Because the heat and dryness of the fire will slowly damage any work of art you put above it.
Height of wall hanging.
Half the gallery height which is 16 inches should lie above the 57 inch level.
In this case the mouly and its frame are 34 inches tall making its focal point 17 inches.
The golden rule of hanging a picture is to have the center of the photo be at 57 inches.
You don t have to place all your artwork at eye level especially if you have a house with taller ceilings.
Then pencil in a horizontal line at that height on the wall.
But hanging a work of art is fine if you don t light the fire that often or if the fire isn t real and therefore doesn t get too hot.
Position the measuring tape along the baseboard to measure the wall width.
The right height for wall art above a fireplace.
Average eye level from 57 to 63 inches might not work for your home since it depends on the height of.
In other words hang upper cabinets 18 inches above the top of the countertop.
57 inches give or take an.
You see jay sacher and suzanne lagasa say the right height to hang the center of your artwork is 57 inches or four feet nine inches from the floor.
Once you know the width of the wall space you re using divide the number by two.
Make a tiny dry erase or pencil mark on the wall to the left and right of where the.
The best thing to hang above a fireplace is a mirror.
In order to hang your picture in accordance with 57 inches you ll need to measure 57 inches on the wall and lightly mark with a pencil.
Check with a level before moving on.
So 12 2 6 feet.
To find the width.
Source start at one end of the wall.
The first step is to measure 57 inches from the floor and mark it on the wall.
What is the proper height to hang art.
Measure the artwork s height and divide by 2 to find the artwork s center.
To get a comfortable viewing range of 35 45 inches the bottom of your screen should be 25 inches up the wall.
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Measure once more from the end of the wall until you reach.
You d measure the top edge of the top frame to the bottom edge of the bottom frame for a total height of 32 inches.