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Need help with art placement

2 years ago

Hello Houzz friends


I have questions about how to present my art in my dining room.

I am attaching three pictures

1 of a short wall and two of a long wall

the short wall is 124 inches

the long wall is 170 inches

Questions:

1. should I add one picture to the long wall

2. Should I move the framed pictures which is currently on the long wall to the short wall and move everything else to the long wall

3. should I leave as is




Comments (10)

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    IMO not ideal pieces to place together in fact I never like this "gallery "idea IMO you need larger pieces hng lower and an actual buffet piece not that liitle chest. You do however need to show us the whole space including the floor windows etc. I always hang DR art a bit lower since it is viewed from a seated position. Post the pics of the whole space here in comments DO NOT start another post.

  • PRO
    2 years ago

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  • 2 years ago

    Also, when you group prints together there shouldn't be any more than two inches between them so they appear related instead of floating in space independently. In your second picture there is too much empty space between the two pieces in the middle and the two on the sides. I do think you need to get more/different pieces to cover that wall area like the other commenters said. Maybe there are other places in your house for the ones you're showing?


    I moved four years ago and I have been able to reuse some of the art from my previous house, but since it's a very different layout (and I changed my color scheme), maybe only half of them still work. If it's something you really love you can hopefully make it work, but if you're not really attached to a piece, give it away and look for something new to inspire you.

  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    I am attaching two more pictures. Ignore the purple piece at the end of the second picture - it's just an extensioin right now. I am very attached to the two big pictures. Another option could be to move the framed on into the middle of the long wall and put another unframed one to its left to balance it




  • 2 years ago

    Much better pictures of the room!

    I agree with the above comments, the most important being that they’re hung too high and they’re too small.

  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    Scattering small pictures on the two walls is not great visually. If you want all of them in the dining room (look on line for helpful suggestions) and place on smaller wall and remove table.


    The long wall needs grounding and room overall will benefit.


    versus (an if too tight, just add large art).


  • PRO
    2 years ago

    If you're going to use smaller pieces of art, I'd take all of the pieces and put them on the long wall with shelves or picture ledges. Like this:


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    Don't get skimpy with the number of pieces. Add to the collection to really make a statement.

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    If you're going to do that many art pieces you could do a gallery wall. However it looks like you need a larger buffet under the four art pieces that you already have hung.

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  • PRO
    2 years ago

    You have a habit of hanging all your art too high on the wall. See guide attached.


    Since your art seeming doesn't relate to one another, the idea of the picture ledge makes a lot of sense.





    Your walls are fairly large and maybe in the future you can consider adding pieces to the collection. The current scale of pieces are a bit too small to be effective in the space.




    Dining Room art should make a statement.