There’s a subtle skill to setting up your wall art and other hanging decor without damaging anything or leaving anything askew. Whether you have experience or not, it takes constant practice to stay sharp, so it’s a good idea to brush up on the basic rules for doing it right. Here’s a quick review that is designed to be accessible to newcomers as well as those refreshing their skills.
1. Create Your Whole Arrangement First
Before you fix anything to the wall, use a removable tape to mark off the perimeter of every item you’re trying to place. This lets you see the visual balance they will create before you commit heavily to setting the room up, giving you a chance to fill in overlooked spots and to avoid crowding. If you don’t have the option of adding items, it also provides you the chance to space them out more if necessary. Once everything looks right it’s quite easy to simply hang items over their outlines and call it a day.
2. Choose Your Decor To Suit the Space
Narrow walls are great for highlighting a single print or shadow box, setting up an accent wall with removable wallpaper, or hanging a lone tapestry. Grouping items in a narrow space tends to make it look crowded more quickly, even if their size only adds up to the larger item that would go in their place. Save your grouped items for wide open walls where they can be spaced out to take advantage of the extra negative space available, reserving narrower placements for items that should command someone’s full attention.
3. Keep Art at Eye Level
If you are looking to fill a wall, keep the items that should command attention for longest at a comfortable height, around the average eye level of people living in the home. For offices and other spaces that see public traffic, set a viewing height for art that leaves the center of the piece somewhere between five and five and a half feet to accommodate the broad range of people coming through. If you need something other than art to fill higher and lower spaces your favorite artshoppe should have additional ideas like patterned prints and removable wallpaper.
4. Check Out Damage-Free Hanging Options
Traditional methods for hanging art in the home involve the use of bolts and screws set into either wall studs or artificially created anchor points for stability. Unfortunately that isn’t always an option, especially if you live or run a business out of a rental. To make sure you can hang your animal nature art without worrying about the security deposit you will want to check out the wide range of products available for the purpose.
As you sort out items like adhesive hooks and hangers, wall putty, and more, consider working with artists and artshoppes who create with temporary placement in mind. It’s not that rare for people to have needs for art in spaces where mounting with anchors in the wall isn’t an option. You can easily find professionals with their own removable mural and painting designs, built to suit your needs right out of the package.
