wall decor able things that I genuinely love so now I make floral (origami esque) arrangement sconces and I am *Obsessed*
I've been decluttering my room for the past 3 months, and I'm finally finishing. I've been excited about being to decorate now but my walls have been looking daunting, perfect timing!
I would love to see a full video on your DIY decor projects 😍
Your voice is incredibly soothing! I often find myself just listening while I work, and it really helps me stay calm and focused. It's like a gentle breeze amidst the chaos of the day.
Aw I love to hear that!
Literally jus paused the video and spent the night rearranging things that have been bothering me and wowee my space feels so much better already. Bless you
Love your interior design videos. You make things so easily understandable. I also appreciate your lazy girl DIYs.
I needed this so badly. THANK YOU! Bless you.
Love this! I can never explain how I do a gallery wall, I always just hang things up as I go and go by pure vibes. You articulate it and explain it so well, thank you!
Totally. Gallery is a feeling :)
Love your style! The music between the chapters is so fun and different from other decoration videos. I can't stop watching your videos
I LOVE the travel flower idea!!! I did that when my grandmother passed, picked flowers from her garden and now they are in a frame, but I never thought about doing It for myself. Thank you!
Also, I LOLed at the title😅
I’m so glad! It felt so right
I have a wall with various textured pieces, as well as various depths. Really looks great.
The advice I’ve heard about hanging framed art is that the MIDDLE of the piece should be five feet from the floor. If you have art of various sizes, they’ll all be hung at different heights, but still look cohesive.
Yes, and it is just a general guideline to start with, not a rule, for people that have no clue how to put it so that it doesn't end up too high or too low.
Rules can be great guides! Just don’t be afraid to break em ❤
I found this video when I was looking for gallery wall that I am about to do and this video kind of validated my thoughts that I am right with this. Learn some cool things though that I'd like to implement in this wall.
Love this. I have framed wallpaper in my downstairs loo, from the wallpaper on my main bathroom walls, so ties them together. I have William Morris wrapping paper framed in my utility room, postcards framed as part of a gallery wall in my spare bedroom, and a large gold gilded frame with an oil painting of flowers on my living room floor, leaning against a lamp table. I love them all. I remember when I was a young teenager making my own frame from cereal box cardboard, some foam and some material. I loved it 😂❤
I like the random force of showing the outfit! Funny!
I'd just pressed the most beautiful red poppy on a vacation in Rome! I'm so happy you do that too heheh
I’ve been waiting for you to do this video my whole life.
In some respects, I'm rather fortunate. As an artist with no separate studio and/or storage space, my wall are "storage" for all my art. I take it all down when I go do art shows and put it all back up upon my return. It's a bit of a hassle, but until I can afford a studio....well...it is what it is.
I am a textile artist with so much original art by others… friends and art fair/gallery purchases. My small house has a lot of windows. That means my walls aren’t big enough to hold all my art. I will thrift for sheets/other fabrics, but not for wall decor.