How do you create a LomoWall at home?

With the comeback of digital LomoWalls, many of us have been having fun collating our best and most memorable photos to showcase on our LomoHomes. For those who want to go a step further and create physical LomoWalls, here’s the process of making a LomoWall at home, from allocating space, to designing and printing your photos!

To create a LomoWall, you will need the following:

• LomoWall base (wood or plastic panel, readymade adhesive panels, or any other sturdy and flat material if photos are not to be posted directly on the wall)
• Tape measure for measuring LomoWall space
• Printed photos
• Adhesive tape
• Scissors

1. Consider and measure your space

The first step to making a LomoWall is to consider your space. How big is your LomoWall going to be? Additionally, how can you efficiently stick your photos? Those renting space, for example, could meet a few restrictions when it comes to making property adjustments such as drilling or using adhesives that can peel off paint.

However, there are many ways to create space for LomoWalls aside from sticking the photos directly onto the wall, such as using a 1 mm thick PVC panel, a readymade adhesive panel for convenient sticking, or other flat and sturdy materials like wood to use as a foundation for the photos. For sticking your photos, double-sided tape or any adhesive tape is recommended.

Even a corkboard could work as a base for your photos if you’re planning to do a LomoWall on top of your desk, or in a smaller area in your home where you can simply hang your LomoWall.

After deciding what works best for you, it’s time to whip out the tape measure and work out the length and width of your LomoWall space. At this point, you can also measure what the photo size should be in order to know how many photos you need and can fit into your intended space.

2. Create your design

Before printing out and experimenting with your LomoWall photos, you can create a blueprint first to brainstorm ideas and see what designs could work well for you. For this part of making your LomoWall, you can use an online photo editing software to graph your photos given the space you have, or if you prefer to do it analogue style, graph paper could work, too.

Of course, you can also let your whim and creativity guide you by creating spontaneously! The distinctive look of Lomowalls come from the patterns of the repeating images and the colors used. You can stick to a rectangular, panoramic or square LomoWall, or even specific shapes such as those created by community member Gaz Quickfall.

3. Print and stick your photos

Now that you’ve got your space and design in order, it’s time to print out your photos and get down to sticking it! A distinct characteristic of LomoWalls is the geometric designs and repeating patterns. You can print out images 7 to 9 times or more to achieve this distinct look. For LomoWalls that will need panels, it’s better to first lay down the panel, and plot where each photo will be before finally sticking each piece, from top left to bottom right.

For this part, you will also need scissors to cut the edges of photos to fit them into your LomoWall as needed.