My husband and I have very different tastes and the Noah's Ark pictures are something he likes. I have different artwork picked out for our dining room and entryway. I guess I am trying to figure out where to hang the Noah's Ark pictures so I know what other spaces I need to look for artwork for. I will add pictures of the individual pieces later today.

I don't understand four Noah's Ark pieces. Even if he is a veterinarian, and if so, let him take two to the office, one for his consulation room (do vet's have those?) and another for the waiting room. And give the fourth to someone that has a baby for their nursery.

You can put hang your family photos in the hallway on the way to the bedrooms.

In general many small things look busier than fewer larger things.

If you put a frame around the thermostat you will draw attention to it, not hide it.

We all have thermostats, what the big deal?

DH started collecting the Noah's Ark prints before we were married. He likes the artist and he wanted to gave the whole set. They do make great conversation pieces...any time someone comes into our house they comment on them and spend a couple minutes looking at them. They're not my favorites but since he lives in the house too... And we have 3300 sq ft so there should be plenty of room to hang these along with artwork that's more to my liking.

Here's the artwork we currently have. The first one is the only one I really like. The last one is the largest.

This is a graphite drawing we got on our honeymoon...thinking of putting it in a larger frame with a mat and put it on the buffet.

To give an idea of the type of artwork I like, this is what I'm planning on putting in our dining room.

Quiet Morning by Jon Arnold Canvas Print · More Info

V- my suggestion is to consider grouping all the Noah's Ark pictures together on one wall or in one room. Maybe along the stairwell wall, or in another larger area where they will all fit together and people can really study them. My next suggestion is to also include some shelves or shadow boxes, and collect miniatures of the animals. Some people love collections. I knew a fellow once who collected miniature soldiers and he had whole battlefields of them, on the walls and on layout tables...in a room dedicated to his hobby. I say give them pride of place. Collections can be fun and educational.

Start propping up some of that artwork wherever you can - over the piano, over the couch, over the dresser, over that table. This will give you an idea of what can go where.

It is possible you are trying to choose art, and hang new or existing art in too many places at once. So it is causing a lot of confusion. I'd start with something over the sofa that I really liked. It's such an important wall. And I kind of think the Arc pictures are too ethereal (sorry for the spelling) for your bulky furniture. That particular wall seems to need something with more wow & vibrant colors. I understand your having a hard time figuring this all out - for me, hanging art is the most difficult part of decorating. It seems to make or break a room. I have a silly question and should study your photos more closely: Does the stairway lead upstairs or does it lead to the lower level of your house?

The Noah pieces will look best hung together IMO. The colors are amazing and while the theme would not be something I'd be drawn to, I own some rather taste specific paintings myself so am not about to criticize someone else's art attraction. Heck, I like it when someone knows exactly what they love!

I would personally never decorate a child's room with a Noah's ark theme though. I don't know how a legend about the creator going all genocidal on the human race ever morphed into a cute and cuddly tale.

@mjconti The stairwell goes downstairs.

I don't know about ethereal, but at least the first one appears to be best appreciated from up close where you can see the detail. It doesn't make much of an impression from far away. I actually quite like Ashtonchic's suggestion of grouping them and adding animal figurines in shadow boxes or on open shelves to enhance the collection. If you do that, I think the bottom of the stairs (both walls, since they are big) would be the right location.

If you were to put one over the sofa, I'd do the third one. The composition is impactful from far away, but it isn't as on-the-nose as the last.

Would it look ok to hang the two Noah's Ark pictures that are the same size on the wall above the stairwell? The pictures are 44" wide and the stairwell wall is 125" long.

I could maybe hang all four of them on the stairwell wall in a 2x2 configuration, but that would be a lot.

Since they belong to your husband, why don't you ask him. Imo, since they are from the same artist, of the same subject, I would hang them together. They are a collection.