Long before I became a wedding photographer, I loved decor and styling. I have always loved art, but even more (and maybe the older I get?), I love personal art. Personal art means something to me. So when it came time to decorate our first condo and then later our home, I wanted to invest in art pieces that were personal and unique. The easiest way to do this? Canvas gallery wraps.

In brief, a canvas gallery wrap is a photo printed on canvas material and stretched tightly around a wooden frame. As you’ll see below, canvases don’t have to be photos of people. They can be of anything! Here are some examples of canvases I have in our home.

This floral canvas is a photo that my good friend, Jill, took and gave to me to use. I had it printed in a large 30×40 size and hung it in our entryway. To many, it’s a stunning photo of beautiful flowers. And it is. But to me, it’s so much more than that because there’s a person behind it. (She gave me about 8 photos to pick from so I could get the one that fit best in our home! How wonderful is she?!)

In our bedroom, I had some canvases made soon after we got married from our wedding. I would love to get some new family photos of us and print a giant canvas for one of the walls. For now, I’m keeping these up. They are precious to me because, well, it’s us…on our wedding day. What better wall art than that?

In 2013, we took a somewhat last minute vacation to Colorado. It was such a fun trip that we both comment on a lot. (We also can’t wait to take Henry there someday!) We hiked and explored and spent a week soaking up the beautiful late summer in Breckenridge. I took some of my favorite photos from that trip and had them made into canvases to do a canvas wall gallery in the basement.

I’ll be posting soon on how to select the size of canvas you’ll need for your wall. (Hint: bigger is always better when it comes to canvases.) In the meantime, I hope this gives you a good idea of what a canvas gallery wrap is and how it could look in various parts of your home.

For my clients: you can order canvas gallery wraps directly through your PASS gallery. Think outside the box: it doesn’t have to be a photo of you! It can be some of the detail shots, your florals, or a large photo of your bridal party!