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How do you arrange 3 large pictures on a wall?

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I would keep them on the same horizontal plane and then just leave 3 inches of space between them.

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How can I make a gallery wall look less cluttered?

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Make it symmetrical! So many people go over the top with their gallery walls. There's nothing wrong with spacing them out evenly, and I think that style actually looks super neat.

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I have four 8x10 pictures to hang. Three are horizontal, one is vertical. I want to cluster them. How do I organize them?

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Staircase the three horizontal pictures going down to the right or left, and then place the vertical one to their right or left respectively, like their north star, but within an imaginary rectangle. Line up the top of the vertical with the top of the top left or right top horizontal.

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How do I arrange 10 pictures of different sizes on a wall?

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This is called a collage. Lay them out on the floor, rearranging them until you come up with a layout that is appealing to the eye. Trace each picture, cut out the piece and tape it to the wall. Continue doing so and changing the position of until you are satisfied. Typically the pieces would be hung with a spacing of one's hand width in between.

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How far apart from each other should I arrange 9 pictures of similar size?

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It really depends on the size of your wall. The bigger the wall, the further apart you can hang pictures. In general, you don't want to separate pictures by more than about half their smallest dimension.

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What is the best way to arrange three framed pictures on the side of a long vertical mirror?

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The best way is to make them be a bit out of sync, but not too much. You will use a larger part of wall and give movement to the pictures.

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How can I hang one large and four small pictures?

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Hang the largest picture in the middle and place two to the left and the other two to the right. For the pictures on either side, place one lined up above the other.

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How far apart should two pictures hang?

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About two to ten inches. It depends also depends on the size of the picture and the frame.

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How high from the floor should I hang six 8x10 canvas photos?

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It would depend on the height of the ceiling as well as anything else that might currently be on the wall. I would suggest hanging them an equal spacing distance from the floor and ceiling.

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How can I arrange four pictures?

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Arrange them separately or together using the procedure in the article above.

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I have four pictures that are all the same size and theme. I want to hang two of them on one wall, and two in the adjacent wall above my aquarium. Should I put the side by side on each wall, or stagger them with one higher and one lower?

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Stagger them.

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I have a large and small picture. Which one goes on top?

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Put the small on top.

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I have two pictures the same size, and two sconces to hang with them. What is the best way to arrange them?

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Either make them completely symmetrical: (moving left to right) sconce-picture-picture-sconce. Or hang the pictures vertically between the sconces.

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How do I arrange three vertical pictures and one horizontal picture? All are 11 x 14.

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Vertical on top, two evenly spaced below that, and one center spaced below those.

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How do I hang two differently-shaped pictures on the wall vertically?

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If the pictures are both some sort of geometric shape, draw the geometric shapes on a piece of paper and make the paper the same shape as your wall. Then play around with placing the shapes in different places on the paper until you find what looks most pleasing to your eye. When you figure out what that is, transfer your idea from your paper to your wall.

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What do I do if my wall looks empty when putting pictures on a wall?

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There are several possibilities. Possibly you need a focal point for the pictures you are looking to place; possibly you need more pictures; or possibly, the pictures would look better on another wall.

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