How To Hang And Align Pictures Correctly On A Wall


	How To Hang And Align Pictures Correctly On A Wall
n2sooners
7-6-2009 3:45 AM
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7-6-2009 11:38 AM
tanyamm
Excellent pointers. I`ve got so much on my walls and sometimes it gets a bit over-whelming on where to hang what.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/89a54228-dfcb-4e00-aa63-2e93b0a1e0fb/F8689BCD-DBC8-4FD8-BFA2-6140DA337935/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.thinctanc.com/design/hanging_pictures.html" href="http://www.thinctanc.com/design/hanging_pictures.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.thinctanc.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thinctanc.com/design/hanging_pictures.html"><P>Having thought through the rules 
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          have come to the conclusion that most of it boils 
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            Whether they are landscape format [fig. 
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          easy, but what about when we start to mix it up 
          a bit? </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thinctanc.com/design/hanging_pictures.html"><P>Three simple rules apply: </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thinctanc.com/design/hanging_pictures.html"><P>1) Larger/landscape pictures always go above smaller/portrait 
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            is single column, in which case align from a side 
            logically suggested by the space being occupied. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thinctanc.com/design/hanging_pictures.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thinctanc.com/img/A353DD4B-8B97-46E9-BEE2-3C223F22348D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thinctanc.com/design/hanging_pictures.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thinctanc.com/img/25FFF7B0-36A1-4980-986E-E5611570DCCB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thinctanc.com/design/hanging_pictures.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thinctanc.com/img/BB31CBD2-0D10-4781-AD3B-343A598982DF" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thinctanc.com/design/hanging_pictures.html"><P>Here's an example of the background dictating usage 
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