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Placement of pictures on wall in sunroom

Marilyn Stirrett

last year

I'm still working on my sunroom. I have a series of three pictures I want to use on the wall behind the chairs. Pictures are 17" high x 13" wide. The swivel chairs are 27" wide and 35" high. The ceiling in the room is 10'. I welcome any suggestions for adjusting the plant, lamp and chairs. (Across the room are two more chairs and a small table in front of a series of windows.)

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Patricia Colwell Consulting

last year

I need to see the pictures it is not just abour size and IMO the area where you want to hang them is the only area size you need to worry about . Post pics of the pics please and the whole spac e. I have no idea how to answer this without more context .

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kandrewspa
last year
It seems like those pictures would fit well over those chairs and the table, but you're not showing the whole wall in your picture so I'm not sure whether this will also cause them to be centered on this wall. Cut and tape some printer paper together to replicate the size of the prints and then tape them to the wall with painters tape to see how they look. This way you can move them around and try different arrangments before hammering in a picture hook. Once you get something you think is right, if you're still not sure, you can add a picture of it to this post for opinions. If they are a set you shouldn't hang them too far apart from each other. They should only be one to two inches apart. Usually if they're further apart the arrangement loses cohesion. Usually art is hung at eye level, but sometimes when hanging above a seating arrangement it is better to hang them lower than that. You don't want them to look like they're adrift on the wall, unrelated to the chairs.
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Marilyn Stirrett
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Thank you for the useful information. See additional pictures
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decoenthusiaste
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They're too small for such an expanse of wall. Whatever you hang there will look more balanced if it is almost 75% as wide as the distance the chairs cover. I would center something 5' above the floor unless you find a piece of furniture like a console or credenza to put on the wall, pulling the chairs forward onto the rug. Then the wall item would need to hang 5" above the new furniture piece and be about 75% as wide as the furniture below it to form a vignette.
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lisaam
last year
Can you lay the artwork on the floor in front of the chairs and pull your camera back a bit?
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Maureen
last year
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Hard to tell, cut paper to size and tape to wall, to test both distance and height.

I get an odd feeling of weight/balance being off and suggest a more substantial (and more practical) table; perhaps wait to hang pictures if you might consider. I also think floor lamp is too small and can be moved if you added a lamp on the table. Could just be the photo, so seeing entire space would help.
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