Adding Family Photos to a Gallery Wall

Remember the gallery wall I started way back when in our Family Room?

The picture frames have been hung for quite awhile, but most of them still sat empty.

It's a little embarrassing when people come over and I see them give my wall a sideways look as if they are thinking, What is that all about!? 

And I always find myself quickly defending my project, saying, "It's a work in progress!"

So last month, we went and had some family photos taken to put in some of the frames. Since our Family Room has a casual, cottage feel with a hint of coastal-ness, I wanted our pictures to blend in with the look and feel of the room. This do this, our outfits have to be carefully selected and we had to choose the perfect location (with the help of our photographer).

We ended up going with white shirts and denim bottoms for a casual look and had the photos taken at Discover Park in Magnolia (Seattle), which is a beach-front park. See for yourself...

Getting all three 2-year-olds to cooperate for a photo shoot was quite the challenge, but I think overall, the pictures turned out pretty good!

And while I still haven't had any of the pictures printed out, here's a (rough) photo-shopped plan of how they will look once added to the gallery wall...

It still needs some tweaking, so we'll see how it finally turns out...

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