16-05-2025
How to transfer a gallery wall layout from the floor
Q. I read your recent column on how to arrange the perfect gallery wall. Do you have any tips on transferring the arrangement from the floor to the wall?Anna, Lewes
A. I'm pleased you asked this question — I loved sharing my knowledge of gallery walls, so it's great I get to do part two.
In my first column on the subject, we discussed that to enjoy viewing art, our subconscious brain first needs to find links and patterns within our gallery wall, such as frame colour, art style and layout.
Once you have a layout planned, I would arrange the pictures on the floor, take photos of the layout, then move it to the wall (as L Smith suggested in the comments
