Photo Collage and Inexpensive Room Decor You Need To Copy!

This post is all about the photo collage I made on my wall yesterday and how you can recreate it in your room or dorm. It’s super easy, inexpensive, and cute!

This post also talks about other ways that you can decorate your room without spending a ton of money.

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If you’re planning to create a collage like mine in your room or dorm, this post is full of helpful tips and more specifics so that it’s super easy for you!

This post also talks about other cheap ways to decorate your room in a fun and trendy way. If your not interested in learning about the photo frame, scroll down to where it says “other inexpensive room decor ideas.”

One of my favorite things is finding new ways to decorate without spending a ton of money, especially when it comes to dorm room shopping!

All of these options are awesome and cheap decor ideas you’ll love!

How To Easily Make This Photo Collage!?

The smaller picture on the bottom right was my inspiration for this project!! I found that picture off Pinterest. I think my wall came out pretty similar! 🙂 Photo credits: society19

Step 1: Order photos and Fun-Tak!

You will need a total of 66 vertical and 12 Horizontal pictures to make this collage. You may also want to find some positive quotes or more aesthetic pictures off of Pinterest to mix with your personal pictures. This is what I did and it worked really well.

I recommend buying your photos (all 4×6 inches) from yorkphoto.com because their prints are the cheapest and they are the best quality! They have a deal where you can get 100 prints free and just pay to ship them. I got all of these & more pics for under $6!

If their website isn’t working, you can also order cheap prints from Shutterfly. I’ve used them too, and they usually always have a deal on prints!

Order from them sooner rather than later because their prints can take a while to come. I had to wait about 10 days before my prints came but they were really cheap.

Make sure that you use fun-tak to hang up the photos!

Fun-Tak sticks so much better than tape and won’t damage walls. If your planning to hang any pictures up on your walls definitely bring Fun-Tak, especially to college. It’s also super inexpensive!

(If I didn’t use this fun-tak in my dorm freshman year, there’s no way all of my pictures would have stayed up the whole year.)

I recommend buying two packs to make the collage above. Mine used up an entire pack and could have benefited from a little more.

Step 2: Lay the pictures out on your floor or bed in the way that you want them.

The next step is to organize your photos in the way you want them. I recommend organizing them on your floor or somewhere with a lot of room.

Make sure to pay special attention to where the horizontal pictures go in this collage. They are outlined in yellow in the picture below! 🙂 If you put them in random spots, it will be very hard for all of the pictures to line up evenly.

Once you get a layout that you’re happy with, take a picture of it so that if it gets mixed up you can always look back at the picture.

Step 3: Add fun-tak to your pictures and start adding them to the wall.

Warm the fun-tak up in your fingers first to make sure it’s sticky. I tried to put a little bit of it in all 4 corners of my pictures. However, I started to run out of fun-tak, so I could only put it in 2 corners of some of my pictures.

If you have more than one pack of fun-tak, all of your pictures should look something like this.

When adding the pictures to your wall, it’s easiest to create a border first and then fill in the rest of the photos by row. You’ll want to leave about a quarter of an inch in between the photos.

I recommend starting with the first row of pictures at the bottom of the collage. It helps to use a strip of painters tape and a ruler to ensure the pictures are straight and centered.

Next, work on the vertical column of pictures all the way to the left. And then, the last vertical column on the right.

After that, finish the top row of pictures and your boarder will be complete.

Now all you have to do is fill in your boarder of pictures, row by row and your collage will be finished!!

Let me know if you try making this collage on your wall or if you already have something like this in your room. If you try recreating this, tag me on Instagram @positivityispretty

I would absolutely love to see how your collage turns out. 🙂

Other Inexpensive Room Decor Ideas!

1. String Lights

String lights are a room decor must! They always look super cute and will brighten any room. Also, they are inexpensive!

These string lights are remote control operated and have clips so that you can hang up pictures too! I also just ordered these string curtain lights in the color white. I can’t wait for them to come!

2. Tapestry

I love tapestries and have the one in the picture above in my room. I like how bright and cheerful it looks!

Tapestries are one of my favorite ways to decorate because they are easy and super cheap!

If you looking for another really cute tapestry this one is adorable!

3. Wall Decor

Cute wall decor items are a great way to decorate your wall! I love using photos in frames and a photo collage to decorate my room.

This moon hanging wall decor is so cute and would look amazing in any room!

4. Flowers

Flowers look so cute in rooms and can really give your room a boho-chic vibe if that’s what you’re going for!!

Think about how cute these mason jar flower holders would look on your wall! Whenever I see rooms on Pinterest with flower garland like this I’m always jealous!