Hanging pictures can seem like a daunting task. With a few tips, you can hang them perfectly the first time, without making your wall look like baby swiss cheese.
- Hang the portraits at an appropriate height. People tend to hang their pictures too high instead of where the eye naturally goes. You want to hang your pictures so that the center of the frame is about 57″ above the floor.
If you’re hanging your pictures over a couch, place the bottom of the frame about 6″-8″ above where someone’s head would be (you don’t want them banging their head into the frame!) - Most larger frames will have a wire hanger across the back. Pull the wire taught toward the top of the frame. Measure the distance between the top of the frame and the wire. That is where you want the hook on your picture hanger to be. Place the hanger so the hook lies at this spot, and hammer into the wall.
- When hanging a gallery wall, you can cut kraft paper into the sizes of each of your frames and arrange the kraft paper on the wall before ever making holes. Have all your frames a uniform distance from other frames, maybe 2″.
Line up your frames so that some align across the bottom of the frame, some across the top. Others can be lined up vertically, either right or left. And for others, you might want to line up the top or bottom of one frame with the center of another.
Have fun with your arrangements. Mix family portraits with other art pieces that match the mood, feel, or colors in your portraits, and add pieces that are meaningful to your family.
Start creating your beautiful walls!
