I hate to disagree, however I disagree with pat measurements for hanging photos. I’m a skilled inside designer and have been in dozens of houses the place they used the 59, 61, 62, eye-height ‘guidelines’ and the outcomes have been disastrous.
There isn’t a rule on peak from the ground. No inches or eye-height guidelines work for quite simple causes. They don’t take into consideration the attention peak of a 6 foot 3 inch man who lives with a 5 foot 5 inch girl. Neither do they take into consideration the dimensions of the image and the dimensions of the furnishings within the room.
I’ve seen your ‘rule’ used and seen a small image over a low case piece…and it has NO relationship to the furnishings. The image is simply too excessive for a low case piece, the case piece is simply too massive for the small image.
That is just one of dozens of errors that may occur whenever you use guidelines like inches and eye-height.
The fact is that the image dimension, kind, fashion and framing needs to be in relationship to the furnishings beneath it, beside it… and in the entire room. Don’t put delicate photos in tiny frames in a room with leather-based recliners and mahogany bookshelves. I don’t care whether or not the photographs are at 34 inches or 93 inches from the ground (or anyplace in between): the outcomes can be improper.
The peak is dictated by whether or not the individual within the room can be sitting, mendacity or standing (more often than not). The peak relies on whether or not the image is horizontal or vertical and whether or not there may be furnishings beside it or beneath it.
It’s important to take a look at the image in RELATIONSHIP to the place you might be hanging it: is it in a hallway, or a bed room? Over furnishings, beside it, or all by itself?
Will folks principally be sitting, standing or reclining? Reclining in a futon and searching up at an image at eye-height (hung when standing) is all improper.
Sorry, however image hanging is an artwork, not a method.
That is additionally true about hanging lighting. There isn’t a method that works. It’s all about ‘relationship’ to what room it’s in, what’s round it, whether or not individuals are sitting, standing or reclining…and so on.
I hope this helps, not hinders. There are occasions that I may want for a method/rule, nevertheless it all comes right down to creating your eye and maintaining in thoughts that artwork and lighting are imagined to be in relationship to folks, the room fashion, and to the furnishings it’s close by.
