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Hanging art is AN ART IN ITsElF
TEXT BY ANN-CHARlOTTE lOVéN
ILLUSTRATIONS BY kRIsTINA HUlTkRANTZ
Hanging art should be fun!
Don’t worry too much about getting things perfect. It’s
really easy to fix the wall if you’d want to move a picture.
Just use a little spackle! Think of your home as a
gallery and move things around once in a while. We’ve
provided you with a few, helpful tips on how it’s done.
NICE TO KNOW
HANG ’EM lOw!
Most people hang their pictures too high.
145 cm from the floor to the centre of the
picture is good as a general rule.
You shouldn’t look up at the pictures.
kEEP COMPANY
Do not hang pictures without a friend, such
a piece of furniture or other object underneath
to keep them company.
The important thing is not where the paintings
hang, but where they are in relation to
other objects. You don’t want the pictures
floating around completely aimlessly on the
walls, do you?
TwO bECOME ONE
When hanging several pictures together,
one above the other, treat them as one large
piece (doesn’t matter if they’re the same or
different sizes).
Find the centre point between them, and
use the 145 cm rule.
GAllERY AND sAlON wAlls
A group of often different size and shape images or frames
clustered together are called gallery or salon walls.
These groups can often spread from wall to wall
or floor to ceiling
HOOkED ON A FEElING
With a gallery or salon wall you’ll
have to go with your gut feeling.
It’s best to start in the middle and
work our way out.
DRAw IT OUT
If the pieces are different in size
and shape - cut them out in paper
and tape the papers to the wall
where the pictures would hang.
This will allow you to play around
with the layout before hitting the
hammer.
THE sPACE bETwEEN
For spacing between art on the
same wall - use 5 cm between
larger pictures
If they’re all smaller, 3-4 cm between
might be better. This goes
for the spacing above, below, and
on either side of each frame, bien
sur.
sYMMETRY Is YOUR
FRIEND
If all the pieces are the same size
and shape, consider hanging them
in a symmetrical pattern.
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