Learn & Design Guides
Everything you need to design, plan, and install beautiful gallery walls. From beginner tutorials to advanced techniques, we've got you covered.
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Deep dives into everything you need to know about gallery walls and GalleryPlanner.
The Complete Guide to Gallery Walls
Learn how to design, space, and install a cohesive gallery wall with layout ideas, sizing rules, hanging tips, and room-by-room planning guidance from first concept to install day.
GalleryPlanner: Complete User Guide
Learn every major GalleryPlanner workflow, from building your frame library and arranging layouts to exporting hanging guides, backups, and Pro deliverables.
Design & Curation
Gallery Wall Styles and Layout Ideas
Compare grid, salon, symmetrical, asymmetrical, and themed gallery wall styles so you can choose a layout that fits your room, frames, and decorating style.
Color Curation for Gallery Walls
Use color grouping, tonal balance, and the 70/30 rule to make mixed photos and artwork feel cohesive across your entire gallery wall without overmatching every frame.
Frame TV Gallery Wall Design Guide
Design a gallery wall around a Frame TV or standard television so the screen feels integrated with the art instead of interrupting the composition or dominating the wall.
The Vintage Vibe: Design with Upcycled & Thrifted Frames
Learn how to mix thrifted, vintage, and upcycled frames into a gallery wall that feels curated, cohesive, and intentionally collected over time instead of randomly mismatched.
The Evolving Gallery: Designing Walls That Grow With Your Family
Create a family gallery wall that can grow over time, with room for new portraits, kid art, milestones, and seasonal swaps without a full redesign every time things change.
Beyond Photography: Building a Gallery Wall with Art, Objects & Textiles
Design a gallery wall with art prints, original paintings, mirrors, textiles, and sculptural pieces when you want a collection that goes beyond framed photos.
The Monochrome Masterclass: Designing a Black & White Gallery Wall
Build a black-and-white gallery wall with stronger tonal contrast, framing choices, and print decisions so monochrome photos still feel layered and warm.
Portrait Perfect: Designing a Gallery Wall Centered on People
Design a portrait-driven gallery wall that mixes hero shots, candids, details, and older family photos into a display that feels personal and well paced.
Sourcing & Preparation
Print Resolution Guide for Wall Art
Understand DPI, PPI, file size, and print dimensions so your gallery wall photos stay sharp, properly scaled, and ready for large-format printing without soft, blurry results.
Where to Buy Frames: A Practical Guide for Every Budget
Compare big-box stores, online shops, and custom framers so you can buy gallery wall frames that fit your budget, style, exact size needs, and finish preferences.
Bringing the Past to the Wall: How to Digitize and Prepare Old Photos for Print
Scan, restore, resize, and prepare old family photos for print so vintage images hold up beautifully in modern gallery wall displays at larger sizes and better detail.
Planning & Layout
Best Frame Sizes for Gallery Walls
Learn how to mix small, medium, and oversized frames into a gallery wall that feels balanced, intentional, and scaled correctly for your space, furniture, and viewing distance.
Gallery Wall Spacing and Alignment Tips
Use professional spacing, alignment, and edge-matching techniques to make your gallery wall feel cleaner, calmer, and easier to hang accurately on the first try.
Staircase Gallery Wall Layout Guide
Plan staircase gallery walls with better diagonal flow, spacing, and sight lines so your frames climb the wall cleanly without feeling chaotic or crowded.
Corner Gallery Wall Layout Guide
Design gallery walls that wrap around corners with better transitions, anchor points, and spacing so both walls feel connected instead of competing for attention.
Beyond the Frame: Designing Around Sconces, Switches, and Vents
Plan around sconces, switches, vents, thermostats, and other wall obstacles so your gallery layout feels intentional instead of compromised, crowded, or improvised.
Hanging & Installation
The Ultimate Hanging Hardware Guide
Choose the right hooks, anchors, and hanging methods for frame weight, wall type, and renter needs so your gallery wall stays secure, level, and right for the surface behind it.
Renter-Friendly Gallery Wall Ideas
Build a renter-friendly gallery wall with low-damage hanging methods, flexible layouts, and practical ideas that reduce holes without sacrificing style.
The Gallery Wall Lighting Guide
How to light a gallery wall: picture lights, track lighting, LED strips, color temperature, CRI, glare reduction, and placement rules for every room.
App Guides
Getting Started with GalleryPlanner
Start your first GalleryPlanner project in minutes with a quick walkthrough for wall setup, frame entry, layout tools, and your first installation-ready plan.
Auto-Layout: Automated Gallery Wall Designs
See how GalleryPlanner's Auto-Layout engine builds balanced gallery wall arrangements from your real frame sizes, spacing targets, and wall constraints.
What is GalleryPlanner Pro?
See what GalleryPlanner Pro unlocks, including multi-project editing, premium exports, print-ready files, and workflows built for real installation days.
Smart Fill: AI Photo Picks for Frames
Learn how Smart Fill analyzes your photos for color, composition, and resolution so GalleryPlanner can place stronger image choices into your frame layout.
Local-First Privacy for Your Photos
See how GalleryPlanner keeps family photos on your device with a local-first workflow that avoids cloud uploads, protects privacy, and keeps you in control.
Under the Hood: How Smart Fill Runs AI Locally in Your Browser
See how Smart Fill uses TensorFlow.js, BlazeFace, and Web Workers to run local AI photo analysis in your browser without sending images to a server or slowing the editor.
The Best Gallery Wall Planners: An Honest Comparison (2026)
An honest comparison of gallery wall planning tools — GalleryPlanner, Mixtiles, Framebridge, ArtPlacer, WALLARY, and more. What each does well and where it falls short.
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