So if you have 60 inches of wall space you ll want to hang a picture or frame that is about 34 inches wide.
Size of picture to hang on wall.
Available wall space refers to the blank area you want to fill not covered by furniture molding and so on.
The following steps will give you a range of measurements for wall art that covers between 4 7 and 3 4 of your wall the sweet spot so to speak.
Mark a rectangle with painter s tape on the wall in the size that you calculated as two thirds of your wall space height or width.
Calculate the space between paintings if you ll be hanging more than one.
Once you ve decided where you want to hang a picture make a mark on the wall in pencil on pieces of masking tape if you wish for each hook.
If you are hanging multiple pieces of different heights make sure the middles line up.
Use the level to make sure the marks are at the same height.
Multiply the width by 57 and 75.
Stand back at a typical viewing position to see if the frame.
If you have low ceilings below 8 feet break your wall into 4 sections from the bottom up and hang it in the third section.
If want to use one large picture on a wall you may have to do a little math to determine which size picture you should buy.
With this same example wall a circular canvas would need to be 44 inches in diameter to work on a 120 inch wide wall.
According to the the nest multiply the length of the wall space by 0 57.
Measure the length and width of your available wall space.