Vintage Art Prints Gallery Wall

A beautiful collection of online vintage ART prints framed and hung in a unique gallery wall. Perfect to fill in any large empty wall space.

Vintage Prints Gallery Wall

Framed vintage art has become such a huge trend over the past few years. Whether it be original old paintings, or ones that you can buy online and print yourself, you can find these popping up in a lot of homes nowadays.

I’ve been a huge fan for some time now. I did my first little gallery wall with vintage printables last year in our master bedroom makeover, and still love it. Since then, I have sprinkled them all over our house. And when I’m out antique shopping, originals are always on my list.

I even wrote a blog post about where you can find them online.

Our living room wall behind the sofa was in need of a major update, so I went for this vintage arts prints gallery wall look once again.

Vintage Prints Gallery Wall

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Tips for Creating a Vintage Art Prints Gallery Wall

There are so many different ways you can create a gallery wall. Since I started loving the look of vintage prints, I’ve had a game plan all along of how I was going to create a few gallery walls in our home.

  • Collect frames – Frames can get expensive. A few of mine on this wall were way more than I wanted to pay but the size I needed was hard to find. However, other times I grab them from Goodwill, garage sales, antique stores for just a few dollars. But I’m always collecting them.
  • Incorporate different styles, colors, and textures of frames – This makes the gallery wall much more interesting. Mix wood, metal, brass, thick, thin, old, new, matted, not matted, etc.
  • Customize frames – You can always change the color of a frame! Even new ones. I used Rub’n Buff on my gold frames because I wanted a more antique look. You can also customize the matting to whatever size you need it to be.
Vintage Prints Gallery Wall
  • Hang frames before ordering your art – I like to figure out how I want my frames hung before I order art for them. So I played with the frame design (which can be tricky and take some time), hung them all up how I wanted them, then got online to order the art pieces for each one. That way you know what sizes to order for each frame.
  • Finding prints online – The cheapest prints I have found online come from Etsy. A quick search for “vintage prints” and you will find so many shops selling them. My favorite shop is called North Prints. They run deals for a percentage off when you buy a certain number of prints, and they always have the best collection.
  • Printing the art – Once you purchase your prints from the Etsy seller, you can either print them from home, which I only recommend if you have a great printer, or you can order them to be printed elsewhere. I always use Walgreens, because they also always have coupons for usually 50% off. You just go online, upload them in the sizes you want, and they can be ready in the same day.
Vintage Prints Gallery Wall

Frame Sizes and Sources of Gallery Wall

I chose to do a mixture of frame sizes and colors. I think with vintage looking art you can mix and match to play off of the artwork colors and textures. I also wanted this particular gallery wall to have all matted frames so the artwork wasn’t too overwhelming with the amount of pieces I had together.

Here are the frames I used:

Vintage Prints Gallery Wall
Vintage Prints Gallery Wall

Vintage Print Art Sources of Gallery Wall

Like I said above, I buy all my printable art from Etsy. Most of, if not all of, the prints in this gallery wall are from North Prints. Landscape art is my absolute favorite, but I also like to mix in simple sketches too, and florals here and there.

Here is the art I used:

Vintage Prints Gallery Wall
Vintage Prints Gallery Wall
Vintage Prints Gallery Wall

Overall I just love the entire look. All the different frames, the prints, how they mesh so well with the natural, neutral look of our living room. I think it was definitely a much needed change!

Vintage Prints Gallery Wall

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3 Comments

  1. Love this! I am keeping this post for reference.

    I favorited them on Etsy. Question – how did you decide which prints to choose from? There are so many.

    Sandy

    1. Haha, it’s hard! There are sooo many good ones! I just pick my favorites and try to match the colors as much as I can. It’s tricky when you do a gallery wall but I love how they turn out!

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