How To Hang Art On Your Walls

We find it s best to hang single artwork at eye level and 60 inches from center to the floor is the magic number.

How to hang art on your walls.

Here are the foolproof tips for hanging art that never fail us. Remove the paper liner from the back of the adhesive and press firmly against the wall for 30 seconds. If you take one piece of information from this article let it be this. You ll be hanging the artwork on the hook with hardware that s attached to the back so you won t need to remove anything unless it prevents the picture from hanging flat against the wall.

57 on center this means that the center of your art piece not the hook should be 57 from the floor this 57 standard represents the average human eye height and is regularly used as a standard in many galleries and museums. If you re hanging your art above furniture it can be 4 6 inches above the piece. To be exact the center of a framed piece of artwork should be. Most people have the tendency to hang artwork too high.

Tip 1 hang single artwork at eye level. Yes there is a semi science to the art of getting the height of a piece just right it s called measuring. This will give you the option to stand back and see how the artwork s size relates to your room and your furniture. Let set for one hour before hanging your artwork.

If each piece or a certain work in your grouping seems to be wandering aimlessly on its own you may not have enough art on the wall.