Hanging large wall photos

After reading the bedroom makeover post from A Cup of Jo last year, I knew I wanted to try hanging a large family photo in our living room.

Amanda did our family photos in the fall. They were already in a nice, high resolution so I could blow them up using the Costco photo center. 

We used these instructions (from Little Green Notebook) as a guide to mount and hang the photo.

I went with Costco's poster photo print, and printed a 24 by 36 inch photo. I'm fairly sure that is the largest they can do, and then you would need to go to another printer for something bigger. But our walls aren't huge so this was as big as I felt we could go for our space.

But for our poster, it was a mere $15.99! Not bad at all.

It was a little tricky to use the scrapbook tape and lay the poster evenly on the plywood and without any bubbles or ripples, but we managed to get it nearly perfect in the end. D-rings on the back hold the whole thing onto the wall.

A really affordable way to hang a nice big piece of art or a photo in your house. I highly recommend it!