History Gallery Wall

My wife, Molly, and I have been living in our home for one-and-a-half years now, and we have been making some improvements along the way. We have put in central air, a fence, new steps, and even remodeled a whole room! We have a small wall between our living room and kitchen that was bare and very plain. Molly found an awesome idea on Pinterest, and we devised a plan that would make this area a focal point for us and visitors.

Maybe some of you are familiar with gallery walls? I know I wasn’t until Molly showed me. It’s an artsy way of showcasing art, family heirlooms, or pictures. We decided to make one and create it so that it was a mixture of the things we both like. Molly knew I liked the history portion of the house, and she likes arts and crafts and current photos. We mixed our ideas together and came up with a past & present house gallery wall. It turned out quite nice. Molly picked out a great color for this room. I have to say I love the hanging pendant light she picked out as well. I dug up an old map of the city, a few old pictures, and a key from the door in our home.

Pano of the wall

1924 map of Oshkosh

Picture of the house from 1967–before the green siding

Old skeleton key from one of our doors

Fluor Bros Construction advertisement

Beautiful pendant light

The builder and 1st resident–Casper R. Fluor

“F” for Frederick

Us with the sold sign

This was such a fun and easy project. I would like to do another wall in the house, but make it a family tree with old family photos (ones that Molly doesn’t call creepy).  I think this is a great addition to a wall that was bare and just plain white. The wall is  now colorful and tells a story. I can’t wait to show visitors!