Craft A Luxurious Art Gallery Light With A Few Items From Dollar Tree

Gallery walls are a wonderful, trendy way to display your photographs and artwork while making your home beautifully unique. However, the pictures need to be well-lit for the display to feel classy and well-designed. If you've been wondering how to create the perfect gallery wall in a dark room, adding art gallery lights can illuminate the pieces. However, perhaps you don't want to spend a large amount of money on these wall-mounted lights. If so, this Dollar Tree DIY is the perfect solution. In just a few simple steps, you can make a gorgeous art gallery light to illuminate your artwork. To make one, you'll bend a paper towel holder, add a light to the end of it, decorate the piece, and hang it over your artwork.

Not only will this project require a wire paper towel holder, but you'll also need a light as well as hot glue or zip ties (30-pack for $1.25) to hold your project together. You'll want to choose a light that will be able to fit on the end of your paper towel holder, such as the self-adhesive LED push light. Alternatively, the thin LED flashlight could also be a good choice. Paint, gemstones, or other decorations can also be used to make your galley light look luxurious. You can create a unique lighting feature with this simple Dollar Tree DIY and bring attention to your pictures or art.

First, you'll need to decide how many lights you want to make. For those with in-home art galleries, you might consider making a light for each piece of artwork, or you might use one for several. Each DIY art gallery light will require one paper towel holder and one light. Alternatively, if you're only hanging one piece of artwork, you only need to make one art gallery light. Once you have all of your supplies, start bending the metal center of your paper towel holders. This will allow you to create an angle for your light, so that it can shine directly onto your pictures. You might choose to make a right angle out of your holder or possibly just a slight bend or none, depending on your preference and how you want to use the light.

Now, attach your light to the angled portion of your paper towel holder so that it's facing inward. With the puck light, you may be able to just stick it on. With the flashlight, you can place the light on top of the angled portion with the bulb facing down. If your light doesn't already have an adhesive backing, use a zip tie to secure it. There are also a few more things you can include on your art gallery light so that it helps you create the glam room of your dreams.

You may want to spray paint the pieces a different color before attaching them together. When painting your light, simply cover the bulb and any switches with painters tape to ensure they're not damaged. If you like the look of the silver paper towel holder, this can be left as-is. Otherwise, you might paint the light and its base gold, black, or another color that matches the aesthetic of your gallery space. To enhance your light even further, use hot glue to attach diamond-shaped gems around the light itself. This will help disguise that it's a flashlight. You could also use a pearl wrap ribbon to cover your light and make it more unique.

Now, decide how to implement your lights. They could be directly attached to a picture frame or mirror frame so the light hangs over the top and illuminates the image or mirror. This can be done by drilling two holes into the frame on either side of the base of the paper towel holder and using a zip tie to attach the wire base. Alternatively, you could mount your gallery lights on the wall above your art. Nails could be inserted into the wall to hang your lights, or you could try using two adhesive hooks to hang each light, like the Command Brand toggle hooks (about $11 for 10 on Amazon). You might also choose to set your light on a table to illuminate a small sculpture instead.