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Where should I hang the picture?

wismiss — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 17:15:22 GMT

I have a print that I want to hang in my MB. However, I have a question of where to hang it.

This is the layout:

nightstand bed window

The bed, in fact, extends into the window a bit. So, do I center the picture over the bed or hang it in the center of the wall (between the corner and the beginning of the window)?

TIA for your opinions.

Re: Where should I hang the picture?

qualitygal — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 17:18:39 GMT

How large is the picture?

Re: Where should I hang the picture?

lolakimono — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 17:19:13 GMT

@wismiss

Can you upload a photo of the room and the picture?

Re: Where should I hang the picture?

151949 — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 17:21:29 GMT

Large picture - center over the bed - small picture - put on the wall next to the window.

Re: Where should I hang the picture?

Bri36 — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 17:24:16 GMT

How big is the picture?

Can you move the bed or does it have to stay there?

Re: Where should I hang the picture?

software — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 17:41:36 GMT

When I struggle with a picture, I end up making a grouping.

Then I don't have to worry about it.

Re: Where should I hang the picture?

GCR18 — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 18:02:10 GMT

If there is nothing else on that wall, I'd go with centered over the bed.

Re: Where should I hang the picture?

SilleeMee — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 18:26:12 GMT

The wall above a bed always looks better when there is symmetry of objects placed on it as well as centering those objects on the wall above the bed.

Re: Where should I hang the picture?

Peaches McPhee — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 18:26:24 GMT

If the bed headboard has no natural middle, I'd center between the end of the bed and the window frame. If the bed headboard has a middle, I'd center the picture with the middle.

By "middle", I mean, is the headboard consistently the same design/size right to left, or does it have a design or size difference in the middle (such a a Queen Ann headboard might).,

Re: Where should I hang the picture?

wismiss — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 18:52:09 GMT

The print is 24 1/2" wide by 29" long and 2 1/2" deep (frame dimensions).

I think I may have to center it from the corner to the window. The bed frame does have a definite center, but if I hang it center of picture to center of bed, then the picture would only have an inch or two margin before the frame of the window.

I do like the idea of a grouping if I could find prints to go with the larger print. The matting on the print is blue-grey on the outside with an inner mat of mauve and the picture is of a white vase with tulips (white and pink with blue-grey shading).

Now I have a new mission----finding the smaller prints.

Thanks for all your help.

Re: Where should I hang the picture?

ECBG — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 19:38:55 GMT

In that the bed is the main focal point, a picture that large should be centered over it unless there is an extremely high headboard which would cause the picture to be placed too high.

Re: Where should I hang the picture?

K9buddy — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 20:07:28 GMT

I'd be inclined to center it over the bed as it's the focal point of the room. If you have painters tape, you could tape it out various ways to see which looks best.

Re: Where should I hang the picture?

Mominohio — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 21:36:01 GMT

In my opinion, it would be about how high (or how far from your ceiling) the head board is.

I generally don't like much above a headboard, because it makes the artwork appear to be too close to the ceiling. But I have rather tall headboards. I think it gives the room a cleaner look if there is nothing hung over a headboard, unless it is a very very low headboard.

And if your bed is covering part of your window, that is really not a good look from inside or outside the house. I'd figure out another way to arrange the room, so that the bed did not extend into the window (I'm assuming that you mean the head of the bed extends into the window or covers the window partially, sorry if I misunderstand and that is not the case).

Re: Where should I hang the picture?

AuntG — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 17:21:24 GMT

You have to wonder if architects think about the size of beds when they place windows. My favorite configuration -from the user's standpoint- has part of our queen size headboard in front of a window. A full size bed would look perfect, but that isn't happening unless we had his n' her bedrooms. To answer the question, I'd center the picture.

Re: Where should I hang the picture?

JeanLouiseFinch — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 15:11:25 GMT

I'd move the nightstand to the other side and put it under the window, making it possible to move the bed so it's centered on the wall. Then I'd hang the picture centered over the headboard.

Re: Where should I hang the picture?

JeanLouiseFinch — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 16:56:18 GMT

Another thought is to move the bed to a different wall where the window wouldn't interfere.

Re: Where should I hang the picture?

wismiss — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 15:16:03 GMT

Thanks for the ideas. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending upon how you look at it) my wall space is limited. One wall is almost all windows, one wall is closets, and the triple dresser is on another wall. The wall the bed is on also has a window. I like the room because of all the windows, but it does limit the decorating scheme.

I think I will hang the print centered over the bed and then try to find two smaller tulip prints to hang on the side to balance off the window.

Thanks for all your suggestions.