Using the tricks in this cheat sheet, you will be able to hang your favorite pictures in a balanced way that compliments the rest of your interior. The mirror (and it should be only one large mirror) should measure about 2/3 of the width of the mantelpiece.Īrt is a crucial ingredient to making your house feel like a home. Hang the mirror at least eight inches from the mantelpiece. That said, the rules for hanging mirrors in your home are the same as for hanging pictures.
But hanging a work of art is fine if you don’t light the fire that often or if the fire isn’t real (and therefore, doesn’t get too hot). Why? Because the heat and dryness of the fire will slowly damage any work of art you put above it. The best thing to hang above a fireplace is a mirror. The right height for wall art above a fireplace? If your have high ceilings don’t reach two stories, hang in the bottom two thirds.Īlso, when you have a lot of wall space, it’s better to hang up one large picture instead of many small ones. If you have a two story high great room or entry foyer, keep pictures in the bottom half. How much space you leave depends on how high your ceilings are. If you don’t want your high-ceilinged living room to look like Hogwarts, leave the top third to a half of your wall space free. Even the oldest museums don’t hang this way anymore! Unless you live at Downton Abbey, your pictures should not be hung floor to ceiling or “salon style.” This preferred picture hanging style of the old European aristocracy just doesn’t look good in modern interiors. You have some wiggle room here to arrange the pictures in the way that looks best. It’s okay if it’s not perfectly measured out. Leave a gap of at least one foot from the top of the picture and the ceiling. Leave those for spaces with even elevation.Īlso, just as in other spaces, you don’t want to hang all the way up to the ceiling. Because of the height differences between stairs, this is not the place for large pictures. Groupings of smaller pictures should go along the staircase diagonally, at least 60 inches from the bottom of each stair. Staircases are good places to put gallery walls. These rules also work if you are hanging pictures above a console or hallway table. If you have a lot of wall space to fill or a large sofa, go for bigger pictures. If you have a small interior, use a mix of small and medium sized pictures to fill up that space. The second is that width of the work, or works of art, should take up about 2/3 the width of the sofa. The first is that you should hang any pictures at least 8 inches from the back of the sofa. Whether it’s one large work of art or a grouping of several, there are a couple of rules to hanging pictures over a sofa. The gallery wall can go up as high as you want but make sure you leave a gap of at least one foot between the highest point of the gallery wall and the ceiling. If you’re putting in a gallery wall that will be viewed from a standing position, the bottom edge of it should be at least 60 inches from the floor. This height is the most comfortable for people of all sizes. For smaller pictures, you can hang them a little higher, about 65 inches. How high to hang pictures in a hallway or entryway?Īs a rule of thumb, it’s best to hang your picture at least 60 inches from the ground in places where they will be viewed from a standing position, such as in a hallway. That way your paintings will look good, no matter whose eyes are beholding.
Instead of hanging pictures at your subjective eye level, follow the hanging guidelines in this article evenly throughout your interior.
Especially if you’re very tall or short, hanging at your eye level can be problematic. However, “eye level” means something different for each individual. Should I hang this picture at eye level?Īt first glance, eye level may seem like a good idea. This quick cheat sheet is designed to help you make this decision based on your own interior, and find the perfect height to hang pictures in your home. How high to hang pictures? Should they be at eye level? Does that mean my eye level or the eye level of the average person? What if I have very high ceilings? What about those gallery walls everyone is posting Pinterest pictures of? It’s a lot to think about, right? Sometimes it seems as if there are as many answers to this question as there are different kinds of houses.
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