Gallery Wall Picture Ledges

A few months back I shared my gallery wall picture ledges over at City Farmhouse.

Today, I thought I’d re-share it here on my own blog for anyone who may have missed it.

These ledges were super easy to build, and they made such a statement in my living room.

The picture ledges allow me to freely switch around my pictures without creating any nail holes, or worrying about messing up a whole wall arrangement

This project, even though it looks like something big, was actually super simple to make.

I first went to Lowes and picked up three 8 foot long boards; one 1 X 4 and two 1 X 2’s. 

I then had Lowes cut the wood at 5 1/2 feet with the remainder being 2 1/2 feet. 

 Total cost was about $11.00. 

 To assemble my ledge, I used wood glue and glued 1 of the 1 X 2’s onto the 1 X 4 and the second 

1 X 2 was glued to the front of the 1 X 4.  

Which sounds more complicated then it actually was, so please just refer to the picture below.

After It was glued together I secured it with screws.

 (please note that I used bigger screws to attached the pieces together and not the small nails shown).

 Next, I stained the wood using these two stains. I first used the gray driftwood stain and then layered it with the special walnut. The result was a pretty weathered-wood look.

Before hanging my ledges, I laid them out on the floor along with my frames.

 This was so that I could  measure the distance I wanted them to be apart.

Painters tape was applied to the front of the ledges for measurement.

 I then removed the tape and applied it to the walls whichreally helped with placement.

 I used really long screws to attached the ledges to the wall. 

 I also used a leveler to make sure that my shelves were straight.

Once the ledges were hung, I filled them up with some of my favorite pictures.

 All of the boat pictures were a free download from Freckled Laundry and can be found HERE.

 One of my favorite pictures ever has got to be this one of my boyson a camping trip when they were little. Those sweet little faces are so precious to me.

Also on the ledge is one of my driftwood starfish (tutorial can be foundHERE).

 I know I’m going to have a lot of fun rearranging the pictures on these ledges. 

Emily

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9 Comments

  1. Stacey
    June 25, 2015 / 9:01 pm

    I just love that look! Thank you for the instructions. 🙂

  2. Silvia
    June 26, 2015 / 3:36 am

    Yes thank you for posting! It looks beautiful and fresh and pictures of the kids priceless..thank you

  3. Maria E.
    September 17, 2015 / 3:52 am

    I love the paint color in your living room, Would you mind sharing the brand and color ?

  4. Donna Lynn
    March 20, 2016 / 4:59 am

    This turned out beautifully, I love that you showed how you used the blue painters tape as your guide for hanging everything, great tip!!

  5. Unknown
    June 28, 2016 / 2:00 am

    Hello, I was wondering if after using the driftwood stain your wood looked gray? I am using your tutorial to make these ledges and after the first stain it doesn't really look like your photos. Let me know. Thanks!

    • Emily@TheWickerHouse
      June 28, 2016 / 2:39 am

      Hi Laura, yes, the driftwood stain should give your wood a gray color, By adding the Special walnut stain over the driftwood stain should give you a weathered finished look like mine. GOOD LUCK!

  6. Julie
    September 9, 2016 / 3:05 am

    I really like your arrangement with the shelves and pictures, you seem to have a theme. I also want to put some family pictures on the wall in my stairwell going upstairs. My wall is an off white color and I wonder if I should paint my frames white or black. I wonder if black is going to be too dark against the wall and if I should have all the pictures be black and white. Maybe that would give the picture arrangement a more blended look. What do you think?

  7. Unknown
    January 26, 2018 / 2:00 pm

    How did you attach the front piece without screws showing?

  8. Unknown
    August 15, 2018 / 11:48 pm

    I really like the pictures holders I'm going to make some thank you for sharing they are amazing