Ideas PICTURE HANGING

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 16, 13 October 1933, Page 4

Ideas PICTURE HANGING

When hanging a varied selection of pictures in a large room, the best plan is to remove the small furniture, leaving only the large pieces in their accustomed places; but some consideration should be given to the question whether the usual position of the large pieces can be improved upon.

By removing the small furniture it is possible to place the pictures face outwards along tlie skirting board. In this way a rough idea of the best arrangement can be decided upon before the actual hanging commences.

The best pictures should be given pride of place. This usually means that they should be hung where the light, both day ‘and artificial, js best; but some allowance may have to be made for a choice position where the light may not be quite so good. Bad positions for pictures are between two windows and directly facing windows. The best positions, aS a rule, are those in which a good side-light is in evidence.

The stereotyped method of having pictures in pairs has happily disappeared; but some balance of arrangements should be aimed at. A straight row of small pictures invariably looks well if suspended over, and about ten inches above, a raantlepiece. Remember that a good print is vastly better than a bad original painting. If you cannot afford a good original, buy one of the innumerable exquisitely-exe-cuted reproductions that are available.