Hanging Pictures On High Walls

Anchors are available with hooks to hang pictures and with special hooks to hang mirrors.

Hanging pictures on high walls.

If you want to hang a gallery wall you can still use the 57 inches rule just measure the entire collection of frames as the height and width. If you have a two story high great room or entry foyer keep pictures in the bottom half. This also applies for large mirrors. How much space you leave depends on how high your ceilings are.

Have high ceilings or want to hang pictures in an entryway. If a room has a slightly sloping floor or ceiling start by hanging the pictures level. A small picture hung on a large wall can look out of balance. If they look crooked cheat just a bit so they look.

If you re hanging a picture with wire use double wire for heavy pieces. Whatever you hang should obviously tie in with the rest of the room but whether it s one large item or several small ones a decorated. Lick your middle knuckle and grab the hanger on the back of the picture with the wet finger. If your have high ceilings don t reach two stories hang in the bottom two thirds.

This could be by way of a gallery style wall that runs the entire height or you could hang something large high up the wall. Look for narrow walls such as the spaces between two doorways or windows and consider hanging two or three small pictures in a vertical line. Also when you have a lot of wall space it s better to hang up one large picture instead of many small ones. Most homeowners and renters hang pictures so high on the wall that.

Once you ve decided where you want to hang a picture make a mark on the wall in pencil on pieces of masking tape if you wish for each hook. Press your knuckle against the wall when the picture is exactly where you want it. In this case treat the center picture as the center of the grouping. If you want to hang a group of pictures for a gallery wall hang the center of the grouping at 57 inches.

Be sure to use wall anchors for hanging heavy items on your walls. Knowing how high to hang pictures not only improves a room s aesthetics but guarantees more comfortable viewing too. To securely hang heavy pictures where there is no access to a stud run two wires between the screw eyes and support each with a wall hanger. The saliva will leave a light mark for placing a nail.

Make use of the empty space on the high parts of the wall by hanging art and other decorative items there. What about hanging small pictures. The 57 inch standard is based on the average eye height of an adult and is the rule used to determine how high to hang pictures in museums and galleries. Here are five favorite tips for taking a one hole approach to hanging a picture on the wall.

Reader leann cormier. Feel free to hang these pictures a bit higher than the 57 inches rule in order to eliminate excess wall space on the top half.