Tips For Creating Your Own Visual Memory Wall At Home

Picture galleries that integrate traditional works and children’s art allow mother of two maggie pearson to slow down time long enough to capture snapshots of her family as it grows. Here, she shares tips for creating your own visual memory wall at home.

WORK WITH YOUR SETTING

If you’re planning a gallery wall for a public space such as a parlor, choose a traditional work of art as your centerpiece and build around it. Here, a Modernist print poster takes center stage. “This art should reflect your taste and your interests,” says Pearson. Generally, the focal point should also be placed at eye level, she says, “because when an adult walks into the room, that’s where their eye will land.” If the gallery is meant for a private area of the house, such as a back stairwell, it makes sense to forego the serious art altogether in favor of your children’s art or something similarly lighthearted.