This Ready-to-Hang Gallery Wall Finally Fixed My Bare Entryway

Katie MaguireDirector, Content Shopping Strategy
Katie MaguireDirector, Content Shopping Strategy
I'm the Director of Shopping Content Strategy, overseeing all shoppable content across Apartment Therapy, The Kitchn, Cubby, and Dorm Therapy, which is a fancy way of saying I turned my online shopping obsession into a career. Off-duty, you can find me at vintage markets, poking…read more
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Three framed photos on a wall: a coastal view, a woman with a child at the beach, and palm trees. A vase with flowers and books on a wooden shelf.

I moved into my apartment this past September, and, ever since, my entryway has been the place where things went to die — mail, shoes, a tote bag I keep swearing I’ll clean out and put away eventually. The space itself isn’t huge, either — it’s short and skinny, so I needed something that could make an impact without overwhelming it or sticking out into the walkway. Every time I walked in, I’d think about how great a piece of art or gallery wall would look. But, as we all know, “landing” on a perfect gallery wall is easier said than done.

Which is why I jumped at the chance to try The Triptych Set from Frameology, designed by Bobby Berk. It’s three matching black 24×30 wall frames meant to hang together as one gallery-style statement, and it turned out to be exactly the kind of low-effort, high-impact upgrade my entryway needed.

What Is the Frameology Triptych Set?

The Triptych is part of Frameology’s collaboration with designer Bobby Berk (of Queer Eye fame), and it’s built for people who want a gallery wall without the guesswork of figuring out spacing, frame styles, or mat sizing themselves. You upload your own photos and choose your frame finish (I went with black, which felt right for a classic but modern entryway), and then Frameology prints and frames everything for you — mats included — so it arrives ready to hang as a cohesive set rather than three frames you have to eyeball into place.

I used three travel photos I took over the years of my “three places” — where I grew up, where I live now, and the beach town I vacationed in when I was growing up, all in black and white. Seeing them printed large and matted identically made them feel like art instead of just photos I happened to take.

Credit: Katie Maguire

My Experience Ordering from Frameology

The experience from beginning to end was seamless. The upload tool made it easy to preview how each photo would look cropped into a 24×30 frame before I committed, which mattered a lot. I did not want to get three frames in and realize one photo was cropped weirdly. Shipping was fast, everything arrived well-packaged with zero damage (a real concern with anything this size), and the frames themselves felt sturdy, not flimsy or mass-produced.

Hanging them was the easiest part. Because the set is designed to be hung together, I didn’t have to do any of the agonizing measure-twice, hang-once math that usually turns my gallery wall dreams into a wall full of nail holes. I just followed the spacing Frameology suggests, which comes with an easy-to-use paper mapping tool, and it looked (dare I say) perfect immediately.

The Verdict

My entryway finally looks like a place I choose to live in, not just a place I pass through. If you’ve got photos worth printing and you want them to feel like a designed moment instead of three random frames, the Triptych Set is worth it. It’s the kind of upgrade that makes guests pause for a second on their way in, which, for an entryway, might be the highest compliment there is.

Buy: The Triptych Set by Bobby Berk at Frameology, $657 (originally 592)

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