18 Designer Gallery Walls to Spark Your Creativity

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Want ideas for arranging your own gallery wall? Here are 18 examples from our favorite designers.

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Juxtaposed Photography

A gallery wall in the living room of a California home showcases some of Alessandro Uzielli's photography collection. Coffee table, Vaughan. Side table, Minton-Spidell. The striped chair is a Paris flea market find. Photography by Victoria Pearson
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Large Groupings

Lacking a giant piece of artwork to make a statement on a big wall? Designer Libby Langdon recommends grouping together smaller pieces of artwork, like in this living room makeover. "They can have just as much drama and impact as one big piece and often cost less. Matching frames and mats can help unify the look, if you don't want the grouping to look too haphazard," Langdon says. Photography by David A. Land
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Modern Art

In this Miles Redd-designed family room, a sectional from Christie's — covered in a rich blue cotton velvet by Schumacher — lives underneath a selection of abstract artwork hung atop a Nobilis Chene faux-bois paper. See the full house tour here. Photography by Roland Bello
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Red Backdrop

Benjamin Moore's Habanero Pepper is the perfect red to highlight these botanical photographs — especially paired with a bold, graphic couch. Photography by Eric Piasecki
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Rustic Naturalism

Designer Amanda Lindroth gave this Bahamian barn apartment a rustic vibe with this symmetrical collection of avian prints from English naturalist Mark Catesby (found at J.Pocker) hung in a cluster over a De La Renta sofa from Century Furniture. Photography by Francesco Lagnese
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History in Black & White

A gallery wall is the perfect place to feature photos from your family's history. Here, designer Nina Farmer used matching frames and black-and-white photos to create a stunning, multigenerational gallery wall. See the full tour here. Photography by Raul Raeside
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White Backdrop

In another Bahamian home designed by Amanda Lindroth, a hallway serves double-duty as an art gallery and library, offsetting the busy frames with a simple white wall. Photography by Bjorn Wallander
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Salon-Style

In her Locust Valley, New York home, designer Ellen Niven created this dramatic gallery wall filled with classic European paintings. Scared of combining a gallery with busy fabrics? Don't be — instead, be inspired by her custom banquette by Le Décor Français covered in Le Manach's Greuze. Photography by Simon Watson
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Natural Themes

Mounted butterflies, drawings, and historic artwork combine atop a deep black backdrop to create an authentic, naturalistic-inspired office space. Photography by Michel Arnaud
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Bold Patterns

Architect Gray Davis's upstate New York bedroom features this subdued, scattered gallery wall, including a large-scale zebra print and a telescope. Find the full house-tour here.
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Vivid & Bright

Designer Robert Passal's Miami Beach apartment is far from minimal, interweaving bright accents, geometric artwork, and colorful paintings to create this vivid and dynamic gallery wall. Photography by Jonny Valiant.
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Playful Colors

This guest bedroom from reader Florence de Dampierre, featured in House Beautiful's June 2014 issue, combines a vibrant series of playful, nontraditional artwork atop the tufted headboard for an eclectic and eye-catching gallery wall.
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Minimalist & Style

This Nick Olsen-designed Manhattan apartment is less than 1,000 square feet, but still so stylish with a subtle gallery wall that intersperses bright spots of color with contemporary artwork — proving you don't need an museum's worth of work to create a vibrant gallery. Photography by Maura McEvoy
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A Wall with Personality

In designer Scot Meacham Wood's living small living room, a series of people-focused photographs and artwork hang on a royal blue wall — very Old Hollywood, especially considering the two small, nickel-plated, faux-bamboo coffee tables from the 1940s.
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A Jumble of Silhouettes

In his New Jersey Cape Cod-style home, designer Michael Aiduss hung silhouettes in an informal "jumble," he says. "That way they don't feel too precious." See the full house tour here. Photography by George Ross
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Monochromatic Glamour

Robert Brown designed this Atlanta home to please both halves of a couple divided: One loves neutral, another glamour and glitz. This bold zebra-inspired rug from Stark gives energy to the monochromatic gallery wall in the entry hall. Photography by Miki Duisterhof
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Small Pockets

Kristin Hein used this peacock-blue paint to cover up outdated millwork — and create natural borders for small gallery pockets of black-and-white photography. Photography by Duston Saylor
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Visual Comfort

In this Bahamian home, Amanda Lindroth used a series of maps set on a bold red matte — combined with a long sofa covered in Perennials' Bigger Stripe — to create this warm and inviting TV room. Photography by Thomas Loof

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