Make a Mood Board-Gallery Wall

 Hello Readers. I like to be organized and it helps me to have visual reminders about up coming projects that I am planning or thinking about. I also wanted to decorate my sewing room a little. It has a big empty wall. Let's decorate and create a planning space.

I think this is decorative organization. Gallery walls are a beautiful way to decorate a room but I didn't have that much art work to hang. I had a different idea to use these cork boards like a gallery all uses pictures and artwork.

This is a before picture so you can see what I was working with. It is a little sad and empty in my sewing room. I have my sewing machines on this wall but it is a big empty wall. I hung up the sewing related decor pieces that I had but the painting and the little signs do not stand up well to the wide empty space of that wall. That's OK. The large empty space gave me the opportunity to do something fun with the space. 

I was given these cork squares a while back. I always take hand-me-downs because you never know if you can use them, just like in this situation. The cork boards would let me add some visual interest to my big empty wall in a gallery wall style. And would also serve as organization space too. 

The cork boards did not exactly match. That happens with hand-me-downs too. That's OK, I could still use them.

I played with them a little and arranged them a few times until I got a symmetrical arrangement. That would make the different textures of the cork boards look more intentionally planned. I think symmetry is always visually pleasing too. That will help my wall look good. 

They came with some adhesive squares to adhere them to the wall. 

 

I arranged the sticky pieces on the back of the cork boards and started hanging them on the wall. 

 

I used the painting on the wall as the center point and stuck the squares above and then, next to it. I tried to make sure they were level and equal distance from each other. I just eye-balled it and did my best. I did not use any tools, It just didn't seem necessary. 

 

I had 9 cork squares so I put one above the painting and 4 on each side of the painting. This made a nice balance.

 

To make sure each cork board would stay put, I hammered in a sewing pin. I just wanted a bit of extra assurance that my boards could hold weight over a long time. You can use small nails for this as well.

 

Here is my arrangement, but this is just the beginning. I have things to hang up. 

 

I want to hang things up and I could use thumb tacks but these needles with little spools of thread work just as well and they are more fun for a sewing room. (Similar here.)

 

I started by hanging up some patterns that I want to use soon. Maybe if they are in my sight line, I will get them made sooner. (I can hope anyway.)

 

I added a few more patterns that I liked and wanted to use and I also added small scraps of the fabrics I want to use with those patterns. That might help me keep on track with my sewing plans too. 

 

I had some pretty note cards that I wanted to display somehow. I added those to my wall too. 

 

Here is a look at my new gallery wall-mood board. I love how it turned out! It fills up my very empty space and it is so useful. I can see the projects I have planned and won't forget what I want to make. 

This would be great for a gardener to plan the next garden season with pictures of the garden they want to plant. Seed packets and a calendar of planting schedules would be so helpful. 

Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.