String Art On My Office Wall

Here are the items you will need:

 – Yarn (You can use any color you wish, I went with gray so that it would contrast with my wall color)

– Scissors

– Hammer

– Small nails

– Leveler

– Ruler

– Pencil

Step One – Using a ruler and a leveler measure where you want your nails to go and mark the spots with a pencil. I started with a row of 3 nails 18 mm apart. I continued with the rows of  3 nails every 12 inches down the wall. I used the level to make sure my rows were straight.  As I moved along, I hammered in the nails over all of the pencil marks, leaving about half of the nail sticking out of the wall.

Step Two – Tie a long piece of yarn to each nail in the top row, but at the center nail add two long pieces of yarn.

Step Three – Take the two center pieces of yarn, pull them tight and wrap around the nails to the left and right in the next row. Bring the yarn to the center nail then continue on creating a diamond pattern down the center of the wall. When you get to the bottom row, tie the yarn to the left and right nails.

Step Four – Take the piece of yarn on the right, pull straight down to the next nail, go around it and head over to the center nail, go around the center nail and back to the nail on the right. Again pull straight down to the next nail and over to the center. Continue creating a backwards E pattern until you get to the bottom row. Tie your yarn to the bottom center nail.

Okay, are you still with me? I know it sounds so much more complicated then it actually is, so I hope that my ‘football diagrams’ are helpful :).

Step Six – from the last step I decided I wanted even more lines, so I added one more piece of yarn to the top left and right nails. The diagram below shows the direction  I took the last two pieces of yarn.

As I said, I pretty much made my pattern up as I went along. You may find yourself doing the same and possibly come up with your own design. You could try using more nails, and /or several different colors of yarn. Have fun with it!

From start to finish this project only took about 30 minutes to complete. It was super simple to do, and yet it makes a big statement on the wall.

After my wall art was finished, I started straightening up the rest of the room. I switched the blanket on the daybed over and realized that it is almost the exact same pattern as the yarn wall. What a coincidence!

Here is a little peek into the rest of the room. I will be sharing more of it on my blog later this month.

I hope that you like this project and will give it a try on your own walls.

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Emily

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Thank you Emily! That is such a COOL idea and budget friendly!

Have a fantastic day friends!