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Decorating Advice
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imageHow High Should I Hang My Art Print?

The one question we will hear constantly is, "How high should we hang our new art print?" Whenever possible I try to answer a question with a question so, "What height was the painter?" what I'm saying is look for the point of view of the painter. In the painting to the right, we are obviously looking down at the floor and the bar top but we are looking up at the ceiling. In this example the point of view is about at the hat of the man standing at the bar. A person 5 foot tall is "kinda" short and someone 6 foot tall is "kinda" tall so put the point of view about half way between or 5'6" from the floor. It is very off putting to look up at the ground or down at the sky so always try to avoid that if possible! And yes there are exceptions, so don't be afraid to ask, "How high..."

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