How to Hang Plates & Art Groupings

As an interior decorator in the Nashville area, one of my favorite things that I get to do for clients is to create art groupings on their walls.   They are usually amazed at how quickly I can come up with an arrangement and get them up on the wall.   Here’s how I do it:   first, I gather up like items with the colors I’m looking for to tie in with the room and start playing around with different arrangements. 

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I layed out these gorgeous plates on my client’s bed this week, working until we got an arrangement we both liked.   This is what I came up with – it’s kind of like an inverted Christmas tree shape over her dresser: [Read more...]

Walking Up Your Stairs Should Be a Happy Experience

Tomorrow afternoon I’m going to be arranging some family photographs in an open stairwell of a client’s home.   That’s got me thinking about different ways to hang art on a staircase wall.   

art stairwell via domino Walking Up Your Stairs Should Be a Happy Experience

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Art Groupings: How Much is TOO Much?

The last time you saw my dining room walls, I had created a salon-style art grouping of landscapes on the long wall opposite my windows.

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Do Your Walls Make You Happy?

Well, do they?  I think the things you hang on your wall should make you happy.  They should reflect your interests and your tastes.  They should put a smile on your face when you walk in the room.   DSC 4511 Do Your Walls Make You Happy?



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Hanging Art Salon Style

It’s really hot to hang art groupings salon-style on a wall.  It takes a lot of confidence to start nailing up art in a seemingly hodge-podge kind of way, and you may feel held back by a lack of cohesive art to choose from (or so you think).  But really, you need very little to unite an odd grouping of art.   Just the idea to do it and the decision to hang 5+ pieces close together make a girl seem really arty and bold. Southern Living 226x300 Hanging Art Salon Style


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The Secrets of Hanging Art


Here they are.  All the secrets to hanging your artwork so that you will not be mocked for hanging it poorly:


Match frame shape to wall shape.  Hang a vertical piece of art when you have a vertical sliver of wall.  Hang a horizontal piece of art or a horizontal grouping on a wall that is a horizontal rectangle. DSC 4402 300x199 The Secrets of Hanging Art


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