Displaying Children's Art - Preserve a Memory

I spent the better part of yesterday afternoon building my new art wall. I had been hung up on purchasing the frames. In my perfectionist heart, I wanted all the frames to match which meant I needed to purchase new ones for the artwork I had chosen. Of course, there is only so much money in the budget and there were more important things on the wishlist (Kindle Fire) so the frames moved lower in priority.

Here are the six pieces I ended up with on the wall. I think I like oil pastels....

So I dug around in my art studio, gleaned a few frames from other parts of the house, and now I have my brand new art wall. The blank wall in our formerly empty room, now turned to family living space, has similar black frames of varying sizes filled with colorful artwork I can see from our workspace.

Doesn't this make you smile?

The process of choosing which pieces to hang up was much harder than I thought. Should I pick pieces that matched in style, art medium, or artist? Did I need to pick artwork from each of the kids? Did I need to make sure they all were portrait or landscape? In the end, I chose pieces that had some sort of memory attached, not paying attention to anything else. The memories of our picture study and the fun times we had learning about each artist were more important than any perfectionist desire.

It is after all MY art wall.

Look quickly....the desk is cleared off but not for long.

Mismatched frame sizes and all.

I love it.

If you want to see more art display ideas, I keep a board on my Pinterest account with an abundance of art display images for you to check out. Have fun!