Artwork Sizes

It can be difficult to decide on the exact size for a photograph  you want to display in your particular setting. Here are a few helpful hints when trying to determine the proper size.

Artwork should be displayed at eye level when standing and just below eye level for larger pieces (larger than 36"). It is most always better to be too low than too high.

As a general rule, if hanging art over a piece of furniture (a couch, entertainment center, etc.), limit the width to 80% or less of the furniture width. For example, if hanging over a 7' sofa, the art should be less than 5 1/2'. Better to be slightly smaller than too big.  Consider several pieces rather than one extremely large item if you have a really large space to fill.

Height should be about 12" above the furniture regardless of wall height.

Of course all rules are meant to be broken.

To help you select a size

To help our customers with making the decision about which of our photographs and what size works best for you, we offer the following service for free. Yep, that's right, no charge.

1)         Send us a picture of where you would like your artwork to hang.
2)         Give us the dimensions of something substantial in the photograph.
3)         Tell us what photograph (or group of photographs) you're interested in and the approximate size.
4)         We'll send you a 4"x 6" photo with the artwork superimposed on your original photo.

Why do we offer this service for free?  We want you to be happy with any artwork you purchase from us. You're the one who will look at this wall everyday, not us.  Quite often people will over estimate the size they actually need.

Here is an example of what we will do..

Original photo, the back of the sofa in this picture is about 84" wide.

Example 1 - with a single 36x54 canvas

Example 2 - Single photo printed on three 20x36 panels.