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Fashion & Style Issue Hello! I hope this letter finds you inspired and ready to embrace the beauty of self-expression. Style is such an extraordinary part of life—it’s far more than the clothes we wear or the accessories we choose. Style is woven into every detail of our existence, from the way we decorate our homes to the art and music we enjoy, the books we read, and even how we interact with the world around us. It’s the unique thread that creates the tapestry of who we are. What makes style so captivating is its deeply personal nature. It evolves alongside us as we explore new interests, embrace our quirks, and express what we value most. It’s a language without words, a powerful tool for connection that can bridge differences and spark shared understanding. Here in Tulsa, we’re fortunate to have endless opportunities to celebrate and explore style. Whether it’s through visiting local boutiques, supporting creative entrepreneurs, or simply drawing inspiration from our city’s vibrant culture, there’s so much to ignite your creativity and lift your spirit. This month, I encourage you to think of style as an authentic expression of yourself. The most beautiful style is one that reflects who you truly are—your passions, your story, your individuality. And the incredible thing is that no one else in the world can replicate that. So go ahead, celebrate your unique style. Whether you’re exploring new trends, blending classic elements, or creating something entirely original, let this issue inspire you to embrace the power of self-expression. Here’s to being unapologetically and uniquely you! Cheers!

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The Craftsmen Come to Tulsa For two days each September, the Indiana builders behind Amish Crafted Furniture's showroom step out from behind the bench. On September 11 and 12, the eighteenth annual Meet the Craftsmen event brings the men who cut the joinery to the floor for unhurried one-on-one conversations, custom design, and on-the-spot quotes. Everything is 10% off both days, showroom pieces and special orders alike. Pre-orders open a week early for anyone who cannot make it in person.

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Sixty-Six Years on Route 66 Tulsa's Greek Festival returns to 12th and Guthrie September 17, 18, and 19 for its sixty-sixth year, arriving alongside the Route 66 Centennial. Three days of souvlaki, gyros, lamb and potatoes, warm loukoumades, and baklava share the corner with live music, traditional dancing, church tours, and a Greek market. Admission is $5, and children twelve and under are free. Voted Best Festival by TulsaPeople readers and an A-List Hall of Fame honoree. Details at tulsagreekfestival.com.

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Designer and craftsman D av i d D 'A n g e l o C a l d we l l

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His first sewing machine was a Singer that his mother had won as a teenager at the Oklahoma State Fair sewing competition. It was old enough to be built from real metal. “It sewed like a dream,” says David D’Angelo Caldwell, who learned to run it as a boy in Choctaw and promptly turned it on his own wardrobe. Wide-leg jeans were hard to find in Oklahoma then, so he cut his open along the inseam and set in extra fabric. “Knowing how to use a sewing machine unlocked the ideas in my head, allowing me to create new silhouettes,” he says. CONTINUED >

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He has been letting out seams ever since. In 2004 he put a name to the work, launching David D’Angelo with one-of-a-kind hats sewn from old sweaters, a habit that sent him deep into thrift stores for material. “Reusing materials like this taught me how to be resourceful. … Design school taught me the fundamentals of design but visiting thrift stores was a portal to designs of the past,” he says. That same year he was in Italy’s Veneto region studying international business, not yet committed to design. The Italians settled it. “Their ethos of style is effortless and so very chic,” he says. By the end of the semester he had decided to come home and learn to build garments himself. The degree done, he moved to New York and interned at the fashion house of Zac Posen, still the chapter he names as most formative. He worked among pattern makers, cutters, and designers from around the world, and left with enough confidence to mount his own 10-piece women’s wear collection during New York Fashion Week in 2009. Bravo cast him the following summer on The Fashion Show, Ultimate Collection, opposite Isaac Mizrahi and Iman. He tailored on set for Paula Abdul and Jackie Evancho. Family eventually pulled him back. He met his wife, Autum, at the art museum in Oklahoma City. They moved to Tulsa in 2012 and started a family in 2016. “Tulsa was always the plan,” he says. He knew one person here when he arrived, then spent nearly a decade managing Black Optical at Center 1, building the relationships he still works from. His studio and retail space now sit on the third floor of that same building, in Brookside, tucked above OREN. Ten years of his working life have been spent in the neighborhood, among its shop owners and restaurateurs, and he calls it the center of luxury in Tulsa. “It’s a beautiful space,” he says. Day to day he is making custom garments, planning pop-up events, styling celebrity clients, and building character jackets and props for The Lowdown Show. The red carpet work has traveled furthest. When Sterlin Harjo was weighing what to wear to the 76th Emmy Awards, David proposed sand lamb suede with black calf hair lapels in place of a traditional tuxedo. He was mowing the lawn when the confirmation text arrived. Two months of work later, the suit was finished, carrying buttons cast in sterling silver by Tulsa jeweler Landon Thomas and stamped with the Muscogee knot. Sterlin landed on Esquire’s best-dressed list.

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The heirloom jackets are the center of the practice. “A family heirloom is anything that holds value to a person. Heirlooms are not defined by age. They are defined by the memories they carry,” says David. Hides come from tanneries in Italy and Turkey by way of New York suppliers. A single calf hair jacket takes roughly six hides, about 45 square feet of material, laid out to minimize seams. Two hours to cut, eight to construct. Seams are overlapped three-eighths of an inch and topstitched. “Leather has that ability to transport you just by the way that it smells or the way that it feels,” says David. He builds every one of them personally and will hand construction to a factory only when he finds one he fully trusts and scale demands it. “But for now it’s all me,” he says. Calf hair is costly and, for most designers, intimidating. David came at it sideways, using pattern drafting and industrial garment construction rather than the hand tools of traditional leather craft. A nylon presser foot and the right needles solved it. “Once I figured out the machine the rest fell into place,” he says. Leather, to him, is a natural material with a life and a character of its own, and a well-made piece should never feel disposable. The photography accompanying this story runs on the same instincts. Photographer Heather Broomhall, a Central Saint Martins alumna, shot the images, and her approach aligned closely with David’s. The shoot takes up Oklahoma cowboy culture without the usual costume. “We really wanted to lean into the cowboy culture of Oklahoma, but not in a traditional way,” David says. The hero piece is a classic-cut calf hair jacket lined in silk crepe de chine, styled against a saddle by Will S. Harris, provided by Fabricut. Heather kept encouraging new looks as the day went on, and both she and David knew when the frames landed. For anyone in Tulsa who wants to dress better and doesn’t know where to begin, David’s advice is simple. Start with one great staple piece: a jacket cut properly, trousers that actually fit, a shirt that works a dozen ways. Build from there. Fifty years from now, when someone pulls one of his jackets from a closet, David wants the first thought to be how timeless it looks. “I want it to remind people of the many stories it holds, and in that moment a new story has begun.” Schedule your bespoke fitting at your home or workplace, or even visit David’s studio for a personalized experience. Contact David today at DavidDAngeloCaldwell.com to book your appointment. CONTINUED >

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MEET the CRAFTSMEN For two days, the men behind the furniture are on the floor PHOTOGRAPHY BY LILY SIEMENS

Once a year, builders from wood shops in northern Indiana drive down to Tulsa to Amish Crafted Furniture’s showroom. They stand amongst furniture made with their own hands and meet the people who take it home. This Meet the Craftsmen event now in its eighteenth year, is happening once again on September 11 and 12. For those two days, the men who cut the joinery will be working the floor. "The biggest thing is our customers meeting some of the builders that make our furniture," says co-owner Nick Yoder. "If it's a bedroom set, they'll be able to meet the actual guys who make it." There is no podium, no demonstration schedule. "It's one-onone conversations," Nick says. "We'll be able to direct clients to the correct craftsman for the set that they're looking at." Every shop has a specialty: Schwartz Woodworking for bedrooms, West Point Woodworking for dining tables, Artisan Chairs for seating, and AJ’s Furniture for couches, sectionals, loveseats, chairs, and more. Custom requests that usually travel by email, one question at a time, get settled in a single conversation. "The craftsman can make it come to life," Nick says. "They can say, well, we can do this, but if we do that, then we're going to have to change this." The quote arrives just as fast. "They'll just come up with a price right there for something off-the-wall or custom." As Nick puts it, "It's really bringing design and craftsmanship together." That kind of ease only comes from familiarity. Most of their builders have supplied the store since it opened in 2006, several now on their third generation. The relationships never stayed on paper. "We regularly go up there to their wood shops and see their operations," Nick says. "We go to their houses and have dinner with their families. It's a very close relationship."

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For the builders, the event is a special experience as well. After a year at the bench, the builders spend two days shaking hands with the families who will make that work part of their homes. It is a great reminder of why they do it. "Actually coming to see the faces of the customers that are so excited about their product, that's a really special thing," Nick says. This year, Artisan Chairs makes the trip for the first time. CONTINUED >

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Longtime clients treat the weekend as a standing appointment. "They're okay with waiting months out because they know they're going to talk to the builders," Nick says. Others find out at the door, including customers who drive down from neighboring states. "They come in sometimes not even knowing about the event," Nick says, "and then they meet the guys who actually made it. It’s a really neat thing to see." Customers also arrive with an idea of the Amish that does not survive the introduction. "They have all this mystique built up in their mind, and then they come in and meet these just normal people who are just like you and I, and they're funny and they're fun to be around," says Nick, who grew up Amish. The builders, he says, are "just out there building good American-made furniture the old way." Everything is 10% off both days, showroom pieces and special orders alike, with custom work running ten to twelve weeks. Pre-orders open a week early for anyone who cannot make it in.

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THE BACKYARD Not long ago, an outdoor pizza oven in someone’s backyard was rare, and the kind of purchase that hinted at a serious devotion to entertaining. What was once a niche indulgence has become a fixture on patios and terraces across the country, and the appeal is easy to understand once you’ve stood next to one. These ovens climb past 900 degrees, hot enough to turn out a proper Neapolitan crust in under two minutes, with the same char and blistered edge you’d find at a well-regarded pizzeria. What’s driven the shift is accessibility without any real compromise on quality. The newer generation of countertop ovens, running on gas or wood pellets, has made that level of heat achievable without a masonry install or a small fortune. The result is

a dinner party that essentially hosts itself: guests gather around the oven the way they once gathered around a fire pit, the dough gets stretched and topped in full view, and the meal becomes entertainment rather than a meal quietly assembled in a kitchen. Part of the appeal of a pizza oven is how quickly it rewards experimentation. With a cook time measured in minutes rather than hours, there’s little downside to trying an unexpected topping or a pairing you wouldn’t normally think to combine. Fig and prosciutto, hot honey and pepperoni, nothing is really off limits once the oven is hot. That said, it helps to start from a solid foundation. Below are tried and true recipes that are guaranteed to be crowd pleasers no matter who’s on the guest list.

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CLASSIC MARGHERITA Serves 2 to 3 | Makes one 12-inch pizza INGREDIENTS • • 1 ball pizza dough, • room temperature • 3 tablespoons tomato sauce • • • 4 to 5 ounces fresh

1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved A handful of fresh basil leaves Olive oil Flaky salt

mozzarella, torn into pieces INSTRUCTIONS 1. Stretch the dough into a round. 2. Spread the tomato sauce over the top, leaving the edge bare. 3. Scatter the cherry tomatoes over the sauce, then add the mozzarella in a few big clusters. 4. Bake until the crust is puffed and golden with dark spots. In an outdoor oven this takes about 90 seconds. In a home oven, bake at 500 degrees on a hot pizza stone for 8 to 10 minutes. 5. Top with fresh basil, a drizzle of olive oil, and a pinch of flaky salt.

INGREDIENTS • 1 ball pizza dough, • room temperature • • 1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced • • 1 tablespoon butter • • 1 teaspoon sugar • 1/2 pound Italian sausage, casing removed

3 tablespoons tomato sauce 1 cup shredded mozzarella Fresh parsley, chopped Salt, pepper, and a pinch of dried oregano

INSTRUCTIONS 1. Cook the onion low and slow in butter with the sugar and a pinch of salt for 30 to 40 minutes, until soft and deep golden. Set aside. 2. Brown the sausage in a skillet, breaking it into small pieces, then drain. 3. Stretch the dough, spread the sauce, then top with mozzarella, sausage, and the caramelized onion. 4. Bake until the crust is golden and the cheese is bubbling. 5. Finish with parsley and a light dusting of oregano.

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LOADED VEGGIE Serves 2 to 3 | Makes one 12-inch pizza INGREDIENTS • 1 ball pizza dough, room temperature • 3 tablespoons tomato sauce • 3/4 cup shredded mozzarella • 1/2 red bell pepper, sliced into rings • 1/2 cup mushrooms, sliced

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1/4 red onion, thinly sliced A handful of baby spinach 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved 2 tablespoons chopped olives Shaved parmesan Olive oil, salt, and pepper

INSTRUCTIONS 1. Stretch the dough and spread the sauce, leaving the edge bare. 2. Add the mozzarella, then top with the mushrooms, onion, and bell pepper. 3. Toss the spinach with a little olive oil, then scatter it on with the tomatoes and olives. 4. Bake until the crust is golden and the vegetables have softened. 5. Finish with shaved parmesan

INGREDIENTS • 1 ball pizza dough, room temperature • 1/3 cup basil pesto, plus extra for serving • 1 cup shredded mozzarella • 1 cup cooked chicken breast, diced

• 1/3 cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped • Fresh parsley, chopped • Salt and pepper

INSTRUCTIONS 1. Stretch the dough and spread the pesto over the top in place of tomato sauce. 2. Top with mozzarella, chicken, and sun-dried tomatoes. 3. Bake until the cheese is melted and the crust is charred in spots. This one cooks a little faster since there’s no wet sauce, so keep an eye on it. 4. Top with parsley and serve with extra pesto on the side for dipping.

CHICKEN PESTO WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATO Serves 2 to 3 | Makes one 12-inch pizza

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Whichever you make first, go easy on the toppings. A hot pizza oven cooks a pie in under two minutes, and a heavy pie won’t cook through in time. Keep it light and let the oven do the work.

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ARTICLE BY JAMES ANDREWS | PHOTOGRAPHY BY LILY SIEMENS

THE KIR, THE KIR ROYALE, AND THE BLACK VELVET PROVE THAT WINE BELONGS AT THE CENTER OF THE GLASS, NOT BESIDE IT.

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Recently there’s been a resurgence in people learning to make their own cocktails at home. Many have rediscovered both the fun and value of home mixology as opposed to the expense of going out for drinks and entertainment. When discussing cocktails, the default assumption is it will be made with traditional spirits like whiskey, vodka, tequila, rum or gin. But what if you want something lighter…lower in alcohol…more elegant. What if you use—gasp—a wine as the base for your new favorite drink? There are wine drinks that combine wine with fruit juices, like the Sunday brunch favorite, the Mimosa, which mixes sparkling wine with orange juice, or the Bellini, which is sparkling wine and peach nectar, but these aren’t really considered cocktails. The classic definition of a cocktail is a drink recipe that should include spirits in some way. Here are some true wine-based cocktails that combine wines with unexpected additions to create delicious results! Ice is not used in these drinks, so chilling all the ingredients beforehand is recommended. Feel free to adjust ingredients to suit your taste.

THE COCKTAILS THE KIR

There are many variations of the Kir cocktail. The original version is white wine, most often a white Burgundy (Chardonnay), with crème de cassis added. The drink became popular in French cafés in the mid-1800s, but after World War II it was popularized by Félix Kir, the mayor of Dijon, who promoted the drink to showcase two of the region’s finest products — Burgundy wine and crème de cassis — and who became its namesake. The addition of the cassis liqueur adds a luscious, sweet, dark berry flavor to the light, tart apple character of the white wine.

KIR ROYALE

This upgraded version substitutes Champagne (or a similar sparkling wine) for the still white wine.

KIR ELEGANT

This version uses Champagne and replaces crème de cassis with Chambord, a raspberry cordial liqueur. This gives the drink a lighter red berry flavor instead of the darker black berry character of the crème de cassis.

KIR CARDINAL

This version replaces white wine with a light red wine (Pinot Noir) mixed with crème de cassis.

THE BLACK VELVET

The history of this drink combines a homage to the passing of a British monarch and the traditional lunch of rivermen working along the docks of the River Thames. The origin of the drink is attributed to the Brooks’s Club in London in 1861, the day after Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, died. Adding stout ale to the Champagne changed the light, festive, bubbly wine into a dark, solemn beverage in keeping with the somber, funereal mood in the country. It was often served with fresh raw oysters in a nod to the traditional fare offered along the Thames.

Many pubs and taverns on the waterfront would serve dockworkers a lunch of fresh-water oysters and a pint of Guinness Stout. This repast had enough calories and protein to sustain a working man through the day. The Black Velvet took the working man’s favorite ale and elevated it with the marriage of Champagne as a drink for the upper class. These two elements complement each other in surprising ways. The sparkling wine subdues the bitterness of the stout and heightens the rich nutty, dark cocoa flavors in the ale, while the fruitiness and crisp acidity of the wine get a boost, adding harmony and balance. Pour Champagne or a similar sparkling wine into a glass or flute, filling the glass halfway. Slowly add the chilled stout to fill the glass. A variation on the recipe uses a porter ale rather than a stout ale, resulting in a slightly softer character, while still giving you that dark malty goodness. Adding these cocktails to your home bartending repertoire offers something for almost every taste, combining wine, spirits and ales to create something refreshingly more than the sum of its parts. Cheers! CONTINUED >

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Symphony in the Park Guthrie Green | 8:00 PM Bring a blanket. The Tulsa Symphony opens its 21st season the way it always does — outdoors, free, and framed by the downtown skyline. Ron Spigelman conducts, and the evening folds into Guthrie Green's First Friday festivities with food trucks, face painting, a bounce house, an instrument petting zoo, and a ticket giveaway drawing. Come early, stay late. SE PT E M BE R 4 T H

Tulsa Fire Museum Tulsa Fire Museum | 10:00 AM The Tulsa Fire Museum welcomes young readers for a morning of stories at 1010 East 8th Street. A firefighter reads Pete the Cat: Firefighter Pete, followed by a show and tell of real gear and, scheduling permitting, a fire truck. Each child receives a snack and a copy of the book. Admission is free; RSVP required. SE PT E M BE R 5T H

TU Football Season Opener Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium | 2:30 PM The Golden Hurricane open the season hosting Oklahoma State in the Gateway First Bank Turnpike Classic at 2:45 p.m., with ESPNU carrying it nationally. They arrive with something to defend: last fall TU won in Stillwater for the first time since 1951. Second-year coach Tre Lamb runs the sideline, and midtown will be loud well before noon. SE PT E M BE R 7 T H

Toddler Tuesdays + Thursdays, Tulsa Air and Space Museum Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium | 9:30 AM Every Tuesday and Thursday, the Tulsa Air and Space Museum welcomes toddlers and their families for a morning built at their scale. Doors open at 9:30 a.m., and the playground belongs exclusively to children four and under until 10:30 a.m. A rotating activity is ready from the start. SE PT E M BE R 1 0 T H- 1 3TH

Grease The Musical John H. Williams Theatre At Tulsa Performing Arts Center | 7:30 PM Tulsa Performing Arts Center opens its 104th season at the Williams Theatre with Rydell High’s class of 1959 in full duck-tailed, bobby-soxed, gum-snapping glory. “Summer Nights,” “Greased Lightnin’,” “We Go Together” — the rock ‘n’ roll score that has outlived every generation it was written for. Opening night curtain is Thursday at 7:30. SE PT E M BE R 1 1 T H - 1 2 TH

Meet the Craftsmen at Amish Crafted Furniture Amish Crafted Furniture Ever wonder who actually built your dining table? For two days, the craftsmen behind the furniture come to the Amish Furniture showroom to answer questions about the hardwood building process — joinery, wood species, stains, the things that make a piece outlast its owner. Everything in-store or by phone is 10% off during the event. Bring your questions.

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Route 66 Centennial Balloon Festival Creek County Fairgrounds For three days in September, the sky southwest of Tulsa fills with more than a dozen hot air balloons, and that’s before the kite show, the helicopter rides, and the tethered ascents that let you float without ever leaving Oklahoma. Add live music, a vendor market, and food trucks, and the Mother Road’s 100th birthday gets the send-up it deserves. S E P T E M BE R 1 8T H

918 Day Festival Chapman Green | 5:00 PM On September 18, Tulsa throws itself a birthday party, and everyone's invited. Chapman Green becomes a four-hour block party of live music, dance, and cultural performances, ringed by local food and art vendors spilling onto the surrounding streets. Now in its third year and still free, the 918 Day Festival is downtown at its most walkable and most itself. Wear your 918 gear. S E P T E M BE R 1 9 T H

Sickle Cell Walk, Run, or Jog Greenwood District | 8:00 AM On Saturday, September 19, Supporters of Families with Sickle Cell Disease invites Tulsans to walk, run, or jog through the Greenwood District, beginning at 1000 North Greenwood Avenue. The event begins at 8 a.m. and wraps by 11, in support of Oklahoma families living with sickle cell disease. Every pace and age is welcome. Registration details are posted at sicklecelloklahoma.org.

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OLD WALL, NEW TRICKS ARTICLE BY PAM REID

HANG UP THE OLD WAY AND TRY A GALLERY WALL HANGING SYSTEM IN YOUR HOME.

One of my happy places is sitting in front of a museum wall gallery. I can admire art for hours, and if I’m with a friend, there’s no telling how long we’ll sit, reflect, and share our individual perspectives. If you’ve admired gallery wall displays in magazines, catalogs, or on social media and would like to create one in your home, it’s much easier than you might think.

MATERIALS YOU WILL NEED:

DESIGNING YOUR GALLERY WALL

CREATIVE ARRANGEMENTS

The first step in creating a gallery wall is planning. Start by selecting a theme or color scheme that complements your space. Themes can be as varied as black-and-white photographs, abstract paintings, or a mix of personal and artistic prints.

The arrangement of your gallery wall can follow several patterns, depending on your taste: • Linear: Artworks are hung in a straight line at eye level, creating a clean and orderly appearance. • Grid: Perfect for a collection of similarly sized frames, this layout emphasizes structure and uniformity. • Salon Style: This more traditional arrangement involves layering pieces closely together, often extending across the wall. It’s ideal for creating a rich, filled look.

• A gallery wall hanging system, which typically includes mounting rails, cables or rods, and hooks. You can find them pretty much anywhere, online or at your local home improvement store. • A collection of frames and artwork. • A level, measuring tape, and perhaps a laser pointer for precision.

INSTALL ATION TIPS: 01 MEASURE YOUR SPACE: Carefully measure the wall space where you want to install the gallery. Consider the height and width available, keeping in mind furniture and other room features.

02 LAY IT OUT: Arrange your artwork on the floor to finalize your layout. This “dry run” is crucial to get a feel for how the pieces will interact with one another. I like to use painter’s tape to create a visual of what my display will look like on the walls.

03 INSTALL THE RAILS AND HANG YOUR ART: Following the manufacturer’s instructions, mount the rails at the top of your wall. Ensure they are level and securely attached. Attach cables or rods to the rails, then use hooks to hang your frames. The beauty of the system is that you can adjust the height and position easily.

04 BALANCE AND SYMMETRY: Step back to view your layout from different angles. Adjust the spacing and alignment as needed to achieve visual balance.

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