Super Cheap way to Create a Photowall

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Here's a great DIY project for the weekend. Print up a ton of pictures or raid the photo album and follow me. The picture shown below is going to do a better job explaining than me so here's the picture and the list of things you'll need. If you decide to take a crack at it, click through to Curbly for the instructions.

I estimate the whole project took me half a day and cost me something like $60 for an 8′ x 4′ area – 28 photo holders. The majority of both the time and cost was for the wood photo boards, something that I now realize were really optional.

Here is what you'll need for materials:

picture hanging wire (enough for each span to cover)

s-hooks – 1″ or 1.5″ open (2 per photo you want to hang, 1 if not using wood photo boards)

Hunt bulldog clips (1 per photo you want to hang)

turnbuckles (1 per span of wire; make sure one side is a hook not an eye)

splicing sleeves (2 per span of wire)

screw eyes (2 per span of wire)

Thumb tacks (1 per photo to hang, only needed is if using wood photo boards)

Some thin slats of wood cut a bit larger than the photos you want to display (1 per photo to hang)

The tools you will need:

Drill and small drill bit

Pliers

Saw (to cut the wood photo holders)

Sandpaper (to sand the wood photo holders)

Paint brush and stain (if you want to finish the wood photo holders)