How to... display pictures in your home

Present your pictures

With Michelle Allott of Black Cab Studio Picture Framing

The choice of art work and the best way of displaying it is an important factor in the design of your home. Both the smallest and largest of walls and rooms can be enhanced by the addition of photos, art and special pieces. Here are a few ideas and tips but really the most important thing is that you like the art you have chosen and from then on the only challenge is how to show it off to its best.

Hanging pictures with a theme together adds impact and style. Large walls can take collections of art like this wall of print maker John McGowan. It is classic and will never date.

Displaying frames and pictures on shelves and ledges is a great way of not having to hang pictures and gives the option to move work around with great ease. The frames don’t need to be the same. Staggering and overlapping gives an informal and interesting look.

An alternative to art on the walls is a display of mirrors. Mirrors add light and shimmer to your walls and can bring elegance and personality to even the smallest of spaces. You can create a mirror to match any room by choosing a frame and syle to suit from shabby chic to classic elegance.

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It is important to relate art to its surroundings, pictures placed 6” – 9” inches above a sofa will create a unified look. When hanging a piece of art over a piece of furniture it should not be longer then the width of the furniture. As a general rule it should be about two thirds of the furniture’s width.

Lets not forget our budding artists, by framing and hanging their work it shows that it is valued and can make for a very unique display. Youngsters can be quite prolific in the quantity they produce so frame/ hang it in a way that can be easily changed but is more than a magnet on the fridge door.

A properly hung staircase display is quite stunning and can make a hallway come alive. When hanging on a staircase the upward angle of the frames should match the angle of the stairs, keeping the larger frames as the focal point.

A small photo or piece of art on a wall by itself will tend to look lost. However to overcome this group several small items into a cluster that is proportional to the size of the wall. For a formal look hang your pictures in a symmetrical shape using straight lines. Always relate the size of the art to the wall size, choosing smaller pictures for narrow walls and large works for bigger.

A good tip is to cut out of paper the various sizes of pictures and tape them on the wall before hanging. You can then instantly see if the layout will work without too many picture hooks in the wrong place.

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