Curse your guys aversion to the metric system!! 😂 57 inches, so... about 145 cm, for those who follow the *other* way of measuring distance. Cool tip. Thanks! 👍😉
haha you are right! I will start adding the metric in as well. It's funny - being Canadian we do metric for some things and follow the Americans for others. Weather we do celsius but baking we do fahrenheit. Driving we do kilometres an hour, but for all things interior design we do square feet and inches! We tried to change, but we still adapt to the Americans sometimes!
"Imperialism is the practice, theory or attitude of maintaining or extending power over foreign nations, particularly through expansionism, employing both hard power and soft power". lol
Making a kraft paper template of the art you want to hang is very useful. Roll out the paper, put a corner of the artwork at a corner of the paper, trace the other two edges and cut out a piece of paper the exact size as the art. Fold the paper into quarters and punch out the folded corner where the center of the picture will be. The vertical fold of the paper will give you the horizontal center of the picture. Mark the paper where the picture hook(s) will sit. Use painters tape to position the template on the wall. The hole in the center of the template makes it easy to position the height of the center of the picture. Decide if you like the placement (I often give it a day.) Place the hook where the picture wire will sit on the mark you’ve made on the template. Lightly tap the hook nail to make a pilot hole. Remove template, seat home the picture hook, and hang the artwork.
Great, so practical! I learned this in college, working in the art gallery. It is a women’s college, so we hung art pieces a tad lower, for the average woman’s eye level 👧🏽
Nick, this is the video that helped me discover your channel. I love the high quality information you give within a short space of time. And this is a video I wish more people would watch about the fundamentals of how to hang a piece of artwork in an aesthetically elegant way.
Nick, you are the bomb! I love the quick chats but your lengthy ones are great too. Don’t let your partner influence your presentations. We love listening to you. Cheers!
Very helpful. Thank you! I just moved into a new apartment in a converted hospital -- and the ceilings are very high so I was completely stumped about how to hang art on these walls. The tip about making a template for a gallery wall was also very helpful and much appreciated.
This is a great reference vid, Nick. Have you done a 2-min. on how to work out placement for a stairway gallery? My hubby is an amateur wildlife photographer and just keeps adding but it's throwing off my design aesthetic! Help! ☺
Can you talk about WHY you hang the art at that height? My partner hangs all our art like 2 inches from the ceiling and thinks it looks great and it DRIVES ME NUTS! 😋 (He’s not even that tall! 🤦♀️)
Hello Nick - Could you do a video on how high to hang a Samsung The Frame TV over a console. The TV serves as wall art when not being used as a TV. We a looking into buying one and want to make sure we hang it at the right height over our console.
I'm in a dormer with a low ceiling even at the maximum height in the middle (ie I can flatten a palm on the ceiling without my heels leaving the floor). Usually I've been told to use low furniture to create the illusion of more height. Where do I put wall art, or will this break the illusion? I tried doing large frames leaning against the knee wall, but it just looks like I haven't finished moving in. Should I center art to eye level when seated? Is there a scale for the maximum size my art should be? Or a minimum distance from floor?
I just got done helping my mother move. The last day was hanging art. I started with everything at my eye height so I didn’t have to look up to view it. My mom and husband wanted everything about 6 inches higher. I guess I’m too short. 😂
I moved to a different house and EVERY nail / hanger left is so incredibly high. I asked my neighbors if they were really tall (they were not). Lol. I've redone them all to 57" - 60". Thanks!
Thanks for the tip Nick I hadn’t seen this video before, but I always come to you for these tips as you get to the point and are very “normal people vibe” And yeah the sass usually
Thank you very much for this information. I keep telling my friends and relatives that they are hanging artwork to high. It just looks ridiculous sometimes, some hang it up to curtain rod height. How crazy is that?😮
YAY! You used INCHES! Thank goodness. I’m in England and I just cannot get to grips with the wretched metric system we now use. Thank you for the good advice and tips. 😃👍
Great video! Thank you very much. What about measuring something metal like aluminum with holes in the corners you’re going to mount with long heavy screws, rather than a hanging wire in back liked you’d find in a framed photo or painting? (This is for a screened patio.)
What about the height of pictures in a sitting room versus the height in an entry hall. Does the old rule of hanging pictures in a dining room at eye level when seated still hold? This is my big question! Thanks for your great videos.
Good question, and it brings up an important issue: if you put all decorations to be enjoyed from sitting height the room would look really weird, so I think the philosophy that it's all about eye level viewing is an imperfect philosophy. I think one really has to account for the geometry of the room as well
Hi Nick! I only disvcovered your channel a couple of days ago and have been binge watching the last two days. :-) I do have a question that may be an idea for a video. I plan to do a gallery wall over my bed. But I don't have collected enough art work yet or respectively want to let it grow over time. All the videos I saw about gallery walls are about finished ones. Perhaps you could give some tips on how to start with an empty wall and a few art pieces, so that the whole thing can develop and still looks nice during the process.
Hi Nick, just found you. Love seeing Canadians making it on TH-cam. Question about the hanging of art - is there a guide for how far to hang pieces? I have four 17x13 frames and I am stumped by how much space I should leave between them. Is 3" too much? 1" is definitely making them look cramped!
No. 57 inches is way too low. That can't be right. Then you say it's "eye level". 57 inches is 4ft 7inch, whose eye level is 4ft 7 inches?? Most people are taller than that!
LOL…My 6 ft tall son and his wife are in a stand off. He likes pix lower! (Thx to me!) she wants them even at the top no matter the size of the painting. I always heard divide space into thirds!
Yeah, but unfortunately you didn't address what to do if someone has extremely tall ceilings. That 57" rule just won't cut it in that situation and the art will look ridiculous and out of proportion in such a tall room.
Curse your guys aversion to the metric system!! 😂
57 inches, so... about 145 cm, for those who follow the *other* way of measuring distance. Cool tip. Thanks! 👍😉
haha you are right! I will start adding the metric in as well. It's funny - being Canadian we do metric for some things and follow the Americans for others. Weather we do celsius but baking we do fahrenheit. Driving we do kilometres an hour, but for all things interior design we do square feet and inches! We tried to change, but we still adapt to the Americans sometimes!
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"Imperialism is the practice, theory or attitude of maintaining or extending power over foreign nations, particularly through expansionism, employing both hard power and soft power". lol
Thank you! I hope a lot of people see this video. I hate how often people tend to hang things on the wall too high
Making a kraft paper template of the art you want to hang is very useful. Roll out the paper, put a corner of the artwork at a corner of the paper, trace the other two edges and cut out a piece of paper the exact size as the art. Fold the paper into quarters and punch out the folded corner where the center of the picture will be. The vertical fold of the paper will give you the horizontal center of the picture. Mark the paper where the picture hook(s) will sit. Use painters tape to position the template on the wall. The hole in the center of the template makes it easy to position the height of the center of the picture. Decide if you like the placement (I often give it a day.) Place the hook where the picture wire will sit on the mark you’ve made on the template. Lightly tap the hook nail to make a pilot hole. Remove template, seat home the picture hook, and hang the artwork.
Great, so practical! I learned this in college, working in the art gallery. It is a women’s college, so we hung art pieces a tad lower, for the average woman’s eye level 👧🏽
Nick, this is the video that helped me discover your channel. I love the high quality information you give within a short space of time. And this is a video I wish more people would watch about the fundamentals of how to hang a piece of artwork in an aesthetically elegant way.
I keep revisiting this video everytime I hang something. Thank you Nick!
Nick, you are the bomb! I love the quick chats but your lengthy ones are great too. Don’t let your partner influence your presentations. We love listening to you. Cheers!
Very helpful. Thank you! I just moved into a new apartment in a converted hospital -- and the ceilings are very high so I was completely stumped about how to hang art on these walls. The tip about making a template for a gallery wall was also very helpful and much appreciated.
This is a great reference vid, Nick. Have you done a 2-min. on how to work out placement for a stairway gallery? My hubby is an amateur wildlife photographer and just keeps adding but it's throwing off my design aesthetic! Help! ☺
Can you talk about WHY you hang the art at that height? My partner hangs all our art like 2 inches from the ceiling and thinks it looks great and it DRIVES ME NUTS! 😋 (He’s not even that tall! 🤦♀️)
Hello Nick - Could you do a video on how high to hang a Samsung The Frame TV over a console. The TV serves as wall art when not being used as a TV. We a looking into buying one and want to make sure we hang it at the right height over our console.
I'm in a dormer with a low ceiling even at the maximum height in the middle (ie I can flatten a palm on the ceiling without my heels leaving the floor). Usually I've been told to use low furniture to create the illusion of more height. Where do I put wall art, or will this break the illusion? I tried doing large frames leaning against the knee wall, but it just looks like I haven't finished moving in. Should I center art to eye level when seated? Is there a scale for the maximum size my art should be? Or a minimum distance from floor?
Such a great tip! I love it when it short and get right to the point, and yet it covers everything I need to know. Thank you!!!
Such a great channel! One of our favourites to help with interior design. Love both your regular videos and the quick 3 minute tips. Keep it up :)
Awesome! Works like a charm! Thanks for the tip, Nick!
Glad to help!
I just got done helping my mother move. The last day was hanging art. I started with everything at my eye height so I didn’t have to look up to view it. My mom and husband wanted everything about 6 inches higher. I guess I’m too short. 😂
Where can I find that beautiful YELLOW and BLUE canvas you featured???
I moved to a different house and EVERY nail / hanger left is so incredibly high. I asked my neighbors if they were really tall (they were not). Lol. I've redone them all to 57" - 60". Thanks!
Nick! We need more of this content!! Super, great stuff
Thank you very much!!!! Very useful tips 😉 thank you also for the subtitles 🙏❤️🌹
Such simple but effective rule!
This was so helpful Nick. I discovered I have a tendency to hang art WAY too high.
Thanks for the tip Nick
I hadn’t seen this video before, but I always come to you for these tips as you get to the point and are very “normal people vibe”
And yeah the sass usually
Thanks for your tips Sir.
Gallery tip, genius Pretty much everyone I know hangs their art TOO high. So horrible. Why!!??? 😩
What if you have a slanted wall?
Thank you Nick! This was so helpful.
WOW, so much lower than what looked right to me at around 68" ! Will go 60" thank u
Super short and very helpful
Thank you very much for this information. I keep telling my friends and relatives that they are hanging artwork to high. It just looks ridiculous sometimes, some hang it up to curtain rod height. How crazy is that?😮
YAY! You used INCHES! Thank goodness. I’m in England and I just cannot get to grips with the wretched metric system we now use. Thank you for the good advice and tips. 😃👍
Approximately = 1.7 meters, 170 centimeters,
Can I hang art inside a bookshelf.
Great video! Thank you very much. What about measuring something metal like aluminum with holes in the corners you’re going to mount with long heavy screws, rather than a hanging wire in back liked you’d find in a framed photo or painting? (This is for a screened patio.)
What about the height of pictures in a sitting room versus the height in an entry hall. Does the old rule of hanging pictures in a dining room at eye level when seated still hold? This is my big question! Thanks for your great videos.
Good question, and it brings up an important issue: if you put all decorations to be enjoyed from sitting height the room would look really weird, so I think the philosophy that it's all about eye level viewing is an imperfect philosophy. I think one really has to account for the geometry of the room as well
I have a high bar table. How high sould i hang the pictures over it?
What type of clock is that?????????????
Thanks for this quick tip. 😊🙏🏾
My wife and I are a bit taller, and we have high ceilings so I'm wondering if we should go taller.
im moving house and learning so much here
I went around measuring my art, and it was all at that level except one that's above one of my taller fish tanks. :)
Brilliant just what I needed right now !
Very helpful, thankyou
Thank you for this video! I have a poster sized picture frame to put up and haven't because I couldn't figure out how high!
Fantastic tip! THANK YOU!
Excellent!
What am I missing? 60"? That's 5 feet off the ground?
Nick excellent tips, thank you!
Hi Nick! I only disvcovered your channel a couple of days ago and have been binge watching the last two days. :-) I do have a question that may be an idea for a video. I plan to do a gallery wall over my bed. But I don't have collected enough art work yet or respectively want to let it grow over time. All the videos I saw about gallery walls are about finished ones. Perhaps you could give some tips on how to start with an empty wall and a few art pieces, so that the whole thing can develop and still looks nice during the process.
Hi Nick, just found you. Love seeing Canadians making it on TH-cam. Question about the hanging of art - is there a guide for how far to hang pieces? I have four 17x13 frames and I am stumped by how much space I should leave between them. Is 3" too much? 1" is definitely making them look cramped!
Love these videos
brilliant! thank you!
No. 57 inches is way too low. That can't be right. Then you say it's "eye level". 57 inches is 4ft 7inch, whose eye level is 4ft 7 inches?? Most people are taller than that!
Great video!
I'm a professional artist... I did not know this. ^_^; Usually I just hang it at a point that looks 'right.' lol. Thanks!
Great tip! Thanks :)
Thank you sir
love love love this! thank you
Yes..yes..yes!
Very useful, thanks for sharing!
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!
Love the suggestions and I have a bunch of art to hang. Going to get to it. Found you through Annie's Fam.
That’s great! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Great tip. I am 6 feet tall and never quite knew how high I should go
This is what I don't get. They never say to raise it for taker people. Shouldn't they?
145-152 cm
Love this one !!! ☝️
I use 64".
I tried hanging 57inches up but it was too low…
Great!
Thanks Erum!
Hey nick! I’m new here. Just want to say that I really love your content. Do you have IG?
Hey thanks! Yes I do but It’s empty at the moment until I can create more content there. @nicktalksdesign
even 60 seems to low
What color is your accent wall?
It's Benjamin Moore Hale Navy
LOL…My 6 ft tall son and his wife are in a stand off. He likes pix lower! (Thx to me!) she wants them even at the top no matter the size of the painting.
I always heard divide space into thirds!
Ugh
Yeah, but unfortunately you didn't address what to do if someone has extremely tall ceilings. That 57" rule just won't cut it in that situation and the art will look ridiculous and out of proportion in such a tall room.
It does, get bigger art
You spend 2 minute explaining that your videos are 2 minute long
My 4 years old child drew something similar to what that amazing artist did. Actually a little bit better. 😂