How to Hang Photos and Paintings on a Wall

As writers suffer from the blank page syndrome, those who are in the process of furnishing and decorating a house suffer from the white wall syndrome. What to hang on the walls, and how?

First, you must think about the aspect and the atmosphere you want to give to the wall and the room, then draw a project.

The first step is to gather all that you want to hang - paintings, prints, photographs - take paper, pencil, and ruler, draw the wall to scale, and then draw a possible arrangement of objects to hang, with their exact measures.

The second step is the evaluation of the visual harmony of the group of photographs and paintings that you want to hang on, do they look good together? To do that, you can do experiments by simply placing objects next to each other on the floor, the same way you are going to hang them on the wall. A good idea is to photograph every trial to remember all possible arrangements and then choose the one that convinces you more.

At this point, you need to think of the frames. Do you want a clean, consistent wall or do you prefer a mix-and-match style? In the first case, you will have to buy frames similar in material and color, in the second case you can mix different styles.

Well, everything is ready: you can proceed to hang your pictures and paintings. One last tip is to cut sheets of wrap paper in the size of the pictures that you want to hang and attach them to the wall, to guide you in positioning the nails.