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Create an Impressive DIY Gallery Wall With These Easy Projects

Fill a wall with art you make yourself! HGTV Magazine walks you through nine easy how-tos.

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Photo: Susan Pittard (crafting by Kylie Fife). From: HGTV Magazine.

The Ultimate Gallery Wall

Display your DIY masterpieces in the arrangement shown above to create the ultimate floor-to-ceiling collection.

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Photo: Susan Pittard (crafting by Kylie Fife). From: HGTV Magazine.

Washi Tape Lines

1. Cut pieces of washi tape in varying lengths. 2. Stick each piece of tape to white heavyweight mixed-media paper at an angle, overlapping some of the pieces. Washi tape: Masking tape in assorted colors, $4 per roll, mt-tape.us

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Photo: Susan Pittard (crafting by Kylie Fife). From: HGTV Magazine.

Abstract Leaves

1. Cut rounded leaf shapes out of tissue paper (for opaque leaves, use two pieces of paper; for sheer leaves, use one). Cut out a stem and a few mini stems. 2. Adhere the tissue paper to a pre-stretched canvas using decoupage medium and a foam brush. 3. Coat the entire canvas with a thin layer of decoupage medium. Let dry. Tissue paper: 20" x 30" paper in fuchsia, $3 for a set of 8 sheets, papersource.com; Decoupage medium: Martha Stewart Crafts decoupage in gloss finish, $10 for 8 ounces, michaels.com

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Photo: Susan Pittard (crafting by Kylie Fife). From: HGTV Magazine.

Color Blocking

1. Using a pencil, draw a rectangle in the center of a piece of white heavyweight mixed-media paper. 2. Cut colored paper into enough small rectangles to fill the large rectangle. Adhere the colored rectangles to the white paper with a glue stick. Colored paper: Color-Aid 4½" x 6" paper, $59.50 for a set of 220 sheets, dickblick.com

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