Ideas for Framed Art

Salon Style

• Salon style refers to hanging many paintings of different sizes close to each other. If you have multiple framed paintings and photographs, begin by hanging one at eye-level. Work outward by hanging your other artworks surrounding the first painting. Maintain margins of five inches for larger framed works and two inches for smaller ones. The end result will look spontaneous, but not chaotic.

Magnets

• Don't ruin your walls by using large nails and clunky screws when hanging heavy works. Professional grade art magnets allow for greater flexibility with artwork placement. With magnets, you can hang your framed art on anything magnetized, including refrigerators, steel bedposts and metal tables.

Shutter Display

• Take an old set of shutters and attach your framed photos, drawings and other artworks into the folds of the shutters. Use S-hooks to attach the framed works onto the folds. This quirky tactic will allow you to hang many works at once without causing excessive damage to the walls by using nails for every work.

Floating Frames

• Floating frames create the illusion that your artworks are light as a feather. The illusion is created by enclosing a printed artwork, drawing or photograph between two glass frames with an additional gap of glass extending from the edges of the artwork to the frame. Floating frames can be purchased at many frame shops and large retailers.