You want to take the horizontal format sofa wider than tall and by properly hanging your pictures above it turn the sofa and pictures together into one vertical display.
Hanging pictures on wall above couch.
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Height to hang a picture over a sofa the 6 to 12 inch rule.
When you hang picture on the wall behind a sofa you want to think of the sofa and pictures together as one grouping not two separate entities.
You want to take the horizontal format.
However the other day i needed to hang a gallery wall above our couch.
Designer arren williams has your guide to hanging artwork or framed pictures above your couch.
Then a quick hammer of a nail in that spot and voila.
One person holds it up and the other stands back and tells where to move it until it s in its perfect location.
When it comes to hanging a picture above a sofa the objective is to visually connect the two.
When you hang picture on the wall behind a sofa you want to think of the sofa and pictures together as one grouping not two separate entities.
The number one thing most people do wrong when hanging pictures over a sofa is they hang them up too high.
Recommended height and spacing guidelines for hanging wall art above a sofa are simply suggested reference points.