Hanging like the Pros
Hanging wall art the way Galleries do really polishes up a room. In the following paragraphs, you will find some tips on giving your space a refined, professional quality.
How To Do It Right the First Time:
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Use a Pattern: Stage multiple pictures for a vignette on the floor in the pattern you are going to hang them. One designer I know tapes together brown paper into a large sheetthat is wider and taller then the vignette she plans to hang.
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She traces around the pictures when she has put them in a pleasing arrangement. She also draws an “X” for nail holes. Then she tacks the paper to the wall with painters tape and drives in the nails.
Finding a Pleasing Arrangement:
Choose a Pattern: When going for a certain look, it helps to reuse a design that you have seen in a magazine. Here are a few examples of standard groupings.
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Use Color:
Tie Frames Together: Using the same color frame can harmonize a variety of sizes and shapes.
Color Repetition:Another key is repeating the frame color or matting color throughout the rest of your room. Your eye will follow the color around the room. Repetition can really add polish.
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Enlarge Vignette: Incorporate other items, furniture, statuary, plants and so on to give your vignette a more three dimensional feel.
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