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What is the formula for hanging pictures?

Peter Salerno
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Peter Salerno is the owner of Hook it Up Installation, a professional installation company, which has been hanging art and other objects around Chicago, Illinois for over 10 years. Peter also has over 20 years of experience installing art and other mountable objects in residential, commercial, healthcare and hospitality contexts.

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The exact spacing will depend on the look you're going for, but in general, hang your paintings about 1.5–3.5 in (3.8–8.9 cm) apart.

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How do you hang multiple paintings on a wall?

Peter Salerno
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Peter Salerno is the owner of Hook it Up Installation, a professional installation company, which has been hanging art and other objects around Chicago, Illinois for over 10 years. Peter also has over 20 years of experience installing art and other mountable objects in residential, commercial, healthcare and hospitality contexts.

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You can arrange them in a grid, but sometimes all it takes is a door closing or a breeze coming through, and everything looks a little crooked. To keep the lines in your grid perfectly straight, use two points of contact to attach each picture to the wall. You can install extra hooks, or you can even use a little piece of double-stick tape in the corner to keep everything secure.

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Your suggestion of putting a 3.8 cm nail left my painting look like it was floating because it was too long. What's up with that?

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Get a shorter nail, preferably about 1-1.5 cm shorter and see if that helps with the situation.

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How do I arrange furniture over a big carpet?

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Be creative, and express who you are and how you want your house to look.

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