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Newlywed life in a townhome means pinching pennies as much as we can. So we turned to Desenio to help us craft a beautiful gallery wall on a budget.
I love interior decorating. Even as a kid, I was fascinated by how walking into a certain space in a home conjured particular emotions or sensations. I knew as an adult, when I had the opportunity to decorate my own place, it was going to be spectacular. The only part I was uncertain about was the style. My tastes have fluctuated over the years, and while I love a good minimal setting, or a clean and glam location, bohemian has always stuck out to me. What I knew I had to have was a decent amount of color. I thrive in colorful places.
So the first thing we got for our townhome was a rug. A very vibrant rug, I might add. But it brought the most incredible vibe to our living room. Our carpet is tan, our couch is tan, and the walls are tan – but since we aren’t sure how long we’ll live here, we didn’t want to change too much. However, since I chose such a “busy” statement rug (and a large one, at that) I knew I needed to be super particular about any art that went up onto our walls. I immediately began to peruse the Desenio website for inspiration.
Decor Details
“Close” 50×70 | “Woman in Blue Dress” 30×40 | “Monstera Three” 30×40 | “Gold and Green Palm Leaves” 21×30 | “Restful” 21×30 | “Indigo Blue” 13×18 | “Breathe” 13×18 | Gold Frames | Rug | Coffee Table | Side Tables | Pillow Covers | Throw Blanket | Faux Monstera Plant | Lamp | Diffuser | Similar Gold/White Tray | Crystal Dish | Faux Limes | Wooden Tray | Marble Coasters | InstaStyle Book | Letterboard | Similar Couch
Desenio not only offers incredible wall art at insanely affordable prices, but they also have an array of inspirational photos and even templates for gallery walls.
I chose a “medium” template, which included seven prints at different sizes. Then I picked out my first piece of art – a modern illustration of two faces kissing. This would be my center-focus, and everything else around it just needed to flow together. I spent several hours, matching colors of prints to my rug and the other articles in our living room. Eventually, I came to the conclusion that I wanted cream, green, and blue hues to play the biggest roles in the gallery wall.
Making the order was super easy, and I saved an incredible amount of money because I purchased on a holiday weekend. I even got gold frames for all seven posters, and I still stayed under $300 total. That’s honestly unheard of when it comes to a full gallery wall. I know that I’ll be going back to Desenio for our master bedroom and even my husband’s office. In fact, I may have discovered a slight addiction to art print shopping!
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Such a happy first place. Love the wall theme that you chose, and the colors and your rug!
I love that palm and sand dunes pring! Those really stand out amongst the others.
I love your gallery wall, it’s so chic! I also love your sofa, it looks so super comfy!!
XOXO
Cathy
Such a happy first place. Love the wall theme that you chose, and the colors and your rug!
That gallery wall looks amazing. Love that big black and white one in the middle!
xo Jessica
My Style Vita
I love that palm and sand dunes pring! Those really stand out amongst the others.
I love your gallery wall, it’s so chic! I also love your sofa, it looks so super comfy!!
XOXO
Cathy
Love how your gallery wall turned out! The gold frames are so chic!
xoxo,
Kim
All I can say is WOW how affordable is this?! I’m inspired, and desperately need to get crafting! I want to make a gallery of wedding photos as well soon! Thanks for the push!
Love how your gallery wall turned out! The gold frames are so chic!
xoxo,
Kim
All I can say is WOW how affordable is this?! I’m inspired, and desperately need to get crafting! I want to make a gallery of wedding photos as well soon! Thanks for the push!
I am loving your gallery wall babe!! & your rug is so cute, I am loving the vibrant blue!
Kileen
cute & little
I love, love, love, your rug. It is so cute and gives off the perfect pop of color.
STEPHANIE. Oh. my. gosh. Your home is gorgeous and so are these photos! I love those prints – I’m actually in need of more for my own home (which I still need to finish) haha!
As we’re currently renting we can’t put anything on the walls, but I know as soon as we buy our own house a gallery wall is going to be a MUST! I think it’s great that you showed how beautiful one can be, even whilst on a budget. All these images go really well together, too!
I am loving your gallery wall babe!! & your rug is so cute, I am loving the vibrant blue!
Kileen
cute & little
I love, love, love, your rug. It is so cute and gives off the perfect pop of color.
ahh i love your gallery wall! and your rug! such a great pop of color!!
ahh i love your gallery wall! and your rug! such a great pop of color!
ahh i love your gallery wall! and your rug! such a great pop of color!!
LOVE your gallery wall! So cute and simple.
so many fun prints on that gallery wall!
so many fun prints on that gallery wall!
I just moved so i got all the home inspo from this! Love all of your prints!
I’ve never heard of Desenio. Definitely checking out, love your fun wall!
I’ve never heard of Desenio. Definitely checking out, love your fun wall!
I love your gallery wall! What a great addition to your cute living room!
I love your happy place! This is such a beautifully decorated space. That gallery wall is fabulous.
Your gallery wall is my favorite! It looks amazing lady! Really loving the large print – so unique, yet super simple.
xo Laura Leigh
Louella Reese
I love your gallery wall! What a great addition to your cute living room!
I love your happy place! This is such a beautifully decorated space. That gallery wall is fabulous.
Your gallery wall is my favorite! It looks amazing lady! Really loving the large print – so unique, yet super simple.
xo Laura Leigh
Louella Reese
I’m so bad at creating gallery walls! I know a pretty gallery wall when I see one but I have a hard time recreating one for myself. I Really Love that these frames and prints are so affordable! I may give it a shot myself!
Okay, I’ve totally been wanting to create a gallery wall in our living room. Definitely checking them out!
Love this post! I am such a perfectionist, so I have a hard time committing to hanging things up. It makes me nervous I’ll mess it up!
I love creating gallery walls. It’s such a fun and budget friendly way to decorate.
Xx, Nailil
thirtyminusone.com
I love the face silhouette painting! This gallery wall is so cute 🙂
-xo, Azanique | https://www.lotsofsass.com
Wow, you did a great job on that gallery! I love the layout! Your home looks so cozy. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
I love the rug! My husband and I moved into our house and we still haven’t decorated. The plan was to fix the house up the way we want and then decorate. The only thing on our living room walls is our wedding picture and a calendar from 2018…oops. We did just buy a new bedding set though so it is a start.
So cozy and I love that rug!
Your place looks great! Love that carpet!
Love your decor! I’ve been wanting to try making a gallery wall to spruce my living room up!
Your gallery wall looks great. I love the way you have little pops of blue and red on the wall and sofa to match that amazing rug!
I am just moving and I love all your decor so much. I will taking a page from your book.
I love the gallery wall! The decor is so pretty and I love how it really pulls your eyes up.
I love that coffee sign! The gallery wall is super cute!! Love your style!
I love this gallery wall! So well done! XO
cathclaire
I love your rug and gallery wall. Such a cozy space!
Gallery walls are such a great way to spruce up a space! Love how yours turned out!
Xo, Deanie
Deanie Michelle
Your home looks super cozy babe! Cute sign and accents!