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Help in hanging three photos above couch

2 years ago

This is my current setup in my living room. To add a personal touch, I'd like to add three pictures of different cities I've lived in (with the correct sizes to span 2/3 of the couch and landscape format

) above the couch. Since it's not a continuation of the same city skyline, but has the same context of different cities, would this work? Or is it too disconnected?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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threers

2 years ago

Dear "Original Author" I too have purchased most of my art work from local artists, some local and some as I traveled. Please hang them together. Play around with them to insure you have the best arrangement of the photos based on the colors in each photo. You may need to add better lighting in the room to show the photos to their best advantage. Hang them at eye level.

And I hope that they are just the beginning of your personal art collection

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Angel 18432
2 years ago
I would do them in a sepia color to blend with the flooring.

A rug would add warmth.
threers
2 years ago
If these are photos that you took, I would say feel free to alter them as you please. If these are art photos that you purchased, I think you should leave them as they are but do have them matted and framed simply and similarly.
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This is not a technical issue that needs to be perfect, like kitchen or bathroom scale and design, flooring measurements, etc. It’s subjective. Opinion. Yours, mine, everyone’s. There’s no right or wrong here, the OP would like a mirror there instead of art, which they already have. The fireplace has plenty of texture, I just think a large piece of art is much more distracting and not well-balanced. If they decide against a mirror, the art they have looks fine. Decorative mirrors are art, too. They add light, dimension, can have lovely and interesting frames. I don’t think you personally don’t like them, but plenty of posters here do, and base that on always trying to talk someone out of using one. One pro repetitively says mirrors only belong in bathrooms. I agree with you about the possibility of glare, that’s a good point for the OP to consider. I had a similar situation with a pretty mirror in my living room (former house), across from a wall of windows, and didn’t ever have any issues with glaring … but of course can’t tell if the OP’s room would. I’m glad you brought that up. ETA: I think these boards can be extremely myopic regarding common decorating issues, this is one of them. There are so many possibilities in the great big design world, but most OPs are given rote and sometimes biased advice, no matter the situation. (I’m not saying you do that, you don’t, just speaking in general.)
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Lots on Etsy but the prints only. Easy enough to have framed. https://www.etsy.com/listing/988019308/nautical-prints-sailing-vintage-art?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=nautical+wall+art&ref=sr_gallery-1-29&pro=1&sts=1&organic_search_click=1&epik=dj0yJnU9aUpWWUwxcXh1RVA4SFM0N0h6MWxoMVZzS2VqNWc2ei0mcD0wJm49R3JMN1BiUDJMR3l4RXM5V1JRWG84QSZ0PUFBQUFBR1BLNnc4 If not large enough for wall, consider matts, but framing place could provide as well. https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1094756585/completely-custom-matboards-where-you?click_key=6e3dcb577921e5f676f467546ed90e2715dc8936%3A1094756585&click_sum=e332c12c&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=matts&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&organic_search_click=1&bes=1&sts=1
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HU-536322189
Original Author
2 years ago
@Angel 18432 I can't change the color of the photos. Would they look alright together with the current colors? And yes to the rug, I am working on that to add more color to the room. Thanks!
HU-536322189
Original Author
2 years ago
@threers These are art photos I purchased from local artists that I support. Agreed, they will be matted and framed as you suggested. To confirm, the photos grouped together would look okay and not too disconnected? The goal is images of cities from a more nature-like perspective that have personal meaning.
salonva
last year
@Anna Barnes your spam is not the way to get business.
salonva
last year
Seriously? You post the same photo on numerous threads, several of which are years old and have not had activity for several years. You keep posting the same picture of your map along with a link. Somehow, it does not seem like a fresh decorating idea, not a spam.

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User
last year
Hey @Anna Barnes - you know what you're doing here and so do we. We will continue to flag your spammy posts, particularly since you have the unmitigated gall to insult longtime, valuable members of this site. Either participate without the crummy spam, or go shill your stuff elsewhere, but you ain't doing it here. That clear?
Jilly
last year
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Amy Peltier Interior Design & Home
last year
We might suggest getting them all framed and then placing the lighthouse one in the middle of the other two.
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