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How to Hang Plates & Art Groupings

November 16, 2011 By Kristie Barnett 13 Comments

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.

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...]

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Turn Your Wall of Shame Into a Hall of Fame

February 5, 2011 By Kristie Barnett 8 Comments

I have a passion for hanging art and creating art groupings (strange, I know). In my book, nothing is better than taking a family’s photographs and creating a gallery wall for them. I’m still in Atlanta furthering my design education, but I thought today I’d share a family photo gallery I created for a new client last week.

She had done her homework: all the photography was ready for me and in gorgeous frames, no less. Framing them in the same frame finish makes the grouping cohesive, but it’s great to vary the actual frame design like she did here. I worked on the design on the floor before I started swinging my hammer.

Here’s the hallway that was just waiting for a reason to be noticed . . .

Do Your Walls Make You Happy?

July 26, 2010 By Kristie Barnett 6 Comments

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.

Hanging Art Salon Style

September 7, 2009 By Kristie Barnett 8 Comments

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

The Secrets of Hanging Art

August 10, 2009 By Kristie Barnett 3 Comments

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.