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Hur högt ska man hänga en tavla ovanför soffan?
Lämna 15 till 25 cm mellan soffans ovankant och tavlans nederkant, och välj en tavla som är ungefär två tredjedelar av soffans bredd.
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How to choose art for a living room
Start from the largest wall and the two colours already in the room, choose one piece at about two thirds of the sofa width, and let everything else on the wall stay quiet.
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Choosing art colours that suit your room
Echo one colour already in the room rather than matching everything, keep the whole room to two or three colours, and let the artwork be the most saturated thing in it.
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What to hang in a hallway
Hang one tall piece at the far end to pull people through, keep anything on side walls narrow and high enough to clear coats and shoulders, and choose calm work for a space people pass quickly.
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Art as a gift: how to choose for someone else
Choose calm over striking, pick a mid size around 50×70 cm, prefer a neutral frame or none at all, and let the subject connect to a place the person cares about.
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How to hang a print straight, without wrecking the wall
Mark the hook position rather than the frame top: measure from the wire under tension down from the frame edge, and put that mark 15–25 cm above the furniture, checked with a level.
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How high should art hang above a sofa?
Leave 15 to 25 cm between the top of the sofa and the bottom of the frame, and choose a piece about two thirds of the sofa’s width.
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What size print above a bed?
Match the artwork to about two thirds of the bed’s width — roughly 100 cm of art above a double bed, 120 cm above a king — hung 15 to 25 cm above the headboard.
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Framed, canvas, or print only?
Print only is cheapest and suits texture; framed arrives ready to hang and suits a wall the whole room sees; canvas has no glass, so it works opposite a window.
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How to succeed with your home viewing
Style the biggest wall with one large piece, hang it 15 to 25 cm above the furniture, keep the palette to two or three colours, and take the listing photos after styling.
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Gallery wall layouts that actually work
Use identical sizes in a grid with 5 to 8 cm gaps, unified by one shared thing — frame colour, palette, or subject — and plan the layout on the floor before drilling.
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