![]() And if the artwork is over furniture, have the bottom of the piece end 8 to 10 inches above the headboard or back of the sofa-hanging the artwork too high will leave your room feeling unanchored. ![]() If your ceilings are really high, bump that up to 60 inches. Instead, interior decorators and curators always tend to hang a work with a standard 58-inch distance from the floor to the artwork's center. Having trouble finding the size you need? Here are 22 artworks available in variable sizes that will fit like a glove.īrice Krummenacker's Office comes in 17 or 24 inches wideĭon't just hang the artworks at eye level-because, frankly, it's just your eye level. To calculate your ideal width, simply multiply the length of your wall by 0.57. The white space on either side of the artwork should be roughly three-eighths of the width of a painting. Use this rule when working with an empty wall. Mauro Giaconi's triptych Lo que parece justo, available on Artspace for $2,500 Having trouble finding a piece you like that’s wide enough for your setting? Why not consider a diptych or a triptych-i.e., works that come in sets of twos or threes, respectively-that adds up to the width you’ve calculated? (Remember to account for two to five inches of space in between the works.) Browse our collections of diptychs and triptychs here. Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir's From the Earth is 40" wide, available on Artspace for $2,000 (To get a visual preview of an artwork on your own wall, check out the 'View In My Room' feature on the Artspace app.) Here's a collection of 10 couch-ready artworks over 40 inches wide, which for most people will hit the sweet spot. Anything larger will make your furniture look comically small, and anything smaller will leave too much blank space. If you’re hanging a painting, drawing, print, or any other artwork on the wall over a piece of furniture, such as a bed or sofa, look for artworks that are between 65 percent and 85 percent of the furniture’s total width. Here, we reveal some crucial tricks of the trade. Luckily, interior designers have devised a set of golden rules to find the perfect size piece for any space. We hate math just as much as the next art devotee-but when it comes to hanging art on the wall, spending a few minutes to take measurements and follow formulas can make all the difference.
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